| Mulugu district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Telangana |
| Nickname: | Tribal Capital of Telangana |
| Coordinates: | 18.191°N 79.943°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mandalas |
| Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
| Subdivision Name3: | 09 |
| Established Title: | District Formation |
| Established Date: | 17 February 2019 |
| Founder: | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3881 |
| Area Rank: | 13th |
| Elevation M: | 177 |
| Population Total: | 294671 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rank: | 33rd |
| Population Demonym: | Mulugite |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 506 343 |
| Area Code: | 08715 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | TG–37 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Leader Title1: | Collector |
| Leader Name1: | Narayan Reddy, IAS |
| Leader Title2: | Member of Parliament |
| Leader Name2: | Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) |
| Leader Title3: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Leader Name3: | Danasari Anasuya Congress (inc) |
| Leader Title4: | SP |
| Leader Name4: | Dr. P. Shabarish, IPS [2] |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Mulug (ST) (Assembly constituency) |
Sammakka Saralamma Mulugu district is a district located in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is the town of Mulugu.[3] Mulugu district is the least populated district with 294,671 in the state. Mulugu district has the fewest mandals in the state with nine mandals. It currently borders Warangal, Mahabubabad, Jayashankar Bhupalpally and Bhadradri districts and with the state of Chhattisgarh.
Mulugu Major was constituted in 2011 and is classified as a second grade municipality. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 44.99km2.
Mulugu district has one seat in State Assembly and is reserved for Scheduled Tribe. Seethakka (Danasari Anasuya) was elected as MLA Mulug (ST) (Assembly constituency) in the 2018 General Elections.
Mulugu District falls under Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency). Smt Kavitha Maloth was elected as MP in May 2019 General Elections.[4]
Mulugu has a semi-tropical climate. During summers, the temperatures soar to more than 48 °C. In winters, temperatures range between 12 °C and 27 °C. Mulugu receives the northeast and the southwest monsoon, from June to September, and from October to November respectively. It mainly relies on the monsoons and rainfall.
Mulugu has print and entertainment media and Mulugu Cable, a local entertainment channel for broadcasting TV.
The leading newspapers, Namasthe Telangana, Sakshi, Eenadu, V6 Vaartha, Andhra Jyothi, Prajasakti, Andhra Bhoomi, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, and Times Of India are available. Sirachukka is the local tabloid circulated weekly.
Mulugu is welly connected with road routes to every other place of the state and the nation and has National Highway 163 passing from Mulugu to Chhattisgarh.
Mulugu has a TSRTC bus stand with a 5 bus capacity. It has many services for the needs of the citizens. It falls on the main route of Warangal-Bhadrachalam. Nearly 20,000 people use this daily through the bus facilities. In addition, many seven-seat autorickshaws and commander jeeps connect the nearby villages.
Census of India, the district has a population of 294,671. 146,205 are males and 148,466 females, a sex ratio of 1016 females per 1000 males. 11,493 (3.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 46,473 (15.77%) and 86,352 (29.30%) of the population respectively.[6] [7]
At the time of the 2011 census, 90.35% of the population spoke Telugu, 4.70% Lambadi, 2.66% Urdu and 1.46% Koya as their first language.[8]
The 100-bed Mini Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital is the largest hospital in both the city and district of Mulugu. It also serves the needs of patients from the neighbouring districts.[9]
Apart from major public hospitals, such as those for maternity, chest, and tuberculosis, there are many private specialist hospitals including Appaiah, Ravinder, Star, Superspeciality, Area Hospital, and St. Ann's.[10]