Wanaparthy_District
Wanaparthy district
District of Telangana in India
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.
Wanaparthy district
వనపర్తి జిల్లా | |
|---|---|
Location in Telangana | |
| Coordinates (Wanaparthy): 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) | |
| • Total | 577,758 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 55.67% |
| • Sex ratio | 922 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TS-32 |
| Average annual precipitation | 2014–15 556.7 mm |
| Website | wanaparthy |
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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] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 93.02% | |||
| Islam | 6.00% | |||
| Christianity | 0.40% | |||
| Buddhism | 0.08% | |||
| Other or not stated | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
- 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
- "Wanaparthy district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- "Official website of Wanaparthydistrict". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- "Know your district Plan your district - Wanaparthy" (PDF). trac.telangana.gov.in. Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
- "Clipping of Andhra Jyothy Telugu Daily – Hyderabad". Andhra Jyothy. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- "Askani Raghavendar sets his mission to empower youth for a better India". BookOfAchievers. Retrieved 28 August 2020.