Narayanpet district

Narayanpet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Narayanpet is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Mahbubnagar, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy and Jogulamba Gadwal districts and with the Karnataka state.[2]

Narayanpet district
District of Telangana
Chandragadh Fort, Narva
Chandragadh Fort, Narva
Location in Telangana
Location in Telangana
Coordinates (Narayanpet): 16.746688°N 77.495815°E / 16.746688; 77.495815
CountryIndia
StateTelangana
District
Formation		17 February 2019
Founded byK. Chandrashekar Rao
HeadquartersNarayanpet
Mandalas13
Government
 • District collectorHari Chandana Dasari (IAS)
 • Parliament constituenciesMahabubnagar
Area
 • Total2,336 km2 (902 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total566,874
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Websitenarayanpet.telangana.gov.in

History

Historically "Narayanapeta" has been in the Palamoor region by the 6th Century B.C Later Nandas, Mouryas, Sathavahanas, Ikshwakas, Vishnukundinas, Badami Chalukyas, Kanduri Chodas, Kakatiyas, Yadavas of Devagiri, Cheruku kings, Vavilala kings, Munusuri Dyanasty, Bahamani Sultans, Vijayanagara Kings, Recharla Padmanayakas, Kutubshahis, Mughals and Nizam of Hyderabad ruled this area as the part of their Kingdom, this region was known as the land of the Cholas. Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD) was changed the name of "Narayanapeta" to NARAYANPET on 4 December 1890. Narayanapeta was the headquarters of the district since 1883 AD.

the Golconda diamonds also including the famous Kohinoor Diamond come from the Narayanapet district area[3]

Administrative divisions

The district has 1 revenue division of Narayanapet and is sub-divided into 13 mandals [4]

Mandals
Sr No.Narayanpet revenue division
1Damargidda
2Dhanwada
3Kosgi
4Krishna
5Maddur
6Maganur
7Makthal
8Marikal
9Narayanpet
10Narva
11Utkur
12 Gundumal
13 Kothapalli

Demographics
Religion in Narayanpet district (2011)[5]
Hinduism
 
 90.76%
Islam
 
 8.51%
Other or not stated
 
 0.73%

At the time of the 2011 census of India, Narayanpet district had a population of 566,874, of whom 282,231 were men and 284,643 women. Narayanpet district has a sex ration of 1009 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 49.93%. 77,634 (13.70%) were under 6 years of age. 62967 (11.11%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 91,735 (16.18%) and 29,126 (5.14%) of the population respectively.[1]

Languages of Narayanpet district (2011)[6]

  Telugu (81.43%)
  Urdu (8.18%)
  Lambadi (4.47%)
  Kannada (3.87%)
  Others (2.05%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 81.43% of the population spoke Telugu, 8.18% Urdu, 4.47% Lambadi and 3.87% Kannada as their first language.[6]

References
  1. "Demography | Narayanpet District, Government of Telangana | India". Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "Telangana gets two new districts: Narayanpet and Mulugu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. Narayanpet History
  4. Telangana Govt Order No 19 Dt 16-02-2019
  5. "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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