Jayashankar Bhupalpally district

Jayashankar Bhupalpally district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.^[2] The district headquarters are located at Bhupalpally.^[3] The district share boundaries with Karimnagar, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Hanamkonda, Warangal, and Mulugu districts and with the state boundary of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. The world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is in Jayashankar Bhupalpally District and Jayashankar Bhupalpally District falls Under naxal affected district as per Red corridor.

Jayashankar Bhupalpally district
District of Telangana
Kota Gullu, Ghanpur
Location in Telangana
Jayashankar Bhupalpally district
Country	India
State	Telangana
Named after	Kothapalli Jayashankar
Headquarters	Bhupalpally
Mandalas	19
Government
• District collector	Bhavesh Mishra IAS
• Assembly constituencies	Bhupalpalle, Manthani
Area
• Total	2,293 km2 (885 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	416,763
• Density	181.8/km2 (470.7/sq mi)
• Urban	42,387
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TG–25[1]
Major highways	NH363
Website	bhoopalapally.telangana.gov.in

Geography

The district is spread over an area of 6,175 square kilometres (2,384 sq mi).^[4] Jayashankar district is bounded on north by Mancherial district and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, on the northeast by Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, on the southeast by Mulugu district, on the south by Warangal district, on west by Hanamkonda and Peddapalli districts.

Demographics

Religion in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district (2011)[5]
Hinduism			96.23%
Islam			2.95%
Christianity			0.64%
Other or not stated			0.18%

As of 2011^[update] Census of India, the district has a population of 416,763. 207,998 are males and 208,765 females, a sex ratio of 1004 females per 1000 males. 42,387 (10.17%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 92,017 (22.08%) and 37,192 (8.92%) of the population respectively.^[6][7]

Languages of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district (2011)^[8]

1. Telugu (95.3%)
2. Lambadi (1.76%)
3. Urdu (1.59%)
4. Others (1.31%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 95.34% of the population spoke Telugu, 1.76% Lambadi and 1.59% Urdu as their first language.^[8]

Administrative divisions

The district will have two revenue divisions of Bhupalpally and kataram is sub-divided into 11 mandals.^[3]

Bhavesh Mishra, IAS is the present collector of the district.^[9][10]

The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:^[11]

Mandals

Jayashankar District Revenue divisions

The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:^[12]

Sl. No	Name of the District	Mandals in the District including New Mandals	Name of the Revenue Division	Name of the Erstwhile District	Name of the Erstwhile Revenue Division
1	Jayashankar District HQ at Bhupalpalli) *	Bhupalpally	Bhupalpally	Warangal	Mulugu
2		Ghanpur (Mulugu)	Bhupalpally
3		Regonda	Bhupalpally
4		Mogullapally	Bhupalpally
5		Chityal	Bhupalpally
6		Tekumatla (New)	Bhupalpally
7		Malhalrao	Kataram	Karimnagar	Manthani
8		Kataram	Kataram
9		Mahadevpur	Kataram
10		Palimela (New)	Kataram
11		Mahamutharam	Kataram
12		Kotthapellygori (New)	Bhupalpally	Warangal	Mulugu

Assembly Constituencies

There are 2 assembly constituencies in Bhupalapally district. They are Bhupalapalle, Manthani^[13]

Currently Gandra Sathya Narayana Rao is MLA of Bhupalpally and D. Sridhar Babu is The MLA of Manthani.

See also

• List of districts in Telangana
• Pandavula Gutta