Local businesses in Adilabad
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 2
- Dew Solutions; Venkataramana Nippani
- Government offices: 2
- Municipal council; Meeseva Center
- Colleges and universities: 7
- Aditya Junior College; Govt.Degree College for Men; Sanjay Gandhi Polytechnic College; Government Residential College; Government Womens College; Techway Computers & Cyber Cafe; Government Arts College
- Workshops and craft businesses: 1
- Gauri electricals
- Hospitals: 43
- Post Partum Unit, Adilabad; RIMS Medical College Hospital; Dr.sujataha maternity and syurgical nursing home; Laxmi cardiac hospital and 2d echo Centre; Suraksha children's Hospital; Vaibhavi Hospital; Dr. Narotham reddy childrens hospital; Dr.Agarwal hospital; Dr.Narayanareddy memorial eye hospital; Harsha Hospital
- Banks: 12
- Canara Bank - Adilabad Branch; City Union Bank, Adilabad.; ICICI Bank Branch & ATM Adilabad; State Bank of Hyderabad; Allahabad Bank; UCO Bank; Andhra Bank; Central Bank of India; Union bank of India; Axis Bank
Adilabad facts
- District
- Adilabad district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 1,17,167 (1,09,529 in 2001)
- Area
- about 35.5 sq km, about 264 m above sea level
- People
- 971 females per 1,000 males; 80.45% literacy
- PIN codes
- 504001 (Adilabad Collectorate)
- Local economy
- Adilabad is a cotton-trading centre: cotton from the surrounding villages is bought and sold here, and local mills gin and press it. There are also agro-processing units for oil and other produce, and trade, small industries and government services employ many people. Visitors to nearby waterfalls and the Kawal Tiger Reserve support tourism-related businesses.
- Education
- Adilabad is home to RIMS, a government medical college and hospital, as well as engineering, degree and polytechnic colleges.
- History
- Before the 10th century the town was known as Edlawada and Eddulapuram, meaning land of oxen. It was later renamed Edlabad and then Adilabad, after Muhammad Yusuf Adil Shah, the ruler of Bijapur.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.