List of districts of Telangana

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

Districts of Telangana తెలంగాణ జిల్లాలు
Districts of Telangana
Category	Districts
Location	Telangana
Number	33 districts
Populations	Mulugu – 257,744 (lowest); Hyderabad – 3,943,323 (highest)
Areas	Hyderabad – 217 km2 (84 sq mi) (smallest); Bhadradri Kothagudem – 7,483 km2 (2,889 sq mi) (largest)
Government	Government of Telangana
Subdivisions	Revenue Divisions of Telangana

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

See also

• List of mandals in Telangana
• List of districts in India
• List of districts in Telangana by GDP

References

1. "Telangana State Portal Districts". www.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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6. "Protests against Centre, Andhra Pradesh in Khammam over Polavaram Bill". Deccan Chronicle, 12 July 2014. Accessed 13 July 2014.
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