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Vikarabad district
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Location in Telangana
Vikarabad district
Vikarabad district
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
Headquarters Vikarabad
Mandalas 20
Government
   District collector NARAYANA REDDY
   Parliamentary constituenciesChevella, Mahbubnagar
   Assembly constituenciesVikarabad, Tandur Parigi, Kodangal
Area
  Total3,386.00 km2 (1,307.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total927,140
  Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TS–34 [1]
Website vikarabad.telangana.gov.in

Vikarabad district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Vikarabad is the headquarters of the district. [2] [3] .The district shares boundaries with Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, and Ranga Reddy districts and the state boundary of Karnataka.

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Geography

The district is spread over an area of 3,386.00 square kilometres (1,307.34 sq mi). [2] This district is bounded by Sangareddy district in the north, Ranga Reddy district in the east, Mahbubnagar district in the south and Karnataka in the west.

Demographics

Religion in Vikarabad district (2011) [4]
Hinduism
85.63%
Islam
13.12%
Christianity
0.58%
Other or not stated
0.67%

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 927,140. Vikarabad had a sex ratio of 1001 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 57.91%. 114901 (12.39%) were under 6 years of age. 124,969 (13.48%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 179,730 (19.39%) and 94,623 (10.21%) of the population respectively. [2]

Languages of Vikarabad district (2011) [5]

   Telugu (75.23%)
   Urdu (12.90%)
   Lambadi (9.97%)
  Others (1.90%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 75.23% of the population spoke Telugu, 12.90% Urdu and 9.97% Lambadi as their first language. [5]

Administrative divisions

The district will have two revenue divisions of Tandur and Vikarabad. It is sub-divided into 20 mandals. [3] Narayana Reddy Garu I.A.S. is the present collector of the district.

Mandals

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Sangareddy District Revenue divisions
S.No.Vikarabad revenue divisionS.No.Tandur revenue division
1 Marpalle 13 Peddemul
2 Mominpet 14 Yelal
3 Nawabpet 15 Kodangal
4 Vikarabad 16 Bommaraspet
5 Pudur 17 Basheerabad
6 Kulkacherla 18 Doulthabad
7 Doma 19 Tandur
8 Pargi
9 Dharur
10 Kotepally
11 Bantwaram
12 Chowdapur [6]

Villages

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