Sangareddy district is a district located in the western region of the Indian state of Telangana. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.Sangareddy is the district headquarters of the district. Sangareddy was named after Raja Sangareddy, the father of Maharani Shankaramma, ruler of the Papannapet Samsthanam. The district shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka.

History Sangareddy (earlier known as Sangareddypeta) was founded in the 18th century by Maharani Shankaramma, ruler of the Papannapet Samsthanam (also referred to as Andole Rajyam), and named in honour of her father, Raja Sangareddy. The town and much of the undivided Medak region constituted the heartland of the Andole Rajyam principality under notable rulers including Raja Ramadurga Venkata Narasimha Reddy (1720–1760), Rani Lingayamma II (1760–1764), and Shankaramma herself.

Geography

The district is spread over an area of .

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Sangareddy district had a population of 1,527,628. Sangareddy has a sex ratio of 965 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.03%. 194,674 (12.76%) were under 6 years of age. 529,965 (34.73%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 276,595 (18.13%) and 86,410 (5.66%) of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 census, 71.24% of the population spoke Telugu, 15.46% Urdu, 5.05% Lambadi, 3.76% Kannada, 1.74% Hindi and 1.32% Marathi as their first language.

Administrative divisions The district has four revenue divisions of Narayankhed, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad, Andole–Jogipet which are sub-divided into 28 mandals.Sri Prateek Jain, I.A.S is the present collector of the district.

Mandals

S.No.Sangareddy revenue divisionNarayankhed revenue divisionZaheerabad revenue divisionAndole-Jogipet1AmeenpurKalherJharasangamAndole2GummadidalaManoorMogudampallyPulkal3HathnooraNagilgiddaNyalkalChowtakur4JinnaramNarayankhedRaikodeVatpally5KandiSirgapoorZahirabad6KondapurNizampetKohir7MunipallyKangti8PatancheruTadkal9Ramachandrapuram10Sadasivpet11Sangareddy

See also List of districts in Telangana

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