Medak district is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

located in the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...

Medak Medak is a town in Medak district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Medak mandal in Medak revenue division. And There is a river named srujan which is big in length. Etymology and History Medak wa ...

is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Sangareddy,

Kamareddy Kamareddy is a town and headquarters of eponymous district in Telangana state in India. It is located about north of the state capital Hyderabad, from Nizamabad and from Karimnagar. Geography Kamareddy is located at . It covers an area ...

Siddipet Siddipet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and serves as the headquarters of Siddipet district. It is located about north of the state capital, Hyderabad, and from Warangal. The District Headquarters and police C ...

and

Medchal Medchal is a Outer Suburb of Hyderabad in the Medchal–Malkajgiri district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the mandal headquarters of Medchal mandal in Keesara revenue division of the district. It also forms a part of Hyderabad Metropo ...

districts.

History

Traces of Neolithic and Megalithic culture was found at Edithanur and Wargal village hillocks in the district. Rock paintings were found at Edithanur boulders and Hastallapur rocks.

Nizam state

In 20th century Medak district was a part of Nizam princely State before independence and merged into Hyderabad State in Independent India and presently a district of

. Qutub Shahis named it as Gulshanabad which means '"city of gardens'" due to its luscious greenery.

Geography

The district is spread over an area of .

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, the district has a population of 767,428.

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Medak one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the thirteen districts in Andhra Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into three revenue divisions of Medak, Narsapur and Tupran. These are sub-divided into 20 revenue mandals (15 Mandal Praja Parishads) and has 381 villages constituting 320 gram panchayats. Sri Dr. S. Harish is the present collector of the district.

Mandals

The below table categorizes 20 mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Districts of Telangana