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WhatsApp Business API for Bodhan's mills, traders and shops, in Telugu and Urdu

Bodhan is older than its district's name: tradition places ancient Podana here, and a Chalukya king ruled from it in the eighth century. Its customers now write in Telugu and Urdu, and both are languages Meta approves templates in.

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State
Telangana
District
Nizamabad: 33 mandals, three revenue divisions[1]
Municipality
Constituted 1956; 35 wards over 21.36 sq km[3]
PIN code
503185 (municipal office, Rakasipet)[3]
District ODOP
Turmeric[4]
Billing
₹ with GST to your Telangana GSTIN

For Bodhan's paddy buyers and turmeric traders in the Nizamsagar command area, the shops of a 35-ward municipal town and the travel desks that send visitors to its old temples: why a Bodhan template can be written in Telugu and in Urdu, and what each message costs in rupees.

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From Podana to a shared number, in eight stops

Bodhan has been a capital, a taluk town and a municipality. Scrub along the line to see where it has been, and where a Bodhan business's WhatsApp fits today.

The last stop is the one this page is about. Bodhan speaks Telugu and Urdu side by side, and unlike many towns its two everyday languages are both on Meta's list of template languages. A business here does not have to push its customers into Hindi or English when a message has to go out after a quiet day.

Bodhan through the centuries

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NowNowEvent 8 of 8

One number, two scripts

A Bodhan paddy buyer answers farmers in Telugu and shop customers in Urdu from one shared number, and sends weighment notes as approved templates in both.

Milestones from the Nizamabad district administration's pages, with the oldest history from general sources. The last stop is an illustration of a business, not a record.

Event 8 of 8: Now — One number, two scripts (now). A Bodhan paddy buyer answers farmers in Telugu and shop customers in Urdu from one shared number, and sends weighment notes as approved templates in both.

Bodhan in eight lines

From the Nizamabad district administration, Invest India's ODOP list and Meta's own documentation; the oldest history and the town's temples are general background from Wikipedia.

Bodhan Municipality was constituted in 1956 and has 35 wards over 21.36 sq km; its office stands opposite the MRO office at Rakasipet, PIN 503185.[3]

Nizamabad district covers 4,288 sq km with 33 mandals, three revenue divisions, four municipalities and 530 gram panchayats, and lists Telugu and Hindi as its languages.[1]

The district was first called Indur, after King Indradatta of the fifth century, and Indur became a district in 1876, when Sir Salar Jung I reorganised the Nizam's dominion.[2]

Mauryas, Satavahanas, Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas and Kakatiyas ruled the region, and in medieval times the Bahmani, Qutb Shahi and Barid Shahi sultans; the district was part of Andhra Pradesh until 2 June 2014.[2]

Invest India's ODOP list names turmeric for Nizamabad district.[4]

Bodhan is identified with ancient Podana; it lies west of Nizamabad on NH 63, on a branch railway to Nizamabad, in the Nizamsagar Project's command area, and the nearest airport is at Nanded in Maharashtra.[5]

Its temples include Sri Ekachakreshwara and Sri Indranarayana, the second known for its pillared hall, and Telugu and Urdu are both widely spoken in the town.[5]

Meta charges per delivered message by category and by the recipient's country calling code, and Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi and English (India) are all on its list of template languages.[6],[7]

Industries

Who in Bodhan starts first

Four kinds of business that follow from the canal-fed fields around the town, the district's turmeric, the municipal bazaar and the temples.

  1. 01

    Paddy buyers and mills

    Bodhan lies in the Nizamsagar Project's command area. A buyer taking farmers' paddy needs to tell each one what his lot weighed and when the money moves.[5]

    On WhatsApp: Weighment note per lot, in Telugu · Payment note with the amount · Answers to farmers who write back

  2. 02

    Turmeric traders

    Turmeric is Nizamabad district's ODOP product, and a trader buying from growers around Bodhan is asked the rate every day of the season.[4]

    On WhatsApp: Rate given in reply to a grower · Sale note after the lot is sold · Season-open note to growers who opted in

  3. 03

    Shops and clinics in the town

    The municipality has 35 wards, and its customers write in Telugu or Urdu, sometimes in both on one family's phone.[3],[5]

    On WhatsApp: Order-ready note in the customer's script · Appointment and refill reminders · New-stock note to customers who opted in

  4. 04

    Travel desks and cabs

    Visitors come for the Ekachakreshwara and Indranarayana temples, and travellers leave for flights at Nanded or Hyderabad.[5]

    On WhatsApp: Directions and a location pin in reply · Booking confirmation · Pickup reminder the evening before

Two scripts at one counter

In many Indian towns a business has to accept a gap between the language its customers write in and the language its templates can use. Bodhan is spared most of that. Telugu (te) and Urdu (ur) are both Meta template languages, so the weighment note, the order-ready message and the appointment reminder can each be written in the script the customer reads.

