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
Ramalingeshwara temple, Nandikandi
Location in Telangana
Location in Telangana
Coordinates (Sangareddy): 17.780532, 77.892057
Country India
StateTelangana
Mandals28
Established11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)[1]
Founded byGovernment of Telangana,
HeadquartersSangareddy
Revenue Divisions04
Government
 • TypeZilla Panchayath
 • BodySangareddy Zilla Panchayath
 • CollectorDr. A Sharath IASIAS
Area
 • Total4,996.46 km2 (1,929.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total1,526,026
 • Density310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTS 15
Major highways
Websitesangareddy.telangana.gov.in

Geography

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

Demographics
Religion in Sangareddy district (2011)[4]
Hinduism
 
 81.64%
Islam
 
 15.99%
Christianity
 
 1.54%
Other or not stated
 
 0.83%

At the time of the 2011 census, Sangareddy district had a population of 1,526,026. 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.[5]

Languages of Sangareddy district (2011)[6]

  Telugu (71.24%)
  Urdu (15.46%)
  Lambadi (5.05%)
  Kannada (3.76%)
  Hindi (1.74%)
  Marathi (1.32%)
  Others (1.43%)

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.[6]

Administrative divisions

The district has four revenue divisions of Narayankhed, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad, Andole–Jogipet which are sub-divided into 28 mandals.[2] Dr. A Sharath IAS is the present collector of the district.[7]

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

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. "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  5. "Know your district Plan your district - Sangareddy" (PDF). trac.telangana.gov.in. Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
  6. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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