| Vikarabad | |
| Settlement Type: | Town & District Head Quarters |
| Pushpin Map: | India Telangana#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Telangana, India |
| Coordinates: | 17.33°N 77.9°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vikarabad |
| Established Date: | H.E. Nawab Sir Vikar-ul-Umrah Bahadur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 31.70 |
| Elevation M: | 638 |
| Population Total: | 53143 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 501101 |
| Area Code: | 08416 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | TS 34 |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu &Urdu |
Vikarabad is a town and mandal in Vikarabad district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Vikarabad mandal of Vikarabad revenue division.[2]
Vikarabad was named after the fifth Paigah Amir (Premier noble) H.E. Nawab Sir Vikar-ul-Umrah Bahadur, Sikander Jung, Iqbal-ud-Daula and Iqtadar-ul-Mulk, Nawab Muhammed Fazaluddin Khan KCIE served as prime minister of Hyderabad State and Berar Province between 1893 and 1901.
Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umrah was the younger son of Nawab Rasheeduddin Khan Bahadur, Shams ul Umra, Amir e Kabir IÌI, Amir e Paigah IV and Co-Regent of Hyderabad. He built three palaces and mansions in Vikarabad, The Vikar Manzil Palace (which presently houses the deputy collector/RDO Office and still belongs to the Paigah family heirs), Sultan Manzil Palace named after his eldest son and heir, H.E. Nawab Sultan ul Mulk Bahadur the last full Amir of Vicar ul Umrahi Paigah and the "Vicar Shikargah" which he later presented as nazar or offering to his brother in law and nephew, H.H.Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, the VIth Nizam of Hyderabad.
Sir Vikar's Jagir Vikarabad, Dharur and Ananthagiri hills where know to be mini hill station of the Deccan. He died in 1902 and is buried at the Paigah Tombs at Hyderabad.
Vikarabad is well known for producing highly skilled software engineers.
India census,[3] Vikarabad had a population of 53,185. Males constitute 26,422 of the population and females 26,763. Vikarabad has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 57%. In Vikarabad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Vikarabad Municipality is the urban local body that oversees the civic needs of the town.[4]
Vikarabad is an assembly constituency in Telangana State. MLAs representing the town have been:
Vikarabad Junction railway station is located on the Vikarabad–Parli section of Secunderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone.[7] The station is also on the Secunderabad-Wadi line.
In 2023 a government medical college was opened in the town.[8]