Sangareddy district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Sangareddy.

Sangareddy district
District of Telangana
Ramalingeshwara temple, Nandikandi
Location in Telangana
Sangareddy district
Coordinates(Sangareddy): 17.780532, 77.892057
Country	India
State	Telangana
Mandals	28
Formation	11 October 2016(8 years ago) (2016-10-11) [1]
Founded by	Government of Telangana,
Headquarters	Sangareddy
Revenue Divisions	04 Zaheerabad revenue division Narayankhed revenue division Sangareddy revenue division Jogipet-Andole revenue division
Government
• Type	Zilla Panchayath
• Body	Sangareddy Zilla Panchayath
•  Collector	Smt. Valluru Kranthi I.A.S.
Area
• Total	4,996.46 km2 (1,929.14 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,526,026
• Density	310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TG 15
Major highways	National Highway 161 National Highway 65
Per Capita Income (2022-23)	₹322,394 (US$4,101.47)
Nominal GDP (2022-23)	₹60,401.37 crore (US$7.68 billion) [2]
Website	sangareddy.telangana.gov.in

Sangareddy district is a district located in the western region of the Indian state of Telangana. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. ^[3] Sangareddy is the district headquarters of the district. It was named after the ruler Sanga, the son of queen Shankaramba, who was the ruler of Medak during the period of Nizams. ^[4] The district shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka.

Geography

The district is spread over an area of 4,464.87 square kilometres (1,723.90 sq mi). ^[5]

Demographics

Religion in Sangareddy district (2011) [6]
Hinduism			81.64%
Islam			15.99%
Christianity			1.54%
Other or not stated			0.83%

At the time of the 2011 census, Sangareddy district had a population of 1,526,026. Sangareddy has a sex ratio of 965 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.03%. 194,674 (12.76%) were under 6 years of age. 529,965 (34.73%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 276,595 (18.13%) and 86,410 (5.66%) of the population respectively. ^[7]

Languages of Sangareddy district (2011) ^[8]

1. Telugu (71.2%)
2. Urdu (15.5%)
3. Lambadi (5.05%)
4. Kannada (3.76%)
5. Hindi (1.74%)
6. Marathi (1.32%)
7. Others (1.43%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 71.24% of the population spoke Telugu, 15.46% Urdu, 5.05% Lambadi, 3.76% Kannada, 1.74% Hindi and 1.32% Marathi as their first language. ^[8]

Administrative divisions

The district has four revenue divisions of Narayankhed, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad, Andole–Jogipet which are sub-divided into 28 mandals. ^[3] Dr. A Sharath IAS is the present collector of the district. ^[9]

Mandals

Sangareddy District Revenue divisions

S.No.	Sangareddy revenue division	Narayankhed revenue division	Zaheerabad revenue division	Andole-Jogipet
1	Ameenpur	Kalher	Jharasangam	Andole
2	Gummadidala	Manoor	Mogudampally	Pulkal
3	Hathnoora	Nagilgidda	Nyalkal	Chowtakur
4	Jinnaram	Narayankhed	Raikode	Vatpally
5	Kandi	Sirgapoor	Zahirabad
6	Kondapur	Nizampet	Kohir
7	Munipally	Kangti
8	Patancheru	Tadkal
9	Ramachandrapuram
10	Sadasivpet
11	Sangareddy

See also

• List of districts in Telangana

References

1. District Sangareddy, Government of Telangana | India
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2024.
3. "Sangareddy district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
4. "About District- District Sangareddy, Government of Telangana". Telangana State Portal. Government of Telangana. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
5. "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
6. "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
7. "Know your district Plan your district - Sangareddy" (PDF). trac.telangana.gov.in. Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
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.