Kamareddy district

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Kamareddy district
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Temple at Domakonda fort
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Location in Telangana
Kamareddy district
Kamareddy district
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
Headquarters Kamareddy
Mandalas 23
Government
  District CollectorShri Jithesh V Patil IAS
   Parliament constituencies1
Area
  Total3,652 km2 (1,410 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total1,004,259
  Density277.2/km2 (718/sq mi)
Demographics
   Literacy 56.51
  Sex ratio1033
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TS–17 [1]
Website kamareddy.telangana.gov.in

Kamareddy district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. [2] [3] The district shares boundaries with Medak, Nizamabad, Sangareddy, Siddipet and Rajanna Sircilla districts and with the state boundary of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

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Geography

The district is spread over an area of 3,652.00 square kilometres (1,410.05 sq mi) making it the 15th largest district in the state. [4] Kamareddy is bounded by Nizamabad district on North, Rajanna Sircilla and Siddipet districts to the east respectively, it is bounded on South by Sangareddy district and Medak district and on the West and South West by Nanded district and Bidar district of Maharashtra and Karnataka states respectively.

Demographics

Religion in Kamareddy district (2011) [5]
Hinduism
88.86%
Islam
10.22%
Christianity
0.43%
Other or not stated
0.49%
Religion

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 974,227. Kamareddy district has a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 56.48%. 111,966 (11.50%) was under 10 years of age. 123,622 (12.69%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 153,678 (15.77%) and 81,956 (8.41%) respectively. [6]

Languages of Kamareddy district (2011) [7]

   Telugu (73.87%)
   Urdu (9.73%)
   Lambadi (7.57%)
   Marathi (3.89%)
   Kannada (3.23%)
  Others (1.71%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 72.87% of the population spoke Telugu, 9.73% Urdu, 8.57% Lambadi, 3.89% Marathi and 3.23% Kannada as their first language. [7]

Administrative divisions

The district has three revenue divisions of Kamareddy and Banswada and Yellareddy are sub-divided into 23 mandals. [4] [8] Dr. A. Sharath is the present collector of the district. [9] village Babulgaon formerly under Sangareddy district was restored to Kamareddy district.

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Kamareddy District Revenue divisions
Mandals in Kamareddy district
No.KamareddyBanswadaYellareddy
1 Kamareddy Banswada Yellareddy
2 Bhiknoor Birkur Nagireddypet
3 Tadwai Nasrullabad Lingampet
4Rajampet Bichkunda Gandhari
5 Domakonda Jukkal
6Bibipet Pitlam
7 Machareddy Pedda Kodapgal
8Sadashivnagar Madnoor
9RamareddyNizamsagar
10Palwancha
11
12

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