Jogulamba Gadwal district

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Jogulamba Gadwal district
District of Telangana
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Vishwa Brahma and Veera Brahma Temples, Alampuram
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Location in Telangana
Jogulamba Gadwal district
Jogulamba Gadwal district
Country India
State Telangana
Named after Goddess Jogulamba
Headquarters Gadwal
Mandalas 19
Government
 •  District Collector Sri B.M. Santhosh , IAS
 •  Parliament constituencies1
Area
 • Total
2,928 km2 (1,131 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
609,990
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
 •  Urban
Gadwal(85,245)
Demographics
 •  Literacy 49.87%
 • Sex ratio972
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TG–33 [1]
Major highways 2
Average annual precipitation2014–15 564.6 mm
Website gadwal.telangana.gov.in

Jogulamba Gadwal district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. [2] The administrative headquarters of the district is located at Gadwal. [3] The district shares boundaries with Narayanpet, Wanaparthy districts and with the state boundary of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The district was carved out from Mahabubnagar district in 2016. [4] [5]

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The district is spread over an area of 2,928 square kilometres (1,131 sq mi). [5] As of the 2011 Census of India, the area within the district had a population of 609,990. [6]

Administrative divisions

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Jogulamba District Revenue division

The district has one revenue division, Gadwal, and is sub-divided into 12 mandals. [3]

Mandals

Sr No.Gadwal revenue division
1 Alampur
2 Dharoor
3 Gadwal
4 Ghattu
5 Ieeja
6 Itikyala
7 Kaloor Thimmanadoddi
8 Maldakal
9 Manopad
10 Rajoli
11 Undavelly
12 Waddepally
13 Yerravalli

Demographics

Religions in Jogulamba Gadwal district (2011) [7]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
91.29%
Islam
 
7.96%
Other or not stated
 
0.75%
Distribution of religions

The district has a population of 6,09,990 of which 3,09,274 are males and 3,00,716 females for a sex ratio of 972 females per 1000 males. The literacy rate is 49.87%. Urban population is 63,177 (10.36%). Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 120,639 (19.77%) and 9376 (1.54%) of the population respectively. [8] : 80–82 

Languages of Jogulamba Gadwal district (2011) [9]
  1. Telugu (90.09%)
  2. Urdu (7.49%)
  3. Others (2.42%)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Telangana New Districts Names 2016 Pdf TS 31 Districts List". Timesalert.com. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Names of 6 new districts changed". The Hindu. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Jogulamba district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gadwal - Tecci.org". www.tecci.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Demography: District Jogulamba Gadwal". Government of Telangana.
  7. ↑ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. ↑ "District Census Hand Book – Mahbubnagar" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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