Vemsoor
| Vemsoor | |
|---|---|
| Village and Mandal | |
| Country |
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| State | Telangana |
| District | Khammam |
| Mandal | Vemsoor |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 507164 |
| Telephone code | 08761 |
| Vehicle registration | TS 04 |
| Nearest city | Sathupally |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Khammam |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Vemsoor (1952-1972) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sathupally (from 1972) |
| Climate | tropical (Köppen) |
Vemsoor town and Mandal in Khammam district of Telangana, India. The majority of the Vemsoor region is agrarian. Most of the people are farmers, peasants and daily laborers. The predominant crops grown in this region are rice, corn, tomatoes, red chilies, vegetables, mangoes, cashew etc. As a mandal headquarters it has several mandal administrative offices. It also has an Andhra bank branch.
Elections history
Vemsoor was assembly constituency from 1951 to 1972. In 1967 Jalagam Vengal Rao won assembly elections second time from Vemsoor and in 1968 he became State Home Minister in the state government headed by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy and also he became chief minister from same constituency.
Election Results of Vemsoor Assembly constituency from 1952 to 1972
Up to 1948 Hyderabad State was a princely state after merging in Indian union on 17 September 1948 as named as Hyderabad State the first election in India 1952
1952(Hyderabad State- Telangana) Constituency 129 VEMSUR
| 1 | KANDIMALLA RAMKRISHNA RAO | M | IND | 16092 | 44.43% | Won |
| 2 | JALAGAM VENGALA RAO | M | IND | 15543 | 42.92% | Lost |
| 3 | BOMMAKANTI SATYANARAYAN RAO | M | INC | 4580 | 12.65% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 51987 VOTERS : 36215 POLL PERCENTAGE : 69.66% VALID VOTES 36215
1957 Andhra Pradesh Constituency 73 VENSOOR
| 1 | J. KONDAL RAO | M | INC | 24680 | 56.79% | Won |
| 2 | V. NAGESWARA RAO | M | 16943 | 38.99% | Lost | |
| 3 | K. SRINIVASA RAO | M | IND | 1834 | 4.22% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 57461 VOTERS : 43457 POLL PERCENTAGE : 75.63% VALID VOTES 43457
1962 Constituency 285 VEMSOOR'
| 1 | JALAGAM VENGALA RAO | M | INC | 36436 | 64.78% | Won |
| 2 | VATTIKONDA NAGESWARA RAO | M | CPI | 17853 | 31.74% | Lost |
| 3 | PORANKI VENKATRAJU | M | IND | 1960 | 3.48% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 67732 VOTERS : 57794 POLL PERCENTAGE : 85.33% VALID VOTES 56249
1967 Constituency : 271 VEMSOOR
| 1 | JALAGAM VENGALA RAO | M | INC | 37595 | 70.66% | Won |
| 2 | MORAMPUDI VENKAIAH | M | IND | 13220 | 24.85% | Lost |
| 3 | P. V. RAJU | M | IND | 2391 | 4.49% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 69466 VOTERS : 55617 POLL PERCENTAGE : 80.06% VALID VOTES : 53206
1972 Constituency : 271. VEMSOOR
| 1 | JALAGAM VENGALA RAO | M | INC | 47173 | 80.24% | Won |
| 2 | RAVI VEERA VENKAIAH | M | IND | 9101 | 15.48% | Lost |
| 3 | P. V. RAJU | M | IND | 2518 | 4.28% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 85233 VOTERS : 60378 POLL PERCENTAGE : 70.84% VALID VOTES : 58792
Demographics
- Total population: 42,908 in 10,337 households.
- Male population: 21,845
- Female population: 21,063
- Children under 6 years of age: 5,220 (Boys - 2,683 and Girls - 2,537)
- Total literates: 22,079
- Vemsoor has facilities including a government hospital, a police station and a revenue office.
Villages
The villages in Vemsoor mandal include:
- Rajugudem
- Pallewada
- Chowdavaram OW
- Kotha Chowdavaram
- Yerrasanivari Banjar
- Moddulagudem
- Adasarlapadu
- Beerapalli
- Kandra Gatla Mallela
- Shanbhunigudem
- NayakanGudem
- Jayalaxmi Purem
- Kondegatla
- Kuncharparthy
- Kallurugudem
- Kallurugudem Old
- Ammapalem
- Rayudupalem
- Kothuru
- Diddipudi
- Guduru
- Yerrakunta Padu
- Venkatapuram
- Vannechedu
- Bharanipadu
- Kandukuru
- Marlapadu
- Lachanagudem
- Lingapalem TG
Places to visit
- Kunchaparthy Temple
- Marlapadu Shivalayam
- Lanka Sagar Dam
- Venkatapuram Ankamma Devalayam
- Lachannagudem Tirupupatamma Devalayam
- Pallewada Sattemma Devalayam
- Marlapadu SAI BABA Temple
- Rayudupalem Venkateswara Swami Devalayam
- Vemsoor Venugopala Swami Devalayam
- Vemsoor Shivalayam