Coordinates: 18°35′00″N 78°12′00″E / 18.5833°N 78.2000°E / 18.5833; 78.2000

Dichpalle

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Dichpally
Suburb of Nizamabad
Dichpally is located in Telangana
Dichpally
Dichpally
Location in Telangana, India
Dichpally is located in India
Dichpally
Dichpally
Dichpally (India)
Coordinates: 18°35′00″N 78°12′00″E / 18.5833°N 78.2000°E / 18.5833; 78.2000
Country India
StateTelangana
DistrictNizamabad
Elevation
428 m (1,404 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTS
Websitetelangana.gov.in

Dichpalle is a village in Nizamabad district in the state of Telangana in India.[1]

Leprosy centre

Dr Isabel Kerr founded the Victoria Leprosy Hospital here in 1915. In the 1960s the leprosy centre that she founded had over 400 patients.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mandals in Nizamabad district". Archived from the original on 12 March 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  2. ^ Victoria Leprosy Hospital (Dichpali / Dichpalli), LeprosyHistory, Retrieved 13 March 2017