STATE PROFILING OF TELANGANA

Telangana came into being on the 2nd of June, 2014. The State has an area of 1,12,077 sq. Km.
and has a population of 3,50,03,674 (2011 Census).

Number of Districts
The State comprises of 33 districts covering an area of 1,12,077 sq. km (44,273 sq. mi). The largest
district is Bhadradri Kothagudem whereas Hyderabad is the smallest.

Adilabad Medchal-Malkajgiri
Bhadradri Mulugu
Kothagudem Nagarkurnool
Hanumakonda Nalgonda
Hyderabad Narayanpet
Jagtial Nirmal
Jangaon Nizamabad
Jayashankar Peddapalli
Bhupalpally Rajanna Sircilla
Jogulamba Gadwal Rangareddy
Kamareddy Sangareddy
Karimnagar Siddipet
Khammam Suryapet
Kumuram Bheem Vikarabad
Mahabubabad Wanaparthy
Mahabubnagar Warangal
Mancherial Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Medak

Number of administrative units in Districts

Sr.No. Name of the district Mahabubnagar Warangal Karimnagar

Geographical Area (Sq.
1 2737.96 1766 2128
Kms.)
2 Administrative units
Number of Revenue
a. 1 2 2
divisions
Number of
b. 16 13 16
Mandals/Blocks
Number of Revenue
c. 316 191 210
villages

• https://warangal.telangana.gov.in/
• https://mahabubnagar.telangana.gov.in/
• https://karimnagar.telangana.gov.in/
Agricultural crops under these districts

Warangal

Sr. No. Name of the crops Area in Hects.

a Rice 57934
b Jowar 85
c Maize 17343
d Red gram 1135
e Green gram 514
f Black gram 100
g Groundnut 3543
h Sunflower 42
i Chillies 3900
j Sugarcane (Gur) 1
k Cotton 59590

Mahabubnagar

Sr. No. Name of the crops Area in Hects.

a Rice 12170
b Jowar 9362
c Maize 37660
d Red gram 14994
e Green gram 64
f Chillies 542
g Onion 95
h Sugarcane (Gur) 177
i Cotton 36554

Karimnagar

Area in
Sr. No. Name of the crops
Hects.
a Rice 65485
b Maize 32690
c Red gram 613
d Green gram 893
e Groundnut 279
f Chillies 107
g Cotton 54557
h Horticulture 11727
 NABARD disbursement of funds in 2020-2021

• National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has provided

₹20,000 crore to Telangana during the financial year ended March 2021 for
various programmes.
• Nabard, Telangana bank provided ₹13,915 crore to the banks for lending
towards crop loans as well as term loans in the State.
• Out of this, ₹100 crore was disbursed to the beneficiaries of Nabard-supported
watershed areas.
• An amount of Rs ₹6,633 crore was provided to the State for creating enabling
infrastructure in the rural areas.
• Similarly, support was extended to irrigation projects too. Over ₹4,600 crore
was sanctioned to Mallanna Sagar reservoir under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation
Project and an amount of ₹2,394.70 crore was disbursed during FY21.
• Further, ₹2,500 crore cash credit was disbursed to Telangana State Civil Supply
Corporation for procurement purposes.
• “Thus, the total financial support extended by Nabard for various interventions
is ₹20,549 crore during the financial year of 2020-21, an increase of 25 per cent
compared to ₹16,312.50 crore sanctioned in 2019-20,” the bank said in a
release.