List of districts in Telangana

Location of Telangana in India

The state of Telangana, in southern India is divided into 31 districts. A 'district' in the state of Telangana is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District collector, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.

Statistics

Telangana new districts created in 2016

In terms of area, Bhadradri Kothagudem is the largest district with an area of 7,483 km2 (2,889 sq mi) and Hyderabad is the smallest with 217 km2 (84 sq mi). Hyderabad district is the most populated district with a population of 3943323 and Kumarambheem Asifabad district is the least populated with 515,805. Telangana consist of 68 Revenue Divisions and 584 Revenue Mandals(Tehsil).[1]

History

Hyderabad state until 1956
Telangana at the time of formation on June 2, 2014

1948

Telangana region of Hyderabad State was consist of 8 Districts in 1948 when it inducted in Dominion of India they are Atraf-i-Baldah (Hyderabad), Mahbubnagar district, Medak district, Nalgonda district (Nalgundah), Nizamabad districts, Adilabad, Karimnagar, and Warangal districts.[2]

1953

Khamam district was created by bifurcation of Warangal district on 1st October 1953.[3]

1956

Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telangana region of Hyderabad State and Andhra state on November 1. Bhadrachalam division and Aswaraopet taluka parts was merged in Khammam district from Godavari districts for better Administration.[3]

1978

Hyderabad district was split into Hyderabad Urban District and Hyderabad Rural District on 15 August 1978.Hyderabad Urban District was made by 4 Talukas are Charminar, Golkonda, Mushirabad and Secunderabad Talukas which consist of only MCH area, Secunderabad cantonment and Osmania University. Hyderabad rural district was later renamed as Ranga Reddy District.[4]

2014

Telangana curved out from with 10 districts from Andhra Pradesh. Seven mandals of Bhadrachalam division were given back to East Godavari district.[5][6]

2016

21 New districts were created on 11 October, which lead to 31 districts in Telangana. All districts were divided into minimum 2 to maximum 5 except Hyderabad district which was untouched.[7]

District statistics

S.No.NameHeadquartersNo.of mandalsDensity
(per km2)		Urban (%)Literacy (%)Sex RatioMap
1AdilabadAdilabad1817123.6663.46989
2Bhadradri KothagudemKothagudem2314331.7166.401008
3HyderabadHyderabad161817210083.25954
4JagtialJagtial1840722.4660.261036
5JangaonJangaon1325912.6061.44997
6Jayashankar BhupalapallyBhupalpalle201157.5760.331009
7Jogulamba GadwalGadwal1220810.3649.87972
8KamareddyKamareddy2226612.7156.511033
9KarimnagarKarimnagar1647330.7269.16993
10KhammamKhammam2132122.6065.951005
11Kumarambheem AsifabadAsifabad1510616.8656.72998
12MahabubabadMahabubabad162699.8657.13996
13MahabubnagarMahabubnagar2628120.7356.78995
14MancherialMancherial }1820143.8564.35977
15MedakMedak202757.6756.121027
16Medchal–Malkajgiri[8]Shamirpet14225191.4082.49957
17NagarkurnoolNagarkurnool2012410.1954.38968
18NalgondaNalgonda3122722.7663.75978
19NirmalNirmal1918521.3857.771046
20NizamabadNizamabad2736629.5864.251044
21PeddapalliPeddapalli1435638.2265.52992
22Rajanna SircillaSircilla1327321.1762.711014
23Ranga ReddyShamshabad2748658.0571.95950
24SangareddySangareddy2634734.6964.08965
25SiddipetSiddipet2227913.7461.611008
26SuryapetSuryapet2330515.5664.11996
27Vikarabad[9]Vikarabad1827413.4857.911001
28WanaparthyWanaparthy1426815.9755.67960
29Warangal RuralWarangal153306.9961.26994
30Warangal UrbanWarangal1182668.5176.17997
31Yadadri BhuvanagiriBhongir1623916.6665.53973
Telangana--58431238.8866.54988-

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See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Yazdani, Ghulam. "Hyderabad State". Atlantic Publishers & Distri – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 "Know Your Corporation".
  4. ↑ Law, Gwillim (2011-09-25). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  5. ↑ "The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014" Accessed 13 July 2014
  6. ↑ "Protests against Centre, Andhra Pradesh in Khammam over Polavaram Bill". Deccan Chronicle, 12 July 2014. Accessed 13 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Medchal-Malkajgiri district" (PDF). Official website of Medchal district. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Vikarabad district". Official website Vikarabad district. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

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