Gunjala
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Gunjala | |
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Village | |
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Adilabad district |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram Panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 876 |
| Languages | |
| • Spoken | Gondi, Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 568954 |
| Vehicle registration | TS-01 |
Gunjala is a village in the Adilabad district of Telangana, India.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Gunjala had a population of 876. Of this figure, 474, or 54%, were males, while 402, or 46%, were females. Gunjala has a literacy rate of 48.7%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 40.5%. In Gunjala, 13.7% of the population is at or under 6 years of age.
Geography
[edit | edit source]To the north of the village lies the Penganga River, which demarcates the border between Telangana and Maharashtra. The village lies approximately 25 km from the center of the district capital, Adilabad.
Significance
[edit | edit source]In 2006, the village emerged as a center of ethnic and linguistic significance for the Gondi people. The Gondi language has often been regarded as a Dravidian language without a script and was written using Telugu script and Devanagari.[2] The revelation of a dozen manuscripts written in a native script, now called "Gunjala Gondi Lipi" in honor of the village, and comprehensible to a handful of elders in the village has received national media coverage[3] as an invigorating discovery of the lost heritage of the Gondi people. The Gunjala Gondi Lipi has been released by a team of researchers from the University of Hyderabad, headed by Professor Jayadheer Tirumala Rao.
Transport
[edit | edit source]Gunjala is poorly connected by road. A train station is not evident in the near vicinity.
See also
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