Sironcha

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Field	Value
name	Sironcha
settlement_type	Town
image_caption	bridge
pushpin_map	India Maharashtra
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Maharashtra, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Maharashtra
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Gadchiroli
established_title
government_type	Municipal Council
governing_body	Sironcha Municipal Council
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_m	323
population_total	7427
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Marathi
demographics1_title2	Majority
demographics1_info2	Telugu
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	442504
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Sironcha is a town and municipal council in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state in India. It connected with NH-63. Sironcha also spelled as Sirivancha is an important Telugu language center from ages. Sironcha was the center for Telugu learning and numerous Telugu language scholars used to reside here. Telugu is the primary language spoken here spoken by town and nearby villages.

History

In 1892 the Rev. CB Ward a Methodist missionary on his way to Jagdalpur on horseback, stopped at Sironcha village, as his horse was limping due to a horseshoe. Meanwhile, the other two Missionaries surveyed the town of Sironcha for setting up the Missionary work in the year 1893 Rev. CB Ward and the Indian Missionaries started Missionary work at Sironcha village, later Sironcha was become a key location for the East India Company from Nizam perspective, it was the Southern tehsil of Chanda District, Central Provinces. In 1901, Sironcha tehsil area was 1085 sqmi, and its population was 51,148. The transfer of the taluks of Nugur, Albaka, and Cherla of the Sironcha tehsil, covering an area of 593 sqmi and containing 142 villages with 20,218 persons, to the Madras Presidency had been sanctioned, but further details of administration were being considered. In 1905, an area of 2603 sqmi of the Chanda tahsil, of which 2,600 were in the Ahiri zamindari estate, was transferred to Sironcha. By 1908, the revised totals of area and population of the Sironcha tahsil were 3095 sqmi and 55,465 persons. The population in 1891 of the area constituting the tahsil in 1908 was 51,732. The density was 18 PD/sqmi, and the tahsil contained 421 inhabited villages.

In 1908, Sironcha's headquarters were at Sironcha, the namesake village of 2,813 inhabitants, 130 mi from Chanda town by road. The area of government forest in the new tahsil was 480 sqmi, while 2254 sqmi of the Ahiri zamindari were covered by tree forest, scrub jungle, or grass. The northern portion of the tehsil comprised in the Ahiri zamindari was one of the most densely wooded and sparsely populated areas in the province; to the south of this, Sironcha extended in a long narrow strip to the east of the Godavari, and consisted of a belt of rich alluvial soil along the banks of the river and its affluents, with forests and hills in the background. The population is wholly Telugu. The land revenue demand of the tahsil was approximately , before the revision of settlement in progress in 1908.

Geography

Sironcha is located at . It has an average elevation of 118 m.

There is a planned National highway No 16 between Nizamabad in Telangana State and Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh State, Maharashtra and Telangana states. The construction of this National highway includes building bridges over the Pranhita and Indravati rivers. Bridge construction on Pranhita River already completed which connects Mancherial district of Telangana to Sironcha tehsil of Gadchiroli District (Maharashtra). Also, Bridge construction on Godavari river completed which connects Kaleshwaram of Bhupalpally district to Sironcha Tehsil.The Tahasil is recently came into news for the discovery of Dinosaur's fossils and large numbers of wood fossils found dating back to crores of years, specially lower Jurassic period.

