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List of districts of Telangana

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

Contents
History
District statistics
See also
References
External links

History
Location of Telangana in India
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
Telangana at the time of formation on
1978.Hyderabad Urban District was made by 4 Talukas are Charminar, Golkonda,
2 June 2014
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]

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Population Density
S. Area No.of Urban Literacy Sex
Name Headquarters (2011 (per Map
No. (km2) mandals (%) (%) ratio
census) km2)

1 Adilabad Adilabad 4,153 708,972 18 171 23.66 63.46 978

Bhadradri
2 Kothagudem 7,483 1,069,261 23 143 31.71 66.40 1008
Kothagudem

3 Hyderabad Hyderabad 217 3,943,323 16 18172 100 83.25 954

4 Jagitial Jagitial 2,419 985,417 18 407 22.46 60.26 1036

5 Jangaon Jangaon 2,188 566,376 13 259 12.60 61.60 997

Jayashankar
6 Bhupalpally 6,175 711,434 20 115 7.57 58.97 1009
Bhupalpally

Jogulamba
7 Gadwal 2,928 609,990 12 208 10.36 49.87 972
Gadwal

8 Kamareddy Kamareddy 3,652 972,625 22 266 12.71 56.51 1033

9 Karimnagar Karimnagar 2,128 1,005,711 16 473 30.72 69.16 993

10 Khammam Khammam 4,361 1,401,639 21 321 22.60 65.95 1005

Komaram Komaram
11 4,878 515,812 15 106 16.86 56.72 998
Bheem Bheem

Total – – 112,077 35,003,674 584 312 38.88 66.54 988 –

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Population Density
S. Area No.of Urban Literacy Sex
Name Headquarters (2011 (per Map
No. (km2) mandals (%) (%) ratio
census) km2)

12 Mahabubabad Mahabubabad 2,877 774,549 16 269 9.86 57.13 996

13 Mahabubnagar Mahabubnagar 5,285 1,486,777 26 281 20.73 60.97 995

14 Mancherial Mancherial 4,016 807,037 18 201 43.85 64.35 977

15 Medak Medak 2,786 767,428 20 275 7.67 56.12 1027

Medchal–
16 Shamirpet 1,084 2,440,073 14 2251 91.40 82.48 957
Malkajgiri

17 Mulugu Mulugu 3,881 294,671 09 124 05 62.26 968

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

20 Nalgonda Nalgonda 7,122 1,618,416 31 227 22.76 63.75 978

21 Nirmal Nirmal 3,845 709,418 19 185 21.38 57.77 1046

22 Nizamabad Nizamabad 4,288 1,571,022 27 366 29.58 64.25 1044

Total – – 112,077 35,003,674 584 312 38.88 66.54 988 –

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Population Density
S. Area No.of Urban Literacy Sex
Name Headquarters (2011 (per Map
No. (km2) mandals (%) (%) ratio
census) km2)

23 Peddapalli Peddapalli 2,236 795,332 14 356 38.22 65.52 992

Rajanna
24 Sircilla 2,019 552,037 13 273 21.17 62.71 1014
Sircilla

25 Ranga Reddy Shamshabad 5,031 2,446,265 27 486 58.05 71.88 950

26 Sangareddy Sangareddy 4,403 1,527,628 26 347 34.69 64.08 965

27 Siddipet Siddipet 3,632 1,012,065 22 279 13.74 61.61 1008

28 Suryapet Suryapet 3,607 1,099,560 23 305 15.56 64.11 996

29 Vikarabad Vikarabad 3,386 927,140 18 274 13.48 57.91 1001

30 Wanaparthy Wanaparthy 2,152 577,758 14 268 15.97 55.67 960

Warangal
31 Warangal 2,175 718,537 15 330 6.99 61.26 994
Rural

Warangal
32 Warangal 1,309 1,080,858 11 826 68.51 76.17 997
Urban

Yadadri
33 Bhongir 3,092 739,448 16 239 16.66 65.2402221 973
Bhuvanagiri

Total – – 112,077 35,003,674 584 312 38.88 66.54 988 –

See also
List of mandals in Telangana

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