Hanamkonda district

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

Hanamkonda district
District of Telangana
Thousand Pillar Temple in Hanamakonda
Location in Telangana
Hanamkonda district
Country	India
State	Telangana
Headquarters	Hanamakonda
Mandalas	14
Government
•  District collector	Rajeevgandhi Hanumanthu IAS
•  Assembly constituencies	3
Area
• Total	1,309 km2 (505 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,080,858
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
•  Urban	740,507
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TS–03 [1] [2]
Website	hanumakonda.telangana.gov.in

Hanamkonda district, ^{[3] [4]} (formerly Warangal Urban district) is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters are located at Hanamakonda. ^[5] The district borders the districts of Jangaon, Karimnagar, Warangal, Bhupalpally and Siddipet.

The district was formed in 2016 by carving out Warangal Urban district from the erstwhile Warangal district. In August 2021, the Warangal Urban district was renamed as Hanamkonda district. ^[6]

History

Formation of District

During the rule of Nizam of Hyderabad, State of Hyderabad was divided into many small Circars. Warangal became a Circar in the early 1800s. ^[7] In 1866 Circars was Abolished and merged to create districts, Warangal district was created by merging Warangal, ^[8] Khummettu ^[9] and part of Bhonagheer circars. Jangaon area from Bhongir Circar was transferred to warangal and Kamalapur area of warangal transferred to Karimnagar district. In 1905 when Princely state of Hyderabad sub divided into Four Division namely 1.Aurangabad Division, 2.Gulbarga Division, 3.Gulshanabad Division, 4.Warangal Division. During formation divisions again districts were delimited in 1905 Jangaon(Cherial) Taluka and Kodar(Kodad) Sub Taluka transferred to Nalgonda District from Warangal district. ^[10] In 1905 AD, Warangal district was formed with Warangal, Parkala, Khammam, Yellandu, Mahabubabad, Madhira, Palvancha taluks and some area of old palvancha sanstan and some jagirs.This was bigger than many districts of Hyderabad state. ^[11]

Warangal district was divided to facilitate administrative control and on October 1, 1953, the Khamman district was formed. Khammam, Yellandu, Madhira, Burugunpahad and Palavancha talukas have been made part of it. Warangal, Mulugu, Mahaboobabad, Parkala remained in Warangal district. But Parkala from Karimnagar and Jangaon from Nalgonda have become part of Warangal district. District uses to consist of 6 talukas and 2 revenue divisions which later increased to 15 talukas in 1979. In 1985 when N. T. Rama Rao introduces mandal system in warangal district was divided in to 50 mandals, but again warangal mandal was curved out from Hanumakonda madal consisting only urban area of warangal which increased to total 51 mandals and revenue divisions increased to 5 in warangal district. ^[12]

Geography

Hanumakonda district occupies an area of 1,309 square kilometres (505 sq mi). ^[13]

Demographics

Religion in Hanamkonda district (2011) [14]
Hinduism			87.68%
Islam			10.50%
Christianity			1.38%
Other or not stated			0.44%

As of 2011 ^[update] Census of India, Hanumakonda district has a population of 1,080,858. Hanumakonda has a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 76.17%. 100,918 (9.33%) were under 6 years of age. 740,507 (68.51%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 196,046 (18.14%) and 33,306 (3.08%) of the population respectively. ^[15]

Languages of Hanumakonda district (2011) ^[16]

   Telugu (86.06%)

   Urdu (9.96%)

   Lambadi (1.97%)

   Hindi (0.93%)

  Others (1.08%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 86.06% of the population spoke Telugu, 9.96% Urdu, 1.97% Lambadi and 0.93% Hindi as their first language. ^[16]

Administrative divisions

Warangal (urban) District Revenue division

Undivided Warangal district from 1 October 1953 to 10 October 2016

The district has two revenue divisions i.e., Hanumakonda and Parkal and is sub-divided into 14 mandals. ^{[6] [17]} Rajeevgandhi Hanumanthu is the present collector of the district. ^[18]

Mandals

Hanumakonda Revenue Division:

1. Hanumakonda
2. Kazipet
3. Kamalapur
4. Hasanparthy
5. Inavolu
6. Velair
7. Dharmasagar
8. Elkathurthy
9. Bheemadevarpalle

Parkal Revenue Division:

1. Parkal
2. Nadikuda
3. Damera
4. Athmakur
5. Shayampet

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Warangal one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). ^[19] It is one of the thirteen districts in Andhra Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). ^[19]

Culture

Thousand Pillar Temple pond

Warangal Fort Ruins

In February 2013, Warangal was accorded World Heritage city status by UNESCO. ^[20] A few tourist attractions include:

• Warangal Fort
• Thousand Pillar Temple
• Padmakshi Temple
• Bhadrakali Temple

A few of the notable personalities from the district include, Rudrama Devi, Kaloji Narayana Rao, Kothapalli Jayashankar, Nerella Venumadhav, and P. V. Narasimha Rao.

Transport

National Highway 163 (India) between Hyderabad – Bhopalpatnam of Chhattisgarh, National Highway 563 (India) between Jagitial-Khammam passes through the district. Warangal has three railway stations kazipet town railway station, Kazipet Railway Station and Warangal Railway Station, which connects South and North India. The district has a small airport in Mamnoor, which can accommodate small aircraft like the ATR 42. This airport is currently used by police for gliding sorties, skeet shooting and aero-modeling. ^[21]

Education

The schools in the district are under the administration of a District Education Officer controlled by Department of Education. ^[22] Some popular schools in warangal urban are st. Peters central public school, DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL (DPS), GREENWOOD GROUP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS [CBSE] in erragattugutta at KAKATIYA INSTITUTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE (KITS) and at hunter road, Balaji Institute of Technology and Science (Balaji Group of Institutions) at Narsampet, ST. GABRIEL'S in Kazipet, TEJASWI GROUP, WARANGAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, EKASHILA, S R Educentre, Waddepally. Kashinath is the present Intermediate education officer, who oversees the junior colleges in the district for Telangana Board of Intermediate Education. ^[23]

Some of the major educational institutions include, National Institute of Technology, Kakatiya Medical College, Kakatiya University, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, University Arts and Science College, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science.

See also

• List of districts in Telangana

References

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14. "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
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16. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
17. "Revenue (District Administration) Department - Formation/ Re-Organization of warangaI urban Rural Districts into Hanumakonda and warangal Districts" (PDF). Government of Telangana. 12 August 2021.
18. "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
19. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
20. "TV9 – Warangal accorded World Heritage town status by UNESCO – Telugu TVTelugu TV". Telugutv.au.com. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
21. Mamnoor airport to function only after 2030
22. "Warangal DEO". deowarangal.net. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
23. "BIE announces IE officers for new districts". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

• Official website Archived 3 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine

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