# Kagaznagar, Telangana

Sirpur-Kaghaznagar is a town and a municipality in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district in the state of Telangana in India. It is located about 297 kilometres from the state capital, Hyderabad, 140 kilometres from Karimnagar, 90 km from Chandrapur and 250 kilometres from Nagpur.

## History

Sirpur, formerly known as Suryapuram, was ruled by the Gond King, Ballala. The Gond King, Bhim Ballal Sing built Sirpur Fort in 9th century AD. The town derives its name from the paper factory established during the times of Nizams rule.
The area was initially a sub-district called Sirpur-Tandur carved out in 1872 and comprised Edlabad (Adilabad), Rajura (now in Maharashtra) and Sirpur taluks. Sirpur-Tandur was originally a district in Maratwada region. Later it was merged with Adilabad district of Telangana. In 2016, Komaram Bheem district was carved out of Adilabad district, and consequently, Sirpur Kaghaznagar now is in Komaram Bheem district.

## Geography

Kagaznagar is located at 19°20′00″N 79°29′00″E﻿ / ﻿19.3333°N 79.4833°E﻿ / 19.3333; 79.4833. It has an average elevation of 174 meters (574 feet).

## Topography

Kaghaznagar is surrounded by Major rivers like Wardha river on northern side, Pranhita in eastern side and pedda vagu river which runs through the town.
There is scope to make this forest Wild Life Sanctuary which will can generate tourism via Safari, Waterfall Trekking and Bird watching.

## Demographics

As of 2011 India census, the town of Kagaznagar had a population of 66,293, with 33,124 males, and 33,169 females. There were a total of 5,576 children between the ages of 0 and 6 and 15,712 inhabitants were classified as illiterate. The town has a unique blend of people settled from different parts of India. Apart from Telugu, Hindi, Urdu and Gondi, Marathi is also widely understood due to the town's proximity to Maharashtra. Bengali language is widely spoken in Easgaon village owing to settlement of Bengali refugees. The literacy rate stood at 73.07 percent.
The majority of people in the area practice Hinduism, followed by Islam and Christianity. Telugu is the most widely spoken language.

## Economy

The local economy was almost completely dependent on manufacturing at Sirpur Paper Mills which has been acquired by J. K. Organisation and has been restarted in August 2018 with production likely to begin from April 2019. Sirsilk Textile Factory is closed, but Koneru Konappa, the previous MLA of the area claimed that he will reopen it. Presently the entire economy is run by agriculture allied activities and also the Real Estate is growing very fast. The Town is surrounded by Many Rice Mills and Jinning Mills.

## Education

This is a list of educational institutions in Kaghaznagar.
* Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (CBSE Central Govt school)
* Eklavya Model Residential School (CBSE Central Govt Tribal school)
* Fatima Convent High School (state board)
* St Claret High School (CBSE)
* JK Laxmipat Singhania DAV Public school (CBSE)
* Bala Bharthi High school (EM and Telugu Medium)
* Sarasvathi Shishu Mandir High school (EM and Telugu Medium)
* Krishnaveni High school
* Shishu mandir High school
* Kerala Public school
* Madarsa Makhzanul uloom
* Iqbal School
* Anwar Urdu High School
* Moulana School
* SKE Degree college
* Vivekananda Degree college
* Govt Degree and Junior college
* Vasundhara Degree college
* Govt Medical College Asifabad (25 km)

## Important places

* Trishul Pahad
* Sirpur Fort
* kosni Dam
* Sri Balaji Venkateshwara Swamy Devasthanam, Gangapur
* Shiva Mallana Devasthanam, Easgoan.
* Tonkini Hanuman Mandir
* Vulture sightings near Palarapugutta cliff (Bejjur)
* Sirpur and Penchikalpet Forest
* Ada Dam
* Tiryani waterfall
* Pranhita Pushkaralu
* Jodeghat valley, Babajhari water falls and museum (25 km)
* Qadeem Eid gah
* SPM Jama Masjid
* Irfan Masjid
* Kawal Tiger reserve (50 km)
* Tadoba Tiger reserve (50 km)
* Tippeshwar Wild Life Sanctuary (150 km)

