Adilabad District is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is at Adilabad town. A famous Temple of the Goddess Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of Education, is located here in the town of Basara.The district is bounded on north by Yeotmal and Chanda district of Maharastra, on the east by Chanda district, on the south by Karimnagar and Nizamabad districts and on the west by Nanded district of Maharastra State.
The District Comprises of 52 Mandals and 1743 villages of which 1557 villages are inhabited and 186 villages are un-inhabitated. There are 7 Muncipalities in the District. The District is conveniently formed into 5 divisions 1)Adilabad , 2) Nirmal ,3)Utnoor, 4)Asifabad,5)Mancherial Are a town and a municipality in Adilabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Adilabad History
The district derives its name from Adilabad,its headquarters town which was named after the ruler of Bijapur, Ali Adil Shah..Originally this was not full fledged district but a sub-district named Sirpur-Tandur which was created in A.D. 1872 with Edlabad(Adilabad), Rajura and Sirpur as its consistuents talukas. In 1905 the status of this sub-district was raised to that of an independent district with head quarters at Adilabad. The district is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Adilabad Culture
Languages used in the district include Andh, an Indo-Aryan language .There is a significant population of ethnic Multani speaking muslims who are said to have migrated from Multan about 2 centuries ago concentrated mostly in the towns of Sirkonda, Gundial and Seshupatnam. Although fluent in Telugu and Urdu, Multani Punjabi is spoken in their homes. The Saraswathi temple at Basar, attracts tousands of pilgrimages every day for "Akshrabhyasa" of their children.There is a temple at Utnoor and Nagoba temple at Keslapur. Every year lakhs of tribals gather at Keslapur for the Jatra. There is a Satyanarayana temple at Gudem, Luxettipet and CSI Church at Luxettipet town. At both these places an annual fare will be held every year .
Adilabad climate
The climate of the district is characterized by hot summer and in generally dry except during the south-west monsoon season. The year may be divided into four seasons. The cold season from December to February is followed by the summer season from March to May. The period from June to September constitute the south west monsoon season, while October and November from the post monsoon season.
Adilabad Tourism
There is a highest waterfall situated at Kuntala of Neradigonda mandal, Potchera Waterfall at Pochara of Boath mandal, the only one holy pilgrimage of Saraswathi Temple at Basar where the thousands of pilgrimages are visiting every day. Kaddam project. and mandal