List of districts of Telangana
The Indian state of Telangana has 33 districts, each headed by a District collector .[ 1]
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 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]
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 74 Revenue Divisions and 594 Revenue Mandals (Tehsil ).[ 9]
S.No.
Name
Headquarters
Area (km2 )
Population (2011 census)
No.of mandals
Density (per km2 )
Urban (%)
Literacy (%)
Sex ratio
Map
1
Adilabad
Adilabad
4,153
708,972
18
171
23.66
63.46
978
2
Kumuram Bheem Asifabad
Asifabad
4,878
515,812
15
106
16.86
56.72
998
3
Mancherial
Mancherial
4,016
807,037
18
201
43.85
64.35
977
4
Nirmal
Nirmal
3,845
709,418
19
185
21.38
57.77
1046
5
Nizamabad
Nizamabad
4,288
1,571,022
27
366
29.58
64.25
1044
6
Jagtial
Jagtial
2,419
985,417
18
407
22.46
60.26
1036
7
Peddapalli
Peddapalli
2,236
795,332
14
356
38.22
65.52
992
8
Kamareddy
Kamareddy
3,652
972,625
22
266
12.71
56.51
1033
9
Rajanna Sircilla
Sircilla
2,019
552,037
13
273
21.17
62.71
1014
10
Karimnagar
Karimnagar
2,128
1,005,711
16
473
30.72
69.16
993
11
Jayashankar Bhupalpally
Bhupalpally
2,293
416,763
12
180
7.57
58.97
1009
12
Sangareddy
Sangareddy
4,403
1,527,628
26
347
34.69
64.08
965
13
Medak
Medak
2,786
767,428
20
275
7.67
56.12
1027
14
Siddipet
Siddipet
3,632
1,012,065
22
279
13.74
61.61
1008
15
Jangaon
Jangaon
2,188
566,376
13
259
12.60
61.60
997
16
Hanumakonda
Hanumakonda [ 10]
1,309
1,080,858
11
826
68.51
76.17
997
17
Warangal
Warangal [ 10]
2,175
718,537
15
330
6.99
61.26
994
18
Mulugu
Mulugu
3,881
257,744
09
66
05
62.26
968
19
Bhadradri kothagudem
Kothagudem
7,483
1,069,261
23
143
31.71
66.40
1008
20
Khammam
Khammam
4,361
1,401,639
21
321
22.60
65.95
1005
21
Mahabubabad
Mahabubabad
2,877
774,549
16
269
9.86
57.13
996
22
Suryapet
Suryapet
3,607
1,099,560
23
305
15.56
64.11
996
23
Nalgonda
Nalgonda
7,122
1,618,416
31
227
22.76
63.75
978
24
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri [ 11]
Bhuvanagiri
3,092
739,448
16
239
16.66
65.2402221
973
25
Medchal–Malkajgiri
Shamirpet
1,084
2,440,073
14
2251
91.40
82.48
957
26
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
217
3,943,323
16
18172
100
83.25
954
27
Ranga Reddy
Shamshabad
5,031
2,446,265
27
486
58.05
71.88
950
28
Vikarabad
Vikarabad
3,386
927,140
18
274
13.48
57.91
1001
29
Narayanpet
Narayanpet
2336
566,874
11
240
7.36
49.93
1009
30
Mahabubnagar
Mahabubnagar
2,738
919,903
26
340
20.73
60.97
995
31
Nagarkurnool
Nagarkurnool
6,545
893,308
22
142
10.19
54.38
968
32
Wanaparthy
Wanaparthy
2,152
577,758
14
268
15.97
55.67
960
33
Jogulamba Gadwal
Gadwal
2,928
609,990
12
208
10.36
49.87
972
Total
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–
112,077
35,003,674
584
312
38.88
66.54
988
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See also
References