Mancherial is a town in Adilabad district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the administrative headquarters of Mancherial mandal in Mancherial revenue division, situated on the north banks of Godavari River.
As of 2011 census of India, Mancherial has a population of 86,911. Males constitute 51% of the total population and females 49%. Mancherial has an average literacy rate of 75.71%, higher than the national average : male literacy is 83.16%, and female literacy is 67.92%. In Mancherial, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Majority people practice Hinduism, followed by Islam and Christianity. Languages spoken include Telugu,followed by Urdu, Hindi and English.
Mancherial is a commercial hub of the coal belt area of Singareni Collieries of Srirampur, Ramakrishnapur,Mandamarri and Bellampalli areas.Its proximity to the rich cement minerals and the coal mines fuels the economy. MCC (Mancherial Cement Company) is the cement production unit. Singareni Collieries are the largest employers in town, Orient Cement (Devapur) factory and Sirpur Paper Mills. It has a thriving market for agricultural products.There are around 150 ceramic pipes companies around it.SCCL power plant is under construction near Jaipur.
Macherial Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 10 constituencies in Adilabad district. It comes under Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency along with 6 other Assembly constituencies.
Diwakar Rao Nadipelli of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat with majority of 59,250 in 2014 Assembly election
The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals: