List of districts of Telangana

The Indian state of Telangana has 33 districts, each headed by a District collector.[1]

Location of Telangana in India

History
Telangana at the time of formation on 2 June 2014

Telangana region of Hyderabad State did consist of 8 Districts in 1948 when it was 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] Khammam district was created by bifurcation of Warangal district on 1 October 1953.[3] Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telangana region of Hyderabad State and Andhra state on 1 November. Bhadrachalam division and Aswaraopet taluka parts was merged in Khammam district from Godavari districts for better Administration.[3] 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]

Telangana carved out from with 10 districts from Andhra Pradesh. Seven mandals of Bhadrachalam division were given back to East Godavari district.[5][6] 21 new districts were created on 11 October 2016, which lead to 31 districts in Telangana. All districts were divided into minimum 2 to maximum 5 except Hyderabad district which was untouched.[7] Two new districts, Mulugu and Narayanpet were created on 17 February 2019, taking the total number of districts to 33.[8] Narayanpet district has 11 mandals.

District statistics

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 39,43,323 and Mulugu is the least populated with 2,94,671. Telangana consist of 68 Revenue Divisions and 584 Revenue Mandals(Tehsil).[9]

S. No. Name Headquarters Area (km2) Population
(2011 census)		 No.of mandals Density
(per km2)		 Urban (%) Literacy (%) Sex ratio Map
1AdilabadAdilabad4,153708,9721817123.6663.46978
2Bhadradri KothagudemKothagudem7,4831,069,2612314331.7166.401008
3HyderabadHyderabad2173,943,323161817210083.25954
4JagitialJagitial2,419985,4171840722.4660.261036
5JangaonJangaon2,188566,3761325912.6061.60997
6Jayashankar BhupalpallyBhupalpally6,175711,434201157.5758.971009
7Jogulamba GadwalGadwal2,928609,9901220810.3649.87972
8KamareddyKamareddy3,652972,6252226612.7156.511033
9KarimnagarKarimnagar2,1281,005,7111647330.7269.16993
10KhammamKhammam4,3611,401,6392132122.6065.951005
11Komaram BheemKomaram Bheem4,878515,8121510616.8656.72998
12MahabubabadMahabubabad2,877774,549162699.8657.13996
13MahabubnagarMahabubnagar5,2851,486,7772628120.7360.97995
14MancherialMancherial4,016807,0371820143.8564.35977
15MedakMedak2,786767,428202757.6756.121027
16Medchal–MalkajgiriShamirpet1,0842,440,07314225191.4082.48957
17MuluguMulugu3,881294,671091240562.26968
18 Nagarkurnool Nagarkurnool 6,545 893,308 22 142 10.19 54.38 968
19 Narayanpet Narayanpet 2336.44 5,66,874 11 243 7.36 49.93 1009
20NalgondaNalgonda7,1221,618,4163122722.7663.75978
21NirmalNirmal3,845709,4181918521.3857.771046
22NizamabadNizamabad4,2881,571,0222736629.5864.251044
23PeddapalliPeddapalli2,236795,3321435638.2265.52992
24Rajanna SircillaSircilla2,019552,0371327321.1762.711014
25Ranga ReddyShamshabad5,0312,446,2652748658.0571.88950
26SangareddySangareddy4,4031,527,6282634734.6964.08965
27SiddipetSiddipet3,6321,012,0652227913.7461.611008
28SuryapetSuryapet3,6071,099,5602330515.5664.11996
29VikarabadVikarabad3,386927,1401827413.4857.911001
30WanaparthyWanaparthy2,152577,7581426815.9755.67960
31Warangal RuralWarangal2,175718,537153306.9961.26994
32Warangal UrbanWarangal1,3091,080,8581182668.5176.17997
33Yadadri BhuvanagiriBhongir3,092739,4481623916.6665.2402221973
Total––112,07735,003,67458431238.8866.54988–

See also

References
  1. "Telangana State Portal Districts". www.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. Yazdani, Ghulam. "Hyderabad State". Atlantic Publishers & Distri – via Google Books.
  3. "Know Your Corporation".
  4. Law, Gwillim (25 September 2011). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  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. "Telangana gets two new districts: Narayanpet and Mulugu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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