Jayashankar Bhupalpally district

Jayashankar Bhupalpally district
District of Telangana
Kota Gullu, Ghanpur
Location in Telangana
Jayashankar Bhupalpally district
Country	India
State	Telangana
Named for	Kothapalli Jayashankar
Headquarters	Bhupalpally
Mandalas	19
Government
•  District collector	Bhavesh Mishra IAS
•  Assembly constituencies	Bhupalpalle, Manthani
Area
• Total	2,293 km2 (885 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	416,763
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
•  Urban	42,387
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TS–25 [1]
Major highways	NH363
Website	bhoopalapally.telangana.gov.in

Jayashankar Bhupalpally district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. ^[2] The district headquarters are located at Bhupalpally. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district and Karimnagar district prior to the re-organisation of districts in the state. ^[3] The district share boundaries with Karimnagar, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Hanamkonda, Warangal, and Mulugu districts and with the state boundary of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. The world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is in Jayashankar Bhupalpally District and Jayashankar Bhupalpally District falls Under naxal affected district as per Red corridor.

Geography

The district is spread over an area of 6,175 square kilometres (2,384 sq mi). ^[4] Jayashankar district is bounded on north by Mancherial district and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, on the northeast by Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, on the southeast by Mulugu district, on the south by Warangal district, on west by Hanamkonda and Peddapalli districts.

Demographics

Religion in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district (2011) [5]
Hinduism			96.23%
Islam			2.95%
Christianity			0.64%
Other or not stated			0.18%

As of 2011 ^[update] Census of India, the district has a population of 416,763. 207,998 are males and 208,765 females, a sex ratio of 1004 females per 1000 males. 42,387 (10.17%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 92,017 (22.08%) and 37,192 (8.92%) of the population respectively. ^{[6] [7]}

Languages of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district (2011) ^[8]

   Telugu (95.34%)

   Lambadi (1.76%)

   Urdu (1.59%)

  Others (1.31%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 95.34% of the population spoke Telugu, 1.76% Lambadi and 1.59% Urdu as their first language. ^[8]

Administrative divisions

The district will have One revenue division of Bhupalpally and is sub-divided into 11 mandals. ^[3]

Bhavesh Mishra, IAS is the present collector of the district. ^{[9] [10]}

The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district: ^[11]

Mandals

Jayashankar District Revenue divisions

The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district: ^[12]

Sl. No	Name of the District	Mandals in the District including New Mandals	Name of the Erstwhile District	Name of the Erstwhile Revenue Division
1	Jayashankar District HQ at Bhupalpalli) *	Bhupalpally	Warangal	Mulugu
2		Ghanpur (Mulugu)
3		Regonda
4		Mogullapally
5		Chityal
6		Tekumatla (New)
7		Malhalrao	Karimnagar	Manthani
8		Kataram
9		Mahadevpur
10		Palimela (New)
11		Mahamutharam
12		Kotthapelly Gori (New)	Warangal	Mulugu

Assembly Constituencies

There are 2 assembly constituencies in Bhupalapally district. They are Bhupalapalle, Manthani ^[13]

Currenlty Gandra Sathya narayana rao is MLA of bhupalpally and D. Sridhar Babu is The MLA of Manthani.

See also

• List of districts in Telangana

References

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2. "Names of 6 new districts changed". The Hindu. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
3. "Komaram Bheem Asifabad district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
4. Rao, Gollapudi Srinivasa (1 November 2016). "Rs.90 crore for new tourism circuit". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
5. "C-01 Population By Religious Community: Andhra Pradesh". Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
6. "District Census Hand Book – Karimnagar" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
7. "District Census Hand Book – Warangal" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
8. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
9. "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
10. "New Collector for Jayashankar Bhupalpally". Telangana Today. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
11. "Jayashankar Bhupalpalli District revenue divisions and mandals". www.districtsinfo.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
13. "Jayashankar district map". newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.