Cotton gins and buyers
Cotton is one of the district's main crops, and spinning and ginning mills are part of its industrial base.[2]
- Day's-rate replies
- Weighment and payment notices
- Season news to opted-in farmers
Telangana · Updated 2026-10-20
WhatsApp Business API for Asifabad's gins, millet units and the mandals around them
Asifabad, once Jangam, has been made a district headquarters twice. Its customers still come in from the mandals, and most of them write first.
Asifabad was a district headquarters in 1913, lost the title to Adilabad in 1941 and won it back in 2016. The town its district site calls predominantly tribal now handles the offices, the hospital and the harvest trade.
For the cotton gins and buyers around Asifabad, the millet units of a district whose ODOP is millets, the clinics and labs near its medical college and the cabs that cross the Kerameri ghat: when a message is a reply, an update or an offer, which languages templates can use, and the rupee cost of each.
See it work
From a number in the register to a farmer's yes
A ginning mill near Asifabad has hundreds of farmers' numbers from past seasons. Climb the ladder to see what the mill may send at each step, and what drops it back down.
Each rung is earned by something the farmer does: writing, selling, agreeing. A gin that skips a rung, sending a rate list to every number it has, is sending marketing to people who never said yes. A STOP takes the farmer back to the bottom rung, and the gin waits for him to write again.
What a gin may send a cotton farmer, rung by rung
4 / 4
- Tier 1Tier 1: A number in the register (current)Nothing yetNothing yet
- Tier 2Tier 2: The farmer writes (not reached)Replies, ₹0.145Replies, ₹0.145
- Tier 3Tier 3: His cotton is weighed and bought (not reached)Utility, ₹0.19Utility, ₹0.19
- Tier 4Tier 4: He says yes to season news (not reached)Marketing, ₹0.94Marketing, ₹0.94
Move 4 of 4Drops 3 tiers
Tier 1 · A number in the register
Nothing yet
Why: He replies STOP, so offers end until he asks again
A farmer's number from last season's book is not permission to send offers. Wait for him to write, or for a sale.
Move 4 of 4: drops to tier 1, A number in the register (Nothing yet). He replies STOP, so offers end until he asks again
Market brief
Asifabad and its district, from the records
From the Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district site, Invest India's ODOP list and Meta; the town's history, river and roads are general background from Wikipedia.
- 01
The district was carved out of the erstwhile Adilabad district and is bordered by Adilabad, Mancherial and Nirmal districts and by Maharashtra. It has 15 mandals in two revenue divisions, Asifabad and Kaghaznagar.[1],[2]
- 02
The district site describes Asifabad, its headquarters, as a predominantly tribal town, and says prehistoric fossils have been excavated in and around it.[2]
- 03
Rice, cotton and pulses are the district's main crops; Singareni Collieries, Sirpur Paper Mills and spinning and ginning mills form its industrial base. Asifabad has one RTC depot.[2]
- 04
Invest India's One District One Product list names millets for Kumuram Bheem Asifabad.[4]
- 05
Formerly Jangam or Jungum and a taluk headquarters under the Nizam, Asifabad was a district headquarters from 1913 until 1941 and again from 2016. It stands on the Peddavagu, with NH 363 through the town.[6]
- 06
Meta lets a business send free-form messages only inside the 24-hour window a customer opens, and prices each delivered message by category and the recipient's country calling code.[5]
Who in and around Asifabad sends messages
Four kinds of business in a headquarters town and its mandals.
Millet units and traders
Millets are the district's ODOP product, cleaned, packed and sold to buyers in the towns and cities.[4]
- Pack-size and rate replies
- Order and dispatch updates
- New packs to opted-in buyers
Clinics and labs
Asifabad has the Konda Laxman Bapuji Government Medical College, and patients from the mandals come to town for care and tests.[6]
- Appointment confirmations
- Report-ready notices
- OPD timing replies
Cabs and stays for visitors
The district lists the Kerameri ghat road, the Saptagundala falls at Pittalaguda and the Gangapur temple in Rebbana mandal among its places to visit.[3]
- Booking confirmations
- Pickup time and driver's number
- Route notes before the ghat
Telugu, Marathi and Hindi; Gondi in the reply
The district borders Maharashtra, so a business near Asifabad may serve customers in Telugu, Marathi and Hindi. Meta approves each language version of a template separately.
