Jogulamba Gadwal district
District of Telangana
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Location in Telangana
Location in Telangana
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Jogulamba Gadwal district
CountryIndia
StateTelangana
Mandalas12
HeadquartersGadwal
Government
 • District CollectorSri B.M. Santhosh , IAS
 • Parliament constituencies1
Area
 • Total2,928 km2 (1,131 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total609,990
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
 • Urban
Gadwal(85,245)
Demographics
 • Literacy49.87%
 • Sex ratio972
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTS–33[1]
Major highways2
Average annual precipitation2014–15 564.6 mm
Websitegadwal.telangana.gov.in

Jogulamba Gadwal district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.[2] The administrative headquarters of the district is located at Gadwal.[3] The district shares boundaries with Narayanpet, Wanaparthy districts and with the state boundary of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The district was carved out from Mahabubnagar district in 2016.[4][5]

The district is spread over an area of 2,928 square kilometres (1,131 sq mi).[5] As of the 2011 Census of India, the area within the district had a population of 609,990.[6]

Administrative divisions

Jogulamba District Revenue division

The district has one revenue division, Gadwal, and is sub-divided into 12 mandals.[3]

Mandals

Sr No. Gadwal revenue division
1 Alampur
2 Dharoor
3 Gadwal
4 Ghattu
5 Ieeja
6 Itikyala
7 Kaloor Thimmanadoddi
8 Maldakal
9 Manopad
10 Rajoli
11 Undavelly
12 Waddepally

Demographics

Religions in Jogulamba Gadwal district (2011)[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 91.29%
Islam
 
 7.96%
Other or not stated
 
 0.75%
Distribution of religions

The district has a population of 6,09,990 of which 3,09,274 are males and 3,00,716 females for a sex ratio of 972 females per 1000 males. The literacy rate is 49.87%. Urban population is 63,177 (10.36%). Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 120,639 (19.77%) and 9376 (1.54%) of the population respectively.[8]: 80–82 

Languages of Jogulamba Gadwal district (2011)[9]

  Telugu (90.09%)
  Urdu (7.49%)
  Others (2.42%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 90.09% of the population spoke Telugu and 7.49% Urdu as their first language.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Telangana New Districts Names 2016 Pdf TS 31 Districts List". Timesalert.com. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Names of 6 new districts changed". The Hindu. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Jogulamba district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Gadwal - Tecci.org". www.tecci.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Demography: District Jogulamba Gadwal". Government of Telangana.
  7. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. ^ "District Census Hand Book – Mahbubnagar" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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