The Indian state of Telangana has 33 districts, each headed by a District collector.
History
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. Khammam district was created by bifurcation of Warangal district on 1 October 1957. 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. 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.
On 2 June 2014, when Telangana was carved out as India's 29th state with 10 districts from then Andhra Pradesh state, seven mandals of Bhadrachalam division were given back to East Godavari district."The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014" Accessed 13 July 2014 "Protests against Centre, Andhra Pradesh in Khammam over Polavaram Bill". Deccan Chronicle, 12 July 2014. Accessed 13 July 2014. On 11 October 2016, 21 new districts were created, which led to total 31 districts in Telangana. All districts were divided into minimum 2 to maximum 5 except Hyderabad district which was untouched. Two new districts, Mulugu and Narayanpet were created on 17 February 2019, taking the total number of districts to 33.
List of District
In terms of area, Bhadradri Kothagudem is the largest district with an area of and Hyderabad is the smallest with . Hyderabad district is the most populated district with a population of 39,43,323 and Mulugu district is the least populated with 2,94,671. Telangana consist of 74 Revenue Divisions and 594 Revenue Mandals (Tehsil).
Sl No Name Headquarters Area (km2) Population(2011 census) No.of mandals Density(per km2) Urban (%) Literacy (%) Sex ratio Map 1 Adilabad Adilabad 4,153 18 171 23.66 63.46 978 2Kumuram Bheem AsifabadAsifabad 4,878 15 106 16.86 56.72 998 3MancherialMancherial 4,016 18 201 43.85 64.35 977 4NirmalNirmal 3,845 19 185 21.38 57.77 1046 5NizamabadNizamabad 4,288 34 366 29.58 64.25 1044 6JagtialJagtial 2,419 18 407 22.46 60.26 1036 7PeddapalliPeddapalli 2,236 14 356 38.22 65.52 992 8KamareddyKamareddy 3,652 22 266 12.71 56.51 1033 9Rajanna SircillaSircilla 2,019 13 273 21.17 62.71 1014 10KarimnagarKarimnagar 2,128 16 473 30.72 69.16 993 11Jayashankar BhupalpallyBhupalpally 2,293 416,763 12 180 7.57 58.97 1009 12SangareddySangareddy 4,403 26 347 34.69 64.08 965 13MedakMedak 2,786 20 275 7.67 56.12 1027 14SiddipetSiddipet 3,632 22 279 13.74 61.61 1008 15JangaonJangaon 2,188 13 259 12.60 61.60 997 16HanumakondaHanumakonda 1,309 11 826 68.51 76.17 997 17WarangalWarangal 2,175 15 330 6.99 61.26 994 18MuluguMulugu 3,881257,744 09 66 05 62.26 968 19Bhadradri kothagudemKothagudem 7,483 23 143 31.71 66.40 1008 20KhammamKhammam 4,361 21 321 22.60 65.95 1005 21MahabubabadMahabubabad 2,877 16 269 9.86 57.13 996 22 SuryapetSuryapet 3,607 23 305 15.56 64.11 996 23NalgondaNalgonda 7,122 31 227 22.76 63.75 978 24Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Bhuvanagiri 3,092 16 239 16.66 65.2402221 973 25Medchal–MalkajgiriShamirpet 1,084 14 2251 91.40 82.48 957 26HyderabadHyderabad 217 16 18172 100 83.25 954 27Ranga ReddyShamshabad 5,031 27 486 58.05 71.88 950 28VikarabadVikarabad 3,386 18 274 13.48 57.91 1001 29NarayanpetNarayanpet2336566,874112407.3649.931009 30MahabubnagarMahabubnagar 2,738 919,903 26 340 20.73 60.97 995 31NagarkurnoolNagarkurnool6,5452214210.1954.38968 32WanaparthyWanaparthy 2,152 14 268 15.97 55.67 960 33Jogulamba GadwalGadwal 2,928 12 208 10.36 49.87 972 - Total – 58431238.8866.54988 –
Proposals for new districts Proposed District Proposed Headquarter Current District Armoor district Armoor Parts of Nizamabad & jagtial district. Miryalaguda district Miryalaguda Parts of Nalgonda district. Bhadrachalam district Bhadrachalam Parts of Bhadradri Kothagudem districts.
See also List of mandals in Telangana List of districts in India List of districts in Telangana by GDP
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