Sedam
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Sedam ಸೇಡಂ |
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| taluka | |
 Sedam
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| Coordinates: 17°10′59″N 77°16′59″E / 17.183°N 77.283°ECoordinates: 17°10′59″N 77°16′59″E / 17.183°N 77.283°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Karnataka |
| District | Gulbarga |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Gulbarga |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 39,341 |
| • Density | 5,734.36/km2 (14,851.9/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 585 222 |
| Telephone code | 08441 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 32 |
Sedam or Seram is a town in Gulbarga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Sedam Taluka.
The town is spread over an area of 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi). Sedam Taluk shares borders with three Taluks in the Gulbarga district: Chitapur Taluk to the west, Chincholi Taluk to the north and Yadgir district to the south. It also borders Tandur Taluk of the Rangareddy District of Telangana and Kodangal Taluk of the Mahbubnagar District in Telangana to the east.
Sedam is well connected by road. It is 150 km from Hyderabad, Capital City of Telangana State. It is connected to Gulbarga, the district headquarters which is 50 km . It is connected to Yadgir which is 55 km. On the Sedam Gulbarga Road Gulbarga Airport is scheduled to come into operation by mid March 2014.
Sedam lies in the Hyderabad-Mumbai route and Delhi-Bangalore Route. The following trains have a stop in Sedam: Hussain Sagar Superfast Express, Mumbai Express, Rayalseema Express (Tirupati-[℅Hyderabad]]), 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.
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.
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