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Mancherial district
District in Telangana, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mancherial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana.[4][5] The district comprises 18 mandals and two revenue divisions – Mancherial and Bellampalli. The district headquarters is located at Mancherial town.[6] It is surrounded by Komaram Bheem, Nirmal, Jagtial, Peddapalli and Bhupalpally districts of Telangana and with Maharashtra state.
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History
Mancherial district was created out of Adilabad district in 2016 during the general reorganization of districts in Telangana.[7]
Administrative divisions
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The district has three revenue divisions of Mancherial, Bellampally , Chennur which are sub-divided into 18 mandals.[8] Sri. Kumar Deepak, IAS is the present collector of the district.[9] Mancherial District Revenue Divisions Mandals Information List:[10]
Revenue mandals
There are 18 mandals in District.
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Geography
The district is spread over an area of 4,056.36 square kilometres (1,566.17 sq mi).[11] It shares borders with Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on the east, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Peddapalli and Jagitial districts to the south, Nirmal district to the west and Kumaram Bheem district to the north.
The district is very fertile plains fed by the Godavari river, which forms the southern border of the district.
Demographics
As of 2011[update] Census of India, the district has a population of 807,037.[13][14] Mancherial has a sex ratio of 977 females to 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.35%. There are 148,377 farmers and 344,785 labourers. 73,725 (9.14%) were under 6 years of age. 353,847 (43.85%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 199,493 (24.72%) and 56,969 (7.06%) of the population respectively.[15][16]
At the time of the 2011 census, 88.08% of the population spoke Telugu, 5.13% Urdu, 1.67% Lambadi, 1.60% Marathi and 1.44% Gondi as their first language.[17]
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Tourist places




- Kawal Tiger Reserve is a nature preserve located at Jannaram mandal of Mancherial District
- Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary. Covers 136 square kilometres (53 sq mi) and is famous for Blackbuck, otherwise known as Indian antelope.
- Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife preserve in Mancherial district, located 10 km from Manthani, 40 km from Peddapalli, 80 km from Karimnagar and 30 km from Godavarikhani. This riverine forest mixed with teak and terminalia is spread over 36.29 square kilometres (14.01 sq mi)
- Gudem Gutta Shree Satyanarayana Swamy Temple, Gudem Village, in Dandepalle mandal Mancherial district.
- Gadpur Jungle Safari is located in Gadpur Village, it is 2 km away from Mancherial.
- Gandhari khilla is hill fort. It is located in the village of Bokkalagutta 4 km from Mancherial.
- Singareni Thermal Power Plant located in Jaipur Mandal Mancherial District.
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Industrial profile
In Mancherial District, The large, small and micro scale industries are located. The coal and Cement industries, Ceramic industries, Rice mills and Fly ash bricks industries are connected in the district. And few Cotton based industries also located in the district.[18]
Transport

Mancherial is well connected with all types of transport facilities major are Road and Rail. Mancherial railway station is the train station with code: MCI.
List of important railway stations in mancherial district with railway station codes :
Telangana State Road Transport CorporationTSRTC has its depot in Mancherial connecting transportation facility to the citizens to every village and city of Mancherial district.
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Road

NH 63 Jagdalpur to yedashi via renapur latur bodhan nizamabad passes through Mancherial.
NH 363 A new National highway is being constructed from Mancherial to Chandrapur.
Also another new National highway is sanctioned from Jaipur Mandal to Warangal via Manthani and Bhupalpally. This Highway is named as Green Industrial corridor by NHAI.
Air
Nearest airport is Hyderabad International Airport
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References
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