Ramagundam
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- Ramagundam
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- City Corporation
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- Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Station
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- Manchester of Telangana
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- India Telangana#India#Asia
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- Location in Telangana State, India
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- Country
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- State
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- District
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- Telangana
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- Peddapalli
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- Lord Rama
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- Municipal Corporation
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- Ramagundam Municipal Corporation
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- Mayor
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- Mahankali Swamy
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- Deputy Mayor
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Ramagundam is a city under municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under the Ramagundam revenue division. It is located on the banks of the Godavari River. As of the 2011 census, the city had a population of 229,644, making it the 8th most populous in the state, and an urban agglomeration population of 242,979. It is located about 225 km from the state capital Hyderabad.
== Etymology == The city's name derives from a combination of two words, Rama and Gundam. A famous temple of the Hindu god Rama is situated in the old part of the city, where as Gundam means "water springs" are present.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ramagundam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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