Mulugu district

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Mulugu district
District of Telangana
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Ramappa Temple
Nickname: 
Tribal Capital of Telangana
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Location in Telangana
Coordinates: 18°11′28″N79°56′35″E / 18.1910°N 79.9430°E / 18.1910; 79.9430
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
Mandalas 09
District
Formation		17 February 2019
Founded by K. Chandrashekar Rao
Government
 • CollectorNarayan Reddy , IAS
 • Member of Parliament Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
 • Member of Legislative AssemblyDanasari Anasuya Congress (inc)
 •  SP Dr. P. Shabarish , IPS [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total3,881 km2 (1,498 sq mi)
 • Rank13th
Elevation
177 m (581 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total294,671
 • Rank33rd
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym Mulugite
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
506 343
Telephone code08715
Vehicle registration TG–37
Lok Sabha constituency Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency Mulug (ST) (Assembly constituency)
Website mulugu.telangana.gov.in

Mulugu district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is the town of Mulugu. [3] Mulugu district is the least populated district with 2,94,671 in the state. Mulugu district has the fewest mandals in the state with nine mandals. It currently borders Warangal, Mahabubabad, Jayashankar Bhupalpally and Bhadradri districts and with the state of Chhattisgarh.

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Government and politics

Mulugu Major was constituted in 2011 and is classified as a second grade municipality. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 44.99 km2 (17.37 sq mi). [2]

Politics

Mulugu district has one seat in State Assembly and is reserved for Scheduled Tribe. Seethakka (Danasari Anasuya) was elected as MLA Mulug (ST) (Assembly constituency) in the 2018 General Elections.

Mulugu District falls under Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency). Smt Kavitha Maloth was elected as MP in May 2019 General Elections. [4]

Weather

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Mulugu has a semi-tropical climate. During summers, the temperatures soar to more than 48 °C. In winters, temperatures range between 12 °C and 27 °C. Mulugu receives the northeast and the southwest monsoon, from June to September, and from October to November respectively. It mainly relies on the monsoons and rainfall. [5]

Media

Mulugu has print and entertainment media and Mulugu Cable, a local entertainment channel for broadcasting TV.

The leading newspapers, Namasthe Telangana, Sakshi, Eenadu, V6 Vaartha, Andhra Jyothi, Prajasakti, Andhra Bhoomi, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle , and Times Of India are available. Sirachukka is the local tabloid circulated weekly.

Transport

Mulugu is welly connected with road routes to every other place of the state and the nation and has National Highway 163 passing from Mulugu to Chhattisgarh.

Roadways

Mulugu has a TSRTC bus stand with a 5 bus capacity. It has many services for the needs of the citizens. It falls on the main route of Warangal-Bhadrachalam. Nearly 20,000 people use this daily through the bus facilities. In addition, many seven-seat autorickshaws and commander jeeps connect the nearby villages.

Places of interest

Demographics

Religion in Mulugu district (2011) [7]
Hinduism
 
95.73%
Islam
 
3.37%
Christianity
 
0.72%
Other or not stated
 
0.18%

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 294,671. 146,205 are males and 148,466 females, a sex ratio of 1016 females per 1000 males. 11,493 (3.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 46,473 (15.77%) and 86,352 (29.30%) of the population respectively. [8] [9]

Languages of Mulugu district (2011) [10]

   Telugu (90.35%)
   Lambadi (4.70%)
   Urdu (2.66%)
   Koya (1.46%)
  Others (0.83%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 90.35% of the population spoke Telugu, 4.70% Lambadi, 2.66% Urdu and 1.46% Koya as their first language. [10]

Mulugu city population
YearPop.±%
19014,366—    
19115,087+16.5%
19214,211−17.2%
19317,098+68.6%
19419,866+39.0%
19519,898+0.3%
196110,567+6.8%
197112,334+16.7%
198124,566+99.2%
199131,765+29.3%
200136,766+15.7%
201146,901+27.6%
Sources: [11] [12] [13]

Healthcare

The 100-bed Mini Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital is the largest hospital in both the city and district of Mulugu. It also serves the needs of patients from the neighbouring districts. [14]

Apart from major public hospitals, such as those for maternity, chest, and tuberculosis, there are many private specialist hospitals including Appaiah, Ravinder, Star, Superspeciality, Area Hospital, and St. Ann's. [15]

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