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 consisted of 8 Districts in 1948 when it was inducted in Dominion of India; they are Hyderabad, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, 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 1956. 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
3HanamkondaHanamkonda[10]1,3091,080,8581182668.5176.17997
4HyderabadHyderabad2173,943,323161817210083.25954
5JagitialJagitial2,419985,4171840722.4660.261036
6JangaonJangaon2,188566,3761325912.6061.60997
7Jayashankar BhupalpallyBhupalpally2,293416,763201807.5758.971009
8Jogulamba GadwalGadwal2,928609,9901220810.3649.87972
9KamareddyKamareddy3,652972,6252226612.7156.511033
10KarimnagarKarimnagar2,1281,005,7111647330.7269.16993
11KhammamKhammam4,3611,401,6392132122.6065.951005
12Kumuram BheemAsifabad4,878515,8121510616.8656.72998
13MahabubabadMahabubabad2,877774,549162699.8657.13996
14MahabubnagarMahabubnagar2,738919,9032634020.7360.97995
15MancherialMancherial4,016807,0371820143.8564.35977
16MedakMedak2,786767,428202757.6756.121027
17Medchal–MalkajgiriShamirpet1,0842,440,07314225191.4082.48957
18MuluguMulugu3,881257,74409660562.26968
19 Nagarkurnool Nagarkurnool 6,545 893,308 22 142 10.19 54.38 968
20 Narayanpet Narayanpet 2336 566,874 11 240 7.36 49.93 1009
21NalgondaNalgonda7,1221,618,4163122722.7663.75978
22NirmalNirmal3,845709,4181918521.3857.771046
23NizamabadNizamabad4,2881,571,0222736629.5864.251044
24PeddapalliPeddapalli 2,236795,3321435638.2265.52992
25Rajanna SircillaSircilla2,019552,0371327321.1762.711014
26Ranga ReddyHyderabad[11]5,0312,446,2652748658.0571.88950
27SangareddySangareddy4,4031,527,6282634734.6964.08965
28SiddipetSiddipet3,6321,012,0652227913.7461.611008
29SuryapetSuryapet3,6071,099,5602330515.5664.11996
30VikarabadVikarabad3,386927,1401827413.4857.911001
31WanaparthyWanaparthy2,152577,7581426815.9755.67960
32WarangalWarangal[10]2,175718,537153306.9961.26994
33Yadadri BhuvanagiriBhuvanagiri3,092739,4481623916.6665.2402221973
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 (1937). "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "KCR renames Warangal Urban Hanamkonda; Warangal Rural becomes Warangal". NewsMeter.
  11. "Collectorate". Ranga Reddy district. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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