Sangareddy district
Sangareddy district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.[2] The district shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka.
Sangareddy district | |
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![]() Ramalingeshwara temple, Nandikandi | |
![]() Location in Telangana | |
Coordinates (Sangareddy): 17.780532, 77.892057 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Telangana |
Mandals | 28 |
Established | 11 October 2016[1] |
Founded by | Government of Telangana, |
Headquarters | Sangareddy |
Revenue Divisions | 04 |
Government | |
• Type | Zilla Panchayath |
• Body | Sangareddy Zilla Panchayath |
• Collector | Dr. A Sharath IASIAS |
Area | |
• Total | 4,996.46 km2 (1,929.14 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,526,026 |
• Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TS 15 |
Major highways | |
Website | sangareddy |
Geography
The district is spread over an area of 4,464.87 square kilometres (1,723.90 sq mi).[3]
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.[5]
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.24% of the population spoke Telugu, 15.46% Urdu, 5.05% Lambadi, 3.76% Kannada, 1.74% Hindi and 1.32% Marathi as their first language.[6]
Administrative divisions
The district has four revenue divisions of Narayankhed, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad, Andole–Jogipet which are sub-divided into 28 mandals.[2] Dr. A Sharath IAS is the present collector of the district.[7]
Mandals

S.No. | Sangareddy revenue division | Narayankhed revenue division | Zaheerabad revenue division | Andole-Jogipet |
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1 | Ameenpur | Kalher | Jharasangam | Andole |
2 | Gummadidala | Manoor | Mogudampally | Pulkal |
3 | Hathnoora | Nagilgidda | Nyalkal | Chowtakur |
4 | Jinnaram | Narayankhed | Raikode | Vatpally |
5 | Kandi | Sirgapoor | Zahirabad | |
6 | Kondapur | Nizampet | Kohir | |
7 | Munipally | Kangti | ||
8 | Patancheru | |||
9 | Ramachandrapuram | |||
10 | Sadasivpet | |||
11 | Sangareddy |
See also
References
- District Sangareddy, Government of Telangana | India
- "Sangareddy district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- "Know your district Plan your district - Sangareddy" (PDF). trac.telangana.gov.in. Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
- "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.