That does mean two approvals. A template name holds one version per language, and Meta reviews each version on its own; a Telugu version approved on Monday says nothing about the Urdu one submitted with it. Write both carefully, keep the variables in the same order, and pick the version per contact when you send.

Replies are simpler. Inside the 24 hours after a customer writes, staff answer freely in whatever the customer used, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi or English, and none of it needs approval. The district lists Telugu and Hindi as its languages, so a Hindi (hi) version is a sensible third for customers who prefer it.

Telugu and Urdu first, then Hindi, Marathi and English

Each of these is on Meta's template list; replies need no template at all.

InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi; the templates and replies are yours to write in any of the languages above.

Meta template languages relevant to Bodhan
LanguageMeta codeUse it for
TeluguteFarmers, growers and most shop customers
UrduurCustomers who read Urdu, in the bazaar and beyond
HindihiOne of the district's listed languages; buyers from the north
MarathimrCustomers and buyers on the Nanded side of the state border
English (India)en_INInvoices and buyers' purchase offices

Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR

What a paddy season costs a Bodhan buyer to message

Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a weighment or payment note, ₹0.145 for every reply to a farmer who wrote, ₹0.94 for an offer to customers who opted in and ₹0.14 for a passcode.

Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC

Lite

₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD

₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD

Growth

₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD

₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD

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Per message to Bodhan · India

InfiQ per-message rates for Bodhan in rupees and USD
Category₹ INRUSD
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
Per-message rates by market, effective 1 October 2026
MarketMarketingUtilityAuthenticationService
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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$10.51 USD

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What a Bodhan business runs on InfiQ

Matched to a town that writes in two scripts.

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Nearby

City pages near Bodhan

The nearest markets in Telangana and across the border in Maharashtra.

Bodhan's farmers, buyers and travellers move between several of these cities; each page looks at its own trades and languages. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.

Guides for Bodhan teams

Questions Bodhan businesses ask

  1. Q1

    Farmers in the Nizamsagar command area sell paddy to our Bodhan firm. Can each one get the weighment and payment note on WhatsApp in Telugu?

    Yes. A weighment or payment note for paddy the farmer has sold you is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved by Meta in Telugu (te), with the lot, weight and amount as variables. When a farmer writes back with a question, your answers for the next 24 hours are replies at ₹0.145.

  2. Q2

    Customers at our shop near the Rakasipet municipal office write to us in both Urdu and Telugu. Can one order-ready template go out in both scripts?

    Yes. Urdu (ur) and Telugu (te) are both Meta template languages. You submit one template name with an Urdu and a Telugu version, each approved on its own, and choose the version per customer when you send. Replies need no template, so staff answer in whichever script the customer used.

  3. Q3

    We buy turmeric, Nizamabad district's ODOP crop, from growers around Bodhan. Can we send each grower the rate and the sale details on WhatsApp?

    A sale note for a grower's own lot is a utility template at ₹0.19. A daily rate list sent to growers who did not ask is marketing at ₹0.94 and goes only to those who agreed to receive it; a grower who asks for the rate gets it as a reply at ₹0.145.

  4. Q4

    Visitors ask our Bodhan travel desk how to reach the Ekachakreshwara and Indranarayana temples. Are our answers marketing messages?

    No. The visitor wrote first, so directions, timings and a location pin are replies at ₹0.145 each, in Telugu, Urdu, Hindi or English as they wrote. A booking confirmation sent later, after the window has closed, is a utility template at ₹0.19.

  5. Q5

    Our Bodhan cab service drives travellers to flights at Nanded and Hyderabad. What does the pickup reminder the evening before cost?

    A reminder about a ride the passenger booked is a utility template at ₹0.19 per delivered message, with the pickup time, the driver and the vehicle number as variables. A passenger who replies to change the time opens 24 hours of replies at ₹0.145.

  6. Q6

    Buyers from across the Maharashtra border, on the Nanded side, order from our Bodhan shop. Can their dispatch notes be in Marathi?

    Yes. Marathi (mr) is a Meta template language, so the dispatch template can carry a Marathi version beside Telugu and Urdu, each approved separately. A buyer in Maharashtra on an Indian number costs the same India rate as a customer in Telangana.

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Sources

Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.

  1. [1]Nizamabad district: official website · District Administration, Nizamabad · read 2026-10-21
  2. [2]History · District Administration, Nizamabad · read 2026-10-21
  3. [3]Municipalities · District Administration, Nizamabad · read 2026-10-21
  4. [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
  5. [5]Bodhan (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
  6. [6]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
  7. [7]Message templates: supported languages · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21

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