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
Telugu 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 ...
s.
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
See also
* List of districts in Telangana
References
External links
Official website
{{Jagtial district
Districts of Telangana