Boath

Boath
బోథ్
Bonthala
Town and Mandal
Boath

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 19°12′N 78°11′E / 19.20°N 78.19°E / 19.20; 78.19Coordinates: 19°12′N 78°11′E / 19.20°N 78.19°E / 19.20; 78.19
Country  India
State Telangana
District Adilabad
Elevation 453 m (1,486 ft)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 504304
Telephone code 08751
Vehicle registration TS-01

Boath or Bonthala (old name) is a town, a Mandal Thalooka & Constituency of Adilabad district in Telangana State.[1] India

Geography

Both or Boath is located at 19°20′00″N 78°20′00″E / 19.3333°N 78.3333°E / 19.3333; 78.3333.[2] It has an average elevation of 418 meters (1374 feet).

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Boath mandal is as follows:[3]

Boath village has population of 10,737 in 2001.[4]

Features

Boath village is just 10 km away from National Highway -7, connecting from Varanasi to Kaniyakumari. Boath is well connected by bus route from Nirmal, Adilabad in Telangana and Kinwat in Maharashtra. The nearest railway station is Bodhadi Buzurg in Maharashtra on the Adilabad - Mudkhed railway line. Boath has an old Vithaleshwar temple. The primary revenue sources of the Taluq is agriculture, with Cotton being the main cash crop. Boath has around 5 cotton ginning mills. The chief irrigation method is borewell irrigation with some acreage under the new boath irrigation project which was built recently. Deep forest is in the vicinity of Boath.

Tourist attractions

Kuntala Waterfall, Pochara Waterfall, Venkataeshwara Temple & Boath Project. Sai baba Temple.

Assembly Constituency

Boath is an assembly constituency in Telangana formed in 1962 with C Madhav Reddy of INC as the first MLA. The constituency became a reserved for Scheduled Tribes from 1967. There are 1,28,101 registered voters in Boath constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:[5]

Nagesh is the son of Rama Rao.

Villages

The villages in Boath mandal includes: Anduru, Babera, Boath, Chintalbori, Dhannur, Ghanpur, Kangutta, Karathwada, Kowtha, Kuchalapur, Marlapalle, Nigini, Pardi, Patnapur, Pochera, Sakhera, Sonala and Wajar

References

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