## Culture
### Festivals
#### Dasra (Vijayadashami)

Every year on vijayadashmi ravan dahan happens on Trishul Pahad.
Bathukamma it is celebrated around the period of Dasra. This is a nine-day festival. The women participate in the bathukamma, and it is decorated with the flowers of thangadi, gunuka, thamara, chamanthi, etc. The nine days of Bathukamma are

#### Shivaratri Jatra (Easgoan Temple)

Every year Shivaratri is celebrated at ancient Shiva Mallanna Temple located in Easgoan with 3 days long Jatra.

#### Pranhita Pushkaralu

Pranahita Pushkaralu is a festival of River Pranahita normally occurs once in 12 years. The Pushkaram is observed for a period of 12 days from the time of entry of Jupiter into Pisces (Meena rasi).[2]
As per Telugu culture, there are 12 sacred rivers across the country that go for a cycle what is called as “Pushakaram”. Each among those 12 rivers goes for the Pushkaram, in the order of one at a year. They are Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Godavari, Sindhu, Narmada, Kaveri, Krishna, Tapti, Tungabhadra, Bheema and Pranahita.
List of Major Ghats Tummidi Hatti, Arjunigutta, Vemanpalli

#### Sri Rama Navami

As per Telugu culture Sri Rama Kalyanam is performed at all sri rama temples in the town.Railway colony is the famous for Kalyanam.

#### Chhath pooja

Chhath pooja is celebrated by the communities from UP and Bihar working in paper mills at SPM Garden every year.

#### Gangapur Jatara

The ancient Sri Balaji Venkateshwara Swamy Devasthanam of Gangapur village in Rebbana mandal is being spruced up for the three-day-long annual Jathara in every year.

## Transport

The Town is connected to many cities in Telangana by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation bus service. It is well connected to
* Hyderabad (290 km), Karimnagar (150 km), Warangal (150 km), Mancherial (60 km) on south
* Nagpur (250 km), Chandrapur (90 km) on the North
* Aheri (68 km), Allapalli (75 km) on the east
* Adilabad (150 km) on west.
Kaghaznagar is flanked on one side by National Highway 363 part of Nagpur-Vijayawada Express way and Raipur–Hyderabad Expressway which will pass near town is sanctioned.
National Highway 130D (India) which is under construction once completed this will provide Sirpur-Kaghaznagar region connectivity to Chhattisgarh (Kondagoan/Narayanpur) and further to Odisha and Araku valley (Vizag) AP.
Town is Connected to Maharashtra Gondpipari/Gadchiroli via Venkatraopet-Polsa Interstate Bridge over Penganga river near Tonkini
Town is Connected to Maharastra Aheri/Allapalli via Gudem-Aheri Interstate Bridge over Pranhita river
Nearby National Highways National Highway 353B (India) Ashti - Rajura - Adilabad Highway National Highway 63 (India) Jagdalpur - Mancherial - Nizamabad

### Rail

The town is served by Sirpur Kaghaznagar railway station which lies on New Delhi–Chennai main line. It is administered by South Central Railway zone. It is well connected to all over India. It is an NSG4 category railway station in Secunderabad division of SCR railway with Potential stoppage of trains.
Number of Halting Trains: 130 Number of Originating Trains: 3

### Air

The nearest airport is Nagpur Airport (257 km away) and Hyderabad Airport (307 km away).
There is Proposal to build Chadrapur Airport. Similarly, the existing airport in Adilabad district is being revived. under UDAAN Scheme.

## Sirpur Assembly constituency

Sirpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Telangana.

## Civic administration

Kagaznagar Municipality was constituted in 1956 and is classified as a third grade municipality with 30 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 8.31 km$^2$ (3.21 sq mi).
vtePlaces adjacent to Kagaznagar, Telangana :
Adilabad
Balharshah
Gadchiroli
Asifabad
Sirpur Kaghaznagar
Pranhita River, Maharastra border Border
Mancherial :

## Notable Persons

* Rajesh Kumar Nalla: Young Entrepreneur and businessman