Sangareddy district is a
district
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located in the western region of the
India
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n state of
Telangana
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. This district contains a part of the
Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.
Sangareddy is the district headquarters of the district. It was named after the ruler Sanga, the son of queen Shankaramba, who was the ruler of
Medak
Medak, formerly known as Siddapuram, 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.
Etymology and History
Medak was originally named ''Met ...
during the period of
Nizams. The district shares boundaries with
Medak
Medak, formerly known as Siddapuram, 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.
Etymology and History
Medak was originally named ''Met ...
,
Medchal,
Vikarabad,
Kamareddy and
Rangareddy
Ranga Reddy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Prade ...
districts and with the state boundary of
Karnataka
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.
Geography
The district is spread over an area of .
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Sangareddy district had a population of 1,526,026. Sangareddy has a sex ratio of 965 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.03%. 194,674 (12.76%) were under 6 years of age. 529,965 (34.73%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 276,595 (18.13%) and 86,410 (5.66%) of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.24% of the population spoke
Telugu, 15.46%
Urdu
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, 5.05%
Lambadi, 3.76%
Kannada
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, 1.74%
Hindi
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and 1.32%
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
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as their first language.
Administrative divisions
The district has four
revenue divisions of
Narayankhed,
Sangareddy,
Zaheerabad,
Andole–Jogipet which are sub-divided into 28
mandal
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s.
Dr. A Sharath IAS is the present collector of the district.
Mandals
See also
*
List of districts in Telangana
References
External links
{{coord missing, Telangana
Districts of Telangana
2016 establishments in Telangana