Ghanpur, Wanaparthy district

Ghanpur is a Mandal in Wanaparthy district, Telangana. It is also known as Khilla Ghanpur.It was a part of Mahbubnagar district earlier to the formation of new districts in Telangana.

Institutions

 * Zilla Parishad (Boys) High School
 * Zilla Parishad (girls ) High School
 * Ravindra Vidyanikethan
 * Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
 * Govt. Junior College
 * Goutham concept school
 * T S model school (Donthikunta Thanda)

Villages
The villages in Ghanpur mandal include:
 * Agaram
 * Almaipally
 * Anthaipally
 * Appareddipally
 * Ghanpur
 * Jangamaipally
 * Kamaluddinpur
 * Malkapur
 * Mamidimada
 * Manajipet
 * Md.hussainpally
 * Parvathapur
 * Rukkannapally
 * Salkalapur
 * Shapur
 * Solipur
 * Thirumalaipally
 * Upperpally
 * Venkatampally

History
This place was named after Kakatiya king Ganapathi Deva in 13th Century as Ganapuram, eventually it is spelled as Ghanpur. Since it has a Khilla, Telugu for fort, it popularly known as Khilla Ghanpur. Prior to the construction of the fort and naming this village as Ganapuram, there was a small village present with name Naginenepalli in 13th Century.