About Jangaon

Jangaon is a city and the district headquarters of Jangaon district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is also the mandal headquarters of Jangaon Mandal in Jangaon Revenue Division. It is about 85 kilometres from Hyderabad, on the National Highway 163 and State Highway 9 (Suryapet-Siddipet). Jangaon is spread over an area of 16.04 km and divided into 29 municipal wards as second grade municipality.Jangaon is located at 17.72N 79.18E.[3] It has an average elevation of 382 metres (1,253 ft).It is Geographically located in the eastern Deccan plateau. The name Jangaon evolved from "jain gaon" which means village of Jains, a religion of India. Kolanpak (kulpak) in the Nalgonda district which is about 20 km from Jangaon is a famous pilgrimage center for Jain people and it has much historical background.