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Srisailam is a census town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Srisailam mandal in Atmakur revenue division. It is located about from the district headquarters Nandyal, from Kurnool, from Nalgonda, from Hyderabad and from Vijayawada. The town is famous for the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga Temple and is one of the holy pilgrimage sites for the Shaivism and Shaktism sects of Hinduism. The town is classified as both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakta pitha.

Key facts

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District
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Nandyal
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Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
5.96
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21452
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
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auto
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Languages
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Official
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Telugu
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IST
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+5:30
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PIN
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518101
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AP
Settlement.name
Srisailam
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Census Town
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Srisailam.jpg

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Wikidata facts

Official name
శ్రీశైలం
Country
India
Population
10288
Area
2169
Elevation
409
Image
APSS303 Srisailam town zoom view from welcome center2.jpg
Households
2614
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Commons category
Srisailam
male population
5076
female population
5212
native label
శ్రీశైలం
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Srisailam is a census town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Srisailam mandal in Atmakur revenue division. It is located about from the district headquarters Nandyal, from Kurnool, from Nalgonda, from Hyderabad and from Vijayawada. The town is famous for the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga Temple and is one of the holy pilgrimage sites for the Shaivism and Shaktism sects of Hinduism. The town is classified as both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakta pitha.

census of India, Srisailam had a population of 23,257. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Srisailam Project (RFC) Township has an average literacy rate of 75.62% higher than the state average of 67.02%. Male literacy is around 85.68% while female literacy rate is 63.24%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Srisailam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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