Wanaparthy district | |
Settlement Type: | District of Telangana |
Total Type: | Total |
Native Name: | వనపర్తి జిల్లా |
Coordinates: | 16.3639°N 78.0634°W |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wanaparthy |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Subdivision Type2: | Mandalas |
Subdivision Name2: | 10 |
Established Title: | Established |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Wanaparthy |
Parts Type: | Tehsils |
Parts Style: | para |
Area Total Km2: | 2152 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 577758 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
Demographics1 Info1: | 55.67% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
Demographics1 Info2: | 922 |
Leader Title: | District collectortejas nandlal pawar |
Leader Title1: | Parliament constituencies |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Registration Plate: | TG-32 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Average annual precipitation |
Blank Info Sec2: | 2014–15 556.7 mm |
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.
The district is spread over an area of 2164.59km2.[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.
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.[3]
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.[4]
The district has one revenue division of Wanaparthy and is subdivided into 14 mandals.[5] Tejas Nandlal Pawar is the present collector of the district. and Rakshitha K.Murthy is the present District Superintendent of Police[6] Megha Reddy Tudi is the legislative leader of the Wanaparthy constituency. He won the 2023 general elections by a margin of 25,320 votes.[7]
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:
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 |