Suryapet district

Suryapet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.[2] The city of Suryapet is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Nalgonda, Khammam, Yadadri, Jangaon and Mahabubabad districts and with Andhra Pradesh state.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Suryapet.

Suryapet district
District of Telangana
Location of Suryapet district in Telangana
CountryIndia
StateTelangana
HeadquartersSuryapet
Tehsils23
Government
 • District collectorvinay Krishna Reddy[IAS]
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesNalgonda and Bhuvanagiri
Area
 • Total3,607 km2 (1,393 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total10,99,560
 • Density300/km2 (790/sq mi)
 • Urban
15.56%
Demographics
 • Literacy64.11%
 • Sex ratio996
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTS–29[1]
Major highwaysNH-65, NH-365B, NH-365BB and SH-42
Websitesuryapet.telangana.gov.in
Suryapet District Revenue divisions

Geography

The district is spread over an area of 3,374.41 square kilometres (1,302.87 sq mi).[3]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 1,099,560.[3]

The Krishna River and Musi River flow through the Suryapet district.

Major city

Major towns

Notable places in district
  • Lingamanthula Swamy temple- 5 km from Suryapet
  • Chennakeshava Swamy temple, Pillalamarri-6 km from Suryapet
  • Dandu Maisamma temple-12 km from Suryapet
  • Sri Undrugonda Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple,Undrugonda-13 km from Suryapet
  • Musi Reservoir-27 km from Suryapet
  • Phanigiri Buddhist Site-42 km from Suryapet
  • Ananthagiri Hill-54 km from Suryapet
  • Swayambu Shambhu Lingeshwara Temple, Mellacheruvu-63 km from Suryapet
  • Mattapalli Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Mattapalli-80 km from Suryapet

Administrative divisions

The district has three revenue divisions of Suryapet, Kodad and Huzurnagar. It is sub-divided into 23 mandals.[4] Amoy kumar is the present collector of the district.[5]

Mandals
S.No.Suryapet revenue divisionKodad revenue divisionHuzurnagar revenue division
1Suryapet Chilkur Garidepally
2Chivvemla Ananthagiri Huzurnagar
3Mothey Kodad Nereducherla
4Jajireddygudem Munagala Mattampally
5Nuthankal Nadigudem Mellachervu
6Penpahad Palakeedu
7Athmakur(S) Mallareddygudem
8Thirumalagiri
9Thungathurthy
10Nagaram
11Maddirala

Notable personalities

Tollywood actors Kanta Rao, Prabhakar Reddy, Venu Madhav are from Suryapet District.

B. Santosh Babu Colonel, Indian Army

See also
  • List of districts in Telangana

References
  1. "Telangana New Districts Names 2016 Pdf TS 31 Districts List". Timesalert.com. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. "Suryapet district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. "Clipping of Andhra Jyothy Telugu Daily – Hyderabad". Andhra Jyothy. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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