Siddipet district

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Siddipet district
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Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Bejjanki
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Location in Telangana
Siddipet district
Siddipet district
Country India
State Telangana
Formation11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)
Headquarters Siddipet
Mandalas 26
Government
   District collector Sri Mikkilineni Manu Choudary, IAS
Area
  Total3,842.33 km2 (1,483.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total1,012,065
  Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website siddipet.telangana.gov.in

Siddipet district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. [2] Its headquarters is Siddipet. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region(Markook Mulugu Wargal) The district shares boundaries with Jangaon, Sircilla, Karimnagar, Kamareddy, Hanamkonda, Yadadri, Medhchal and Medak districts.

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Geography

This district is bounded by Rajanna Sircilla district in the north, Karimnagar district in the northeast, Jangaon district in the east, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in the south, Medchal district in the southwest, Medak district in the west and Kamareddy district in the northwest.

Demographics

Religion in Siddipet district (2011) [3]
Hinduism
93.44%
Islam
5.49%
Christianity
0.65%
Other or not stated
0.42%

At the time of the 2011 census, Siddipet district has a population of 1,012,065. Siddipet has a sex ratio of 1008 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 61.61%. 103,852 (10.26%) were under 6 years of age. 139,052 (13.74%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 187,508 (18.53%) and 25,010 (2.47%) of the population respectively. [4]

Languages of Siddipet district (2011) [5]

   Telugu (92.50%)
   Urdu (5.09%)
   Lambadi (1.57%)
  Others (0.84%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 92.50% of the population spoke Telugu, 5.09% Urdu and 1.57% Lambadi as their first language. [5]

District administration

The collector of Siddipet [6] district is Prasanth Jeevan Patil, appointed on 16 November 2021, succeeding P. Venkatrami Reddy, who submitted his resignation to join politics.

Administrative divisions

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Siddipet District revenue divisions

The district will have three revenue divisions of Gajwel, Siddipet and Husnabad. [2] Venkatarama Reddy is the present collector of the district. [7]

Culture and tourism

See also

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