Climate

| location = Sironcha (1981–2010, extremes 1951–2010) | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan record high C = 34.3 | Feb record high C = 38.8 | Mar record high C = 45.6 | Apr record high C = 46.8 | May record high C = 48.2 | Jun record high C = 46.7 | Jul record high C = 40.0 | Aug record high C = 37.4 | Sep record high C = 37.9 | Oct record high C = 37.0 | Nov record high C = 36.9 | Dec record high C = 35.4 | year record high C = 48.2 | Jan high C = 29.8 | Feb high C = 33.3 | Mar high C = 37.6 | Apr high C = 41.2 | May high C = 42.5 | Jun high C = 37.4 | Jul high C = 32.6 | Aug high C = 30.2 | Sep high C = 32.0 | Oct high C = 32.7 | Nov high C = 30.7 | Dec high C = 29.3 | year high C = 34.1 | Jan low C = 15.2 | Feb low C = 18.2 | Mar low C = 21.5 | Apr low C = 24.7 | May low C = 26.0 | Jun low C = 25.3 | Jul low C = 23.1 | Aug low C = 22.8 | Sep low C = 22.6 | Oct low C = 22.3 | Nov low C = 17.6 | Dec low C = 14.4 | year low C = 21.1 | Jan record low C = 6.0 | Feb record low C = 7.0 | Mar record low C = 11.7 | Apr record low C = 14.0 | May record low C = 11.6 | Jun record low C = 15.2 | Jul record low C = 17.0 | Aug record low C = 15.4 | Sep record low C = 9.5 | Oct record low C = 5.2 | Nov record low C = 4.5 | Dec record low C = 4.7 | year record low C = 4.5 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 7.3 | Feb rain mm = 10.1 | Mar rain mm = 11.8 | Apr rain mm = 4.5 | May rain mm = 28.7 | Jun rain mm = 184.5 | Jul rain mm = 389.9 | Aug rain mm = 382.1 | Sep rain mm = 143.0 | Oct rain mm = 79.6 | Nov rain mm = 10.0 | Dec rain mm = 2.6 | year rain mm = 1253.9 | Jan rain days = 0.4 | Feb rain days = 0.7 | Mar rain days = 0.6 | Apr rain days = 0.6 | May rain days = 1.7 | Jun rain days = 8.1 | Jul rain days = 15.9 | Aug rain days = 15.6 | Sep rain days = 8.6 | Oct rain days = 4.2 | Nov rain days = 0.9 | Dec rain days = 0.2 | year rain days = 57.5 |time day = 17:30 IST | Jan humidity = 43 | Feb humidity = 38 | Mar humidity = 33 | Apr humidity = 28 | May humidity = 28 | Jun humidity = 53 | Jul humidity = 72 | Aug humidity = 78 | Sep humidity = 73 | Oct humidity = 65 | Nov humidity = 59 | Dec humidity = 52 |year humidity = 52 |source 1 = India Meteorological Department | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | archivedate = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | title = Station: Sironcha Climatological Table 1981–2010 | work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = January 2015 | pages = 719–720 | accessdate = 10 April 2020}} | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archivedate = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = December 2016 | page = M153 | accessdate = 10 April 2020}}

Demographics

Population

As of 2011 Indian Census, Sironcha had a total population of 7,427, of which 3,798 were males and 3,629 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 701. The total number of literates in Sironcha was 5,680, which constituted 76.5% of the population with male literacy of 82.4% and female literacy of 70.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sironcha was 84.4%, of which male literacy rate was 91.3% and female literacy rate was 77.3%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 382 and 1,277 respectively. Sironcha had 1814 households in 2011.

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Year	Male	Female	Total Population	Change	Religion (%)	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikhs	Buddhist	Jain	Other religions and persuasions	Religion not stated
2011	3798	3629	7427	-	86.455	7.473	2.047	0.054	1.616	0.027	0.121	2.208
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Language

Majority of the population of Sironcha speaks Telugu (84.9%), followed by Marathi speakers (10.7%).

Transport

Sironcha town is connected by the State Road Transport ST services to Gadchiroli, Aheri, Chandrapur, Nagpur and Wardha. Sironcha is also connected to the Telangana State capital Hyderabad and some popular Cities/Towns like Bhupalpalle, Chinnur, Warangal, Manthani, Karimnagar, Godavarikhani, Hyderabad and Mancherial.

TSRTC Godavarikhani, Manthani, Bhupalpalle and Mancherial bus depots runs services to this town. Good transportation service from Telangana state.

References

References

(1908). "The Imperial gazetteer of India". Oxford at the Clarendon Tress.
"redirect to /world/IN/02/Sironcha.html".
"Census of India: Sironcha".
[https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS Census India 2011].
"Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".

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