Jayashankar Bhupalpally district | |
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![]() Pandavula Gutta caves | |
Location in Telangana | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Telangana |
Named for | Kothapalli Jayashankar |
Headquarters | Bhupalapally |
Mandalas | 19 |
Government | |
• District collector | Bhavesh Mishra IAS |
• Assembly constituencies | Bhupalapalle, Manthani |
Area | |
• Total | 2,293 km2 (885 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 410,963 |
• Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
• Urban | 23.74 % |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TS–25[1] |
Major highways | NH363 |
Website | bhoopalapally |
Jayashankar Bhupalpally district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.[2] The district headquarters are located at Bhupalpally. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district and Karimnagar district prior to the re-organisation of districts in the state.[3] The district share boundaries with Karimnagar, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Hanamkonda, Warangal, and Mulugu districts and with the state boundary of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
The district is spread over an area of 6,175 square kilometres (2,384 sq mi).[4] Jayashankar district is bounded on north by Mancherial district and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, on the northeast by Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, on the southeast by Mulugu district, on the south by Warangal district, on west by Hanamkonda and Peddapalli districts.
As of 2011[update] Census of India, the district has a population of 410,963. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.21% and 8.70% of the population respectively.[5][6]
Hindus are 96.21% of the population, while Muslims are 2.95% of the population.[7]
At the time of the 2011 census, 95.41% of the district speaks Telugu, 2.09% Urdu and 1.76% Lambadi as their first language.[8]
The district will have One revenue division of Bhupalpally and is sub-divided into 11 mandals.[3]
Bhavesh Mishra, IAS is the present collector of the district.[9][10]
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[11]
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[12]
Sl. No | Name of the District | Mandals in the District including New Mandals | Name of the Erstwhile District | Name of the Erstwhile Revenue Division |
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1 | Jayashankar District HQ at Bhupalpalli) * | Bhupalpally | Warangal | Mulugu |
2 | Ghanpur (Mulugu) | |||
3 | Regonda | |||
4 | Mogullapally | |||
5 | Chityal | |||
6 | Tekumatla (New) | |||
7 | Malhalrao | Karimnagar | Manthani | |
8 | Kataram | |||
9 | Mahadevpur | |||
10 | Palimela (New) | |||
11 | Mahamutharam |
There are 2 assembly constituencies in Bhupalapally district. They are Bhupalapalle, Manthani[13]