Wanaparthy district

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Wanaparthy district
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Location in Telangana
Wanaparthy district
Wanaparthy district
Coordinates(Wanaparthy): 16°21′50″N78°03′48″E / 16.363870°N 78.063403°E / 16.363870; 78.063403
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
Mandalas 10
Headquarters Wanaparthy
Area
  Total2,152 km2 (831 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total577,758
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demographics
   Literacy 55.67%
  Sex ratio922
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TS-32
Average annual precipitation2014–15 556.7 mm
Website wanaparthy.telangana.gov.in

Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. [1] Its headquarters is Wanaparthy. The district shares boundaries with Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool districts and, ws well ash the state boundary of Andhra pradesh.

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Geography

The district is spread over an area of 2,164.59 square kilometres (835.75 sq mi). [2] Mahbubnagar district is situated in the north of this district, Nagarkurnool district in the east, Andhra Pradesh in the south and Jogulamba Gadwal district in the west.

Demographics

Religion in Wanaparthy district (2011) [3]
Hinduism
93.02%
Islam
6.00%
Christianity
0.40%
Buddhism
0.08%
Other or not stated
0.50%

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 577,758. Wanaparthy has a sex ratio of 960 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.67%. 72,377 (12.53%) were under 6 years of age. 92,288 (15.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 93,182 (16.13%) and 46,062 (7.97%) of the population respectively. [4]

Languages of Wanaparthy district (2011) [5]

   Telugu (87.03%)
   Lambadi (6.53%)
   Urdu (5.70%)
  Others (0.74%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 87.03% of the population spoke Telugu, 6.53% Lambadi and 5.70% Urdu aspoke s their first language. [5]

Administrative divisions

Newly built District Office Complex IDOC Wanaparty District.jpg
Newly built District Office Complex
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Wanaparthy District Revenue division

The district has one revenue division of Wanaparthy and is subdivided into 14 mandals. [6] Tejas Nandlal Pawar is the present collector of the district. and Rakshitha K.Murthy is the present District Superintendent of Police [7] Megha Reddy Tudi is the legislative leader of the Wanaparthy constituency. He won the 2023 general elections by a margin of 25,320 votes. [8]

Mandals

The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district: [1]

Sr No.Wanaparthy revenue division
1 Amarchinta
2 Atmakur
3 Chinnambavi
4 Ghanpur (Khilla)
5 Gopalpeta
6 Kothakota
7 Madanapur
8 Pangal
9 Pebbair
10 Peddamandadi
11 Revally
12 Srirangapur
13 Veepanagandla
14 Wanaparthy

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