Bodhan

 ( Cities And Towns In Nizamabad District ) 

Bodhan is a town in the Nizamabad district of the Indian state Telangana. Bodhan is primarily known for the Nizam Sugar Factory founded by the Nizam of Hyderabad, and some historical places such as The Jalal Bukhari Dargah at Ranjalbase, The Chakreshwara Shiva Temple, The Renuka, and Bheemuni Gutta at Rakasipet, as well as other prominent historical places such as the Pandu Teertha (Pandu Lake dug by the Pandavas) and Chakra Teertha (Chakki lake).

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History Bodhan is identified as the ancient Podana town (Podanapura), which was known to be the capital of the Asmaka Mahajanapada of ancient India that covered present-day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra.

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It was also served as the capital of Vinayaditya, an 8th century ruler of the Vemulavada Chalukya dynasty.

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Rakasipet is a part of Bodhan and has historical significance. It is considered that the Pandava stayed near Bodhan while doing Vana Parva. Bhima killed Bakasura near Rakasipet (Bodhan), and that place is now known as Bhimuni Gutta.

Ancient Bagwan Bahubali Kammateswara ruled Bodhan Asmaka. He was the second son of Rushabhadeva, who was the first tirthankara in Jainism. Bodhan is believed to be the place of death of the dynasty's Kannada language court poet Adikavi Pampa. Countdown to World Telugu Conference begins The samadhi (burial place) of Pampa is also believed to be located in Bodhan: it was discovered in the 1970s, when historian Yadagiri Rao deciphered a form of the old Kannada script. The samadhi is of an unidentified saint, who is believed to be Pampa. Kannada aadikavi Pampa’s samadhi lies in ruins at Bodhan

Asia's second largest sugar factory is in Bodhan.

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Demographics

India [[census]], Bodhan had a population of 77,573. Males constitute 50% of the population, and females 50%. Bodhan has an average literacy rate of 66%, which is lower than the national average of 74.04%. The literacy rates for males and females are 71% and 61%, respectively. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
     

At the time of the 2011 census, 50.30% of the population spoke Urdu, 44.62% Telugu language, 2.12% Marathi language and 1.21% Hindi as their first language.

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Revenue Division Bodhan is one of the 68 revenue divisions of Telangana state. It consists of ten mandals, namely Bodhan, Varni, Chandur, Mosra, Rudrur, Kotagiri, Renjal, Saloora, Pothangal, and Yedapally. The entire division comes under ayacut of the Nizamsagar Project.

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Government and politics Civic administration

Bodhan Municipality was constituted in 1952 and is classified as a second grade municipality with 38 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of .

Bodhan Assembly In 2014, Shakil of TRS won the seat by a margin of 15,884 (10.37%). Shakil secured 44.02% of the total votes polled.

In the 2014 assembly elections, TRS led in the Bodhan Assembly segment of the Nizamabad Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency

In the 2018 assembly elections, Mr Shakil Aamir Mohammed won for the second time, representing the Bodhan constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly with majority votes (74895). 47.14% With TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) political Party, which was founded on 27 April 2001 by K Chandrashekar Rao, then-Chief Minister of Telangana.

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Transport National Highway 63 passes through this town.

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Rail Bodhan has a railway station and is on a branch line of the Peddapalli-Nizamabad line which provides it connectivity to Nizamabad.

In October 2023, the Karimnagar-Nizamabad MEMU was extended up to Bodhan.

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