Wanaparthy district
Wanaparthy district
వనపర్తి జిల్లా | |
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.svg) Location in Telangana | |
 Wanaparthy district | |
| Coordinates (Wanaparthy): 16°21′50″N 78°03′48″E / 16.363870°N 78.063403°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| Mandalas | 10 |
| Headquarters | Wanaparthy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,152 km2 (831 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • 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 |
Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.[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.
Geography
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.
Demographics
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]
Administrative divisions
The district has one revenue division of Wanaparthy 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]
Mandals
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 |
Notable personalities
- Megha Reddy Tudi – Politician from Indian National Congress, MLA for wanaparthy constituency [9]
- Singireddy Niranjan Reddy – ex-Cabinet minister, Telangana.(Agriculture, Marketing, Civil supplies, co-operation, consumer)[10] and ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency
- Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy – Politician from Telugu Desam Party ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency
- Dr.Gillela Chinna Reddy – Politician from Indian National Congress ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency[11]
- Raghavendar Askani – Politician from Loksatta Party, and founder of the Youth Parliament Program[12] and He has been awarded the esteemed Karmaveer Chakra Award from the United Nations and ICONGO [13]
- Kiran Rao - Indian film producer and granddaughter of Raja J. Rameshwar Rao
- Aditi Rao Hydari - Indian film actress, granddaughter of Raja J. Rameshwar Rao
See also
References
- ^ a b "Wanaparthy district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Official website of Wanaparthydistrict". 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 - Wanaparthy" (PDF). trac.telangana.gov.in. Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "Clipping of Andhra Jyothy Telugu Daily – Hyderabad". Andhra Jyothy. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Govt of telangana website".
- ^ "business-standard telangana-elections".
- ^ WANAPARTHY ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2023 - TOI
- ^ Cabinet Minister
- ^ Dr.Gillela Chinna Reddy
- ^ "Askani Raghavendar sets his mission to empower youth for a better India". BookOfAchievers. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Young reformist awarded with 'Karmaveer Chakra - The Hans India".
External links
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