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Coordinates: 17.183°N 77.283°E

Sedam
Sedam or Seram is a town in Gulbarga district in the Indian state of
Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Sedam Taluka. Sedam
taluka

Contents
Geography Sedam
Transport
Road
Rail
Demographics
Sedam Religion Data 2011
History
Economy
See also
References

Geography
The town is spread over an area of 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi).[2]
Sedam Taluk shares borders with three Taluks in the Gulbarga district: Location in Karnataka, India
Chitapur Taluk to the west, Chincholi Taluk to the north and Yadgir Coordinates: 17.183°N 77.283°E
district to the south. It also borders Tandur Taluk of the Rangareddy Country India
District of Telangana and Kodangal Taluk of the Mahbubnagar District in State Karnataka
Telangana to the east. Sedam taluk is located in the eastern part of the District Gulbarga
district. Lok Sabha Gulbarga
Constituency
Vidhan Sabha
Transport Constituency
Sedam
Area
Road • Total 5.5 km2
Sedam is well connected by road. It is 150 km from Hyderabad, Capital (2.1 sq mi)
City of Telangana State. It is connected to Gulbarga, the district Population (2011)[1]
headquarters which is 50 km . It is connected to Yadgir which is 55 km. • Total 39,341
On the Sedam Gulbarga Road Gulbarga Airport is scheduled to come into • Density 5,734.36/km2
operation by mid March 2014. (14,851.9/sq mi)
Languages
• Official Kannada
Rail
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 585 222
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Sedam lies in the Hyderabad-Mumbai route and Delhi-Bangalore Route. Telephone code 08441
The following trains have a stop in Sedam: Hussain Sagar Superfast Vehicle KA 32
Express, Mumbai Express, Rayalseema Express (Tirupati-Hyderabad),
registration
Hari Priya Express, Delhi-Bangalore Rajdhani Express. Sedam is the first
taluka where Rajdhani stops, Konark Express ( Mumbai-Bhuvaneshwar ), Rajkot-Secunderabad Express, Bhavnagar-
Kakinada Express, Hubli-Secunderabad Express, Nanded-Bangalore Link Express, Bidar-Yeshvantpur Express. There are
other ordinary passenger trains in addition.

Demographics
Sedam is a Town Municipal Council city and divided into 23 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Sedam
Town Municipal Council has population of 39,341 of which 19,816 are males while 19,525 are females as per report
released by Census India 2011.[3]

Sedam Religion Data 2011

Population, 39,341

Hindu, 71.73%

Muslim, 27.25%

www.census2011.co.in

History
Sedam in ancient times was known as Hedimba. Sedam was ruled by Rashtrautas and Kalyani Chalukyas. Some of the
ancient temples in Sedam town are Madhava trilingeshwara Eshwara Temple, Kottala Basaveshwara Temple,
Manvikeshwara Temple, Panchalingeshwara Temple, Bananti Kambha, Jwalamukhi statues and Ganapa Navakoti
Narayana Temple, Panduranga Temple, Karadagiri Hanuman Temple, Laxmi Narayan Temple, Hingulambika Temple,
Sadesab Darga, Masjid-e-Mahal, Mecca Masjid. Sedam also has an ancient fort, Ganesh temple in Ganesh nagar. Near to
sedam about 12–14 km away, there is a place called Ranjol with a famous masjid. Sedam also has some Jain cave ruins
possibly from the time of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. Near to sedam about 20–25 km away.there is place called benakanhalli
with famous chandaneshawar temple.

Economy
Sedam is famous for its Shahabad stones which are used for construction. Many quarries[4] and mines are there in Sedam
to sell these stones (both uncut and polished). Four cement[5] factories are also present in Sedam taluk: Vasavadatta
cement unit of Birla Shakti Cement in Sedam, Ultratech Cement a unit of Rajashree cement in Malkhed, South India
Cement ltd Malkhed.Shree cement at Kodla Benakanahalli village. The food grain industry is also big here, especially with
Toor dal being sent to far away places like Tamil Nadu.[6]

See also
Gulbarga

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Sedam railway station

Handaraki
Manyakheta
Udagi

References
1. "Census of India Search details" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=665086).
censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. The population and area of major towns in Karnataka has been mentioned in the webpage Population of
Corporation/CMC/TMC/TP (http://municipaladmn.kar.nic.in/AreapopE.htm) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/200
90410005106/http://municipaladmn.kar.nic.in/AreapopE.htm) 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine belonging to the
Municipal Administration Department of the Government of Karnataka
3. "Sedam Census 2011 data" (http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803209-sedam.html). www.census2011.co.in.
Retrieved 14 May 2016.
4. "Quarries" (http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/23/stories/2005072304020300.htm). www.thehindu.com. Retrieved
15 May 2016.
5. "Cement companies in sedam" (http://www.karnataka.com/industry/cement/). www.karnataka.com. Retrieved 15 May
2016.
6. "Reliance Cement to open two cement plants in Karnataka" (http://www.globalcement.com/news/item/2803-reliance-c
ement-to-open-two-cement-plants-in-karnataka). Retrieved 29 November 2016.

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