Sangareddy district

Sangareddy district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.[2] The district shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Sangareddy.

Sangareddy district
District of Telangana
Ramalingeshwara temple, Nandikandi
Location of Sangareddy district in Telangana
Coordinates (Sangareddy): 17.780532, 77.892057
Country India
StateTelangana
Mandals26
Created11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)[1]
Founded byGovernment of Telangana,
HeadquartersSangareddy
Revenue Divisions04
Government
 • TypeZilla Panchayath
 • BodySangareddy Zilla Panchayath
 • CollectorM. Hanumantha Rao, IAS
Area
 • Total4,996.46 km2 (1,929.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,495,503
 • Density372/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTS 15
Major highways
Websitesangareddy.telangana.gov.in
Sangareddy District Revenue divisions

Geography

The district is spread over an area of 4,464.87 square kilometres (1,723.90 sq mi).[3]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 1,495,503. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 17.96% and 5.70% of the population respectively.[4]

Hindus are 81.44% while Muslims are 16.15% and Christians are 1.56% of the population.[5]

At the time of the 2011 census, 71.97% of the population spoke Telugu, 15.63% Urdu, 5.03% Lambadi, 3.84% Kannada, 1.76% Hindi and 1.32% Marathi as their first language.[6]

Administrative divisions

The district has four revenue divisions of Narayankhed, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad, Andole–Jogipet which are sub-divided into 27 mandals.[2] M. Hanumantha Rao is the present collector of the district.[7]

Mandals
S.No. Narayankhed revenue division Sangareddy revenue division Zaheerabad revenue division
1 Kalher Ameenpur Jharasangam
2 Kangti Andole Kohir
3 Manoor Gummadidala Mogudampally
4 Nagilgidda Hathnoora Nyalkal
5 Narayankhed Jinnaram Raikode
6 Sirgapoor Kandi Zahirabad
7 Kondapur
8 Munipally
9 Patancheru
10 Pulkal
11 Ramachandrapuram
12 Sadasivpet
13 Sangareddy
14 Vatpally

See also

References
  1. District Sangareddy, Government of Telangana | India
  2. "Sangareddy district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. District census 2011: Medak Table 13: population by Mandal
  5. "C-16 Population By Religion - Andhra Pradesh". census.gov.in.
  6. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  7. "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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