Mancherial district
District
Yellampelli project
Yellampelli project
Location in Telangana
Location in Telangana
Coordinates (Mancherial): 18°52′17″N 79°26′40″E / 18.871454°N 79.444361°E / 18.871454; 79.444361
CountryIndia
StateTelangana
DivisionMancherial
HeadquartersMancherial
Mandalas18
Government
 • District collectorSri. Badhavath Santhosh, IAS
 • Parliament ConstituenciesPeddapalli
 • Assembly constituenciesMancherial,Chennur,Bellampalli
 • MPVenkatesh Netha Borlakunta
Area
 • Total4,016 km2 (1,551 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total807,037
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
 • Urban
353,847
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTS–19[1]
Major highwaysNH 63, SH1Rajiv rahadari NH 363, NH163G Mancherial- Vijayawada GFH
Websitemancherial.telangana.gov.in

Mancherial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana.[2][3] The district comprises 18 mandals and two revenue divisions – Mancherial and Bellampalli. The district headquarters is located at Mancherial town.[4] It is surrounded by Komaram Bheem, Nirmal, Jagtial, Peddapalli and Bhupalpally districts of Telangana and with Maharashtra state.

History

Mancherial district was created out of Adilabad district in 2016 during the general reorganization of districts in Telangana.[5]

Administrative divisions

Mancherial District Revenue divisions

The district has two revenue divisions of Mancherial, Bellampally which are sub-divided into 18 mandals.[6] Sri. Bhadavath santhosh, IAS is the present collector of the district.[7] Mancherial District Revenue Divisions Mandals Information List:[8]

S. No. Mancherial Revenue Division S. No. Bellampally Revenue Division
1 Chennur 12 Kasipet
2 Jaipur 13 Bellampally
3 Bheemaram (new) 14 Vemanpally
4 Kotapally 15 Nennel
5 Luxettipet 16 Tandur
6 Mancherial 17 Bheemini
7 Naspur (new) 18 Kannepally (new)
8 Hajipur (new)
9 Mandamarri
10 Dandepalle
11 Jannaram

Geography

The district is spread over an area of 4,056.36 square kilometres (1,566.17 sq mi).[9] It shares borders with Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on the east, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Peddapalli and Jagitial districts to the south, Nirmal district to the west and Kumaram Bheem district to the north.

The district is very fertile plains fed by the Godavari river, which forms the southern border of the district.

Demographics

Religion in Mancherial district (2011)[10]
Hinduism
 
 92.55%
Islam
 
 5.58%
Christianity
 
 0.98%
Other or not stated
 
 0.89%

As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 807,037. Mancherial has a sex ratio of 977 females to 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.35%. There are 148,377 farmers and 344,785 labourers. 73,725 (9.14%) were under 6 years of age. 353,847 (43.85%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 199,493 (24.72%) and 56,969 (7.06%) of the population respectively.[11][12]

Languages of Mancherial district (2011)[13]

  Telugu (88.08%)
  Urdu (5.13%)
  Lambadi (1.67%)
  Marathi (1.60%)
  Gondi (1.44%)
  Others (2.08%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 88.08% of the population spoke Telugu, 5.13% Urdu, 1.67% Lambadi, 1.60% Marathi and 1.44% Gondi as their first language.[13]

Tourist places

The outer view of Reserve

Transport

Mancherial

Mancherial is well connected with all types of transport facilities major are Road and Rail. Mancherial railway station is the train station with code: MCI.

Telangana State Road Transport CorporationTSRTC has its depot in Mancherial connecting transportation facility to the citizens to every village and city of Mancherial district

Road

NH363 Mncl Interchange

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NH 63 Jagdalpur to yedashi via renapur latur bodhan nizamabad passes through Mancherial.

NH 363 A new National highway is being constructed from Mancherial to Chandrapur.

Also another new National highway is sanctioned from Jaipur Mandal to Warