Medak
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Place details
- Locality
- Medak
- Region
- Telangana
- Country
- India
- Population
- 46,880
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Medak
- Settlement.native_name
- Siddapuram
- Settlement.other_name
- Methukudurgam, Methuku Seema
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Edupayala Temple in Medak
- Settlement.leader_title
- SP
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sri B. Bala Swamy, IPS
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Telangana#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Telangana, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Telangana
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Medak district
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Council of Medak
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Medak district
- Area
- 28.10
- Elevation
- 442
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 8452
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- Commons category
- Medak
- postal code
- 502110
- different from
- Medak district
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology and History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Governance
- Economy
- Tourism
- References
- External links
Medak, formerly known as Siddapuram, is a town in Medak district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Medak mandal in Medak revenue division.
== Etymology and History == Medak was originally named Methukudurgam (మెతుకుదుర్గం) or Methuku Seema (translated to grain in Telugu) due to the growth of rice here.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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