Ieeja

Ieeja ఐజ
town
Ieeja Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Telangana
Region	Telangana
District	Mahaboob Nagar
Government
• Body	Nagar Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	509127
Telephone code	08546
Vehicle registration	TS06
Nearest city	Gadwal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Alampur
Climate	hot (Köppen)

Ieeja or Aiza is a town (a Mandal) in the Mahbubnagar district in the Indian state of Telangana. It was recently named a Nagarapanchyat.

Region

Ieeja is located about 250 km (130 mi) from Hyderabad, the state capital. It is about 50 km (30 miles) from Bangalore NH-44. It connects Kurnool City (Andhra Pradesh) and Raichur Town (Karnataka), and is between the Krishna River (31 km), and the Tungabadra (19 km). The population is 100000 (approx). Recently, Ieeja was made a Municipality (Nagara panchayathi). It is proposed to become a constituency.

The distance between Ieeja and Gadwal is 30 km (18 miles). The distance between Ieeja and Alampur is 56 km. The distance between Ieeja and Raichur is 44 km (27 miles). The distance between Ieeja and Kurnool is 55 km (34 miles). The distance between Ieeja and Hyderabad is 250 km (130 miles).

History

Before Andhra Pradesh(1956 Nov 1st), Ieeja was a region of the Raichur district under Karnataka which was ruled by Sri Krishnadevaraya.Ieeja has a well, in which the water tastes of 7 types. It was constructed by the king of Gadwal (Nalla Somanadri) for the sake of village and named it his mother's name "BAKKAMAMBA".