Jagtial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Jagtial. The district shares boundaries with Nirmal, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Sircilla and Nizamabad districts.

Geography

The district is spread over an area of . Jagtial district shares it boundaries with Nirmal district and Mancherial district on North and North East respectively, it is bounded on South and South West by Karimnagar district and Peddapalli district respectively and on the West by Nizamabad district

Demographics

Census of India The decennial Census of India has been conducted 16 times, as of 2021. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under British Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by ...

, the district has a population of 988,913. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 16.68% and 2.36% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 90.93% of the population spoke

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and 7.14% Urdu as their first language.2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
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Administrative divisions

The district has three revenue divisions of Jagtial, Korutla and Metpally, which are sub-divided into 18

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Mandals

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

Notable People

* Duvvasi Mohan Actor and comedian in Telugu cinema * Venu Sriram Film director in Tollywood * Harish Shankar Film director in Tollywood * Alishetti Prabhakar, writer and painter * Milkuri Gangavva, YouTuber Comedian Actress in Telugu Cinema * Rohith Vakrala, Socio-Political Activist, Analyst, Policy Enthusiast * T Jeevan Reddy politician, MLC, Ex R&B Minister * L Ramana politician from TRS Party, MLC *

Vamshi Paidipally Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao (born 27 July 1979), better known as Vamshi Paidipally, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing mainstream film works such as '' Munna'' (2007), ' ...

Film Director in Tollywood * Dr M Sanjay Kumar, politician Member of Legislative Assembly from 2018

National Highways

NH563 Jagtiyal - Karimnagar - Warangal - Khammam NH63 Latur- Nizamabad - Jagtiyal - Mancherial - Bijapur Jagdalpur NH61 Bhiwandi - Ahmadnagar - Nanded - Nirmal - Jagtiyal

References

External links

Official website
{{Jagtial district Districts of Telangana