Jagtial district

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Jagtial district
Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple, Dharmapuri Telangana - 33.jpg
Lakshmi Narasimha Swami temple, Dharmapuri
Jagtial in Telangana (India).svg
Location in Telangana
Jagtial district
Jagtial district
Coordinates(Jagtial): 18°42′N78°54′E / 18.7°N 78.9°E / 18.7; 78.9
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
Headquarters Jagtial
Mandalas 18
Government
   District Collector Shaik Yasmeen Basha
   Parliament constituenciesNizamabad
   Assembly constituencies Jagtial, Korutla, Dharmapuri
Area
  Total2,419.00 km2 (933.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total988,913
  Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website jagtial.telangana.gov.in

Jagtial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. [1] Its administrative headquarters is the city of Jagtial. The district shares boundaries with Nirmal, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Sircilla and Nizamabad districts. [2] [3]

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Geography

The district is spread over an area of 2,419.00 square kilometres (933.98 sq mi). [4] Jagtial district shares it boundaries with Nirmal district and Mancherial district on North and North East respectively, it is bounded on South and South West by Karimnagar district and Peddapalli district respectively and on the West by Nizamabad district

Demographics

Religions in Jagtial district (2011) [5]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
91.55%
Islam
7.80%
Christianity
0.45%
Other or not stated
0.20%
Distribution of religions

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 985,417, of which 221,336 (22.46%) live in urban areas. Jagtial district has a sex ratio of 1036 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 60.26%. [6] 93,272 (9.47%) were under 10 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprised 164,596 (16.70%) and 23,351 (2.37%) of the population, respectively. [7] [8]

Languages of Jagtial district (2011) [9]

   Telugu (90.90%)
   Urdu (7.17%)
   Lambadi (0.91%)
  Others (1.02%)

At the 2011 census, 90.90% of the population spoke Telugu, 7.17% Urdu and 0.91% Lambadi as their first language. [9]

Administrative divisions

Logo of the Jagtial Police. Jagtial Police is the agency responsible for enforcing law & order throughout the district Jagtial Police Logo.jpg
Logo of the Jagtial Police. Jagtial Police is the agency responsible for enforcing law & order throughout the district

The district has three revenue divisions of Jagtial, Korutla and Metpally, which are sub-divided into 18 mandals. [10]

Mandals

The table below categorizes the district's mandals into their respective revenue divisions.

Sr No.Jagital revenue divisionKorutla revenue divisionMetpalli revenue division
1 Jagtial Korutla Metpalli
2Jagtial Rural Medipalle Mallapur
3 Raikal Kathlapur Ibrahimpatnam
4 Sarangapur
5Beerpur
6 Dharmapuri
7Buggaram
8 Pegadapalli
9 Gollapalli
10 Mallial
11 Kodimial
12 Velgatoor

Notable People

National Highways

NH563 Jagtial - Karimnagar - Warangal - Khammam

NH63 Latur- Nizamabad - Jagtial - Mancherial - Bijapur Jagdalpur

NH61 Bhiwandi - Ahmadnagar - Nanded - Nirmal - Jagtial

See also

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