Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian stateofTelangana.[1] Its headquarters is Wanaparthy. The district shares boundaries with Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool districts and, ws well ash the state boundary of Andhra pradesh.
Wanaparthy district
వనపర్తి జిల్లా
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Coordinates (Wanaparthy): 16°21′50″N 78°03′48″E / 16.363870°N 78.063403°E / 16.363870; 78.063403 | |
Country | India |
State | Telangana |
Mandalas | 10 |
Headquarters | Wanaparthy |
Area | |
• Total | 2,152 km2 (831 sq mi) |
Population
(2011)
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• Total | 577,758 |
• Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 55.67% |
• Sex ratio | 922 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TG-32 |
Average annual precipitation | 2014–15 556.7 mm |
Website | wanaparthy |
The district is spread over an area of 2,164.59 square kilometres (835.75 sq mi).[2] Mahbubnagar district is situated in the north of this district, Nagarkurnool district in the east, Andhra Pradesh in the south and Jogulamba Gadwal district in the west.
Religion in Wanaparthy district (2011)[3] | ||||
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Hinduism |
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93.02% | ||
Islam |
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6.00% | ||
Christianity |
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0.40% | ||
Buddhism |
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0.08% | ||
Other or not stated |
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0.50% |
As of 2011[update] Census of India, the district has a population of 577,758. Wanaparthy has a sex ratio of 960 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.67%. 72,377 (12.53%) were under 6 years of age. 92,288 (15.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 93,182 (16.13%) and 46,062 (7.97%) of the population respectively.[4]
At the time of the 2011 census, 87.03% of the population spoke Telugu, 6.53% Lambadi and 5.70% Urdu aspoke s their first language.[5]
The district has one revenue divisionofWanaparthy and is subdivided into 14 mandals.[6] Tejas Nandlal Pawar is the present collector of the district. and Rakshitha K.Murthy is the present District Superintendent of Police[7] Megha Reddy Tudi is the legislative leader of the Wanaparthy constituency. He won the 2023 general elections by a margin of 25,320 votes.[8]
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[1]
Sr No. | Wanaparthy revenue division |
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1 | Amarchinta |
2 | Atmakur |
3 | Chinnambavi |
4 | Ghanpur (Khilla) |
5 | Gopalpeta |
6 | Kothakota |
7 | Madanapur |
8 | Pangal |
9 | Pebbair |
10 | Peddamandadi |
11 | Revally |
12 | Srirangapur |
13 | Veepanagandla |
14 | Wanaparthy |