Gondi, which Wikipedia gives as the town's native language, is not one of Meta's template languages, so approved templates go in Telugu, Marathi, Hindi or English. Inside the 24-hour window, staff can reply in Gondi or any language a customer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu | te | Farmers, patients and shoppers across the district |
| Marathi | mr | Customers across the Maharashtra border |
| Hindi | hi | Customers and buyers who prefer it |
| English (India) | en_IN | Invoices, buyers in the cities and offices |
A headquarters town, three times over
Asifabad has been made a headquarters, unmade and made again. Today the district offices, the medical college and the bus depot draw people in from fifteen mandals. A district of 4,878 sq km is a long way to travel for a test report or a cotton rate, so it makes sense to ask on the phone first.
For a business here, that means the first message usually comes from the customer: a farmer asking if the gin is buying, a patient asking if the report is ready. Those are replies. The update sent later, the weighment slip or the report notice, is a utility template. Offers come last, and only to people who said yes.
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a message from Asifabad costs
Plans from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a rate or report reply, ₹0.19 for a weighment slip or appointment reminder, ₹0.94 for season news to opted-in farmers and ₹0.14 for a sign-in code.
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Per message to Asifabad · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
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What an Asifabad business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the ladder above.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
The ladder's top rung needs a record: each farmer's yes is stored with its time and source, and a STOP reply is enforced, even against a later import of old numbers.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Approve weighment, payment and report-ready templates in Telugu, Marathi and Hindi before the harvest and the clinic rush.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The gin's counter and its accounts desk, or a clinic's reception and lab, answer one number together.
- WhatsApp Coexistence
Keep using the WhatsApp Business app on the same number while the API runs alongside it, within Meta's coexistence limits.
A shop already on the WhatsApp Business app can keep using it on the same number while the API runs alongside, within Meta's limits.
Nearby
City pages near Asifabad
The nearest city pages in northern Telangana and beyond, nearest first.
Kagaznagar, in the same district, has its own page about the paper mill town; this one stays with the headquarters town and its harvest, clinics and visitors. The India guide covers DPDP consent, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Asifabad teams
Questions Asifabad businesses ask
- Q1
Farmers bring cotton to ginning mills around Asifabad after the harvest. Can a mill send the weighment slip and payment notice on WhatsApp?
Yes. Both are updates about the farmer's own sale, so they go as approved utility templates at ₹0.19 each, in Telugu or Marathi. If the farmer replies with a question, your answers for the next 24 hours are replies at ₹0.145.
- Q2
Millets are Kumuram Bheem Asifabad's ODOP product. Can our millet unit send new-pack offers to shops in Hyderabad?
Only to shops that agreed to receive offers from you, with a record of when and how. The offer goes as an approved marketing template at ₹0.94, with a way to opt out. A shop that writes to ask about packs gets your replies at ₹0.145.
- Q3
Many families around Asifabad speak Gondi at home. Can our templates be in Gondi?
No. Gondi is not on Meta's template-language list, so approved templates go in Telugu (te), Marathi (mr), Hindi (hi) or English. Inside the 24-hour window, staff can reply in Gondi, because free-form replies need no approval.
- Q4
Our lab is near the Konda Laxman Bapuji Government Medical College in Asifabad. Can we tell patients from the mandals that their report is ready?
Yes, to patients who gave their number for it. A report-ready notice is a utility template at ₹0.19. Keep test results out of the template text; send a link or ask the patient to collect, and answer their questions as replies.
- Q5
Visitors hire our cab from Asifabad to the Saptagundala falls at Pittalaguda over the Kerameri ghat. Can we send the pickup time and route?
Yes. A booking confirmation and a pickup reminder with the driver's number and route notes are utility templates about a trip already booked. Leave offers for other trips out of them, or Meta may classify the message as marketing.
- Q6
Customers from across the Maharashtra border buy from our Asifabad shop. Can our order updates be in Marathi?
Yes. Marathi (mr) is a Meta template language, like Telugu (te). Approve the same order-update template in each and send the version the customer reads. A Marathi template costs the same as a Telugu one; the price follows the category.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district: official website · District Administration, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad · read 2026-10-21
- [2]History · District Administration, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Tourist places · District Administration, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad · read 2026-10-21
- [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [6]Asifabad, Telangana (history, river, roads, rail and institutions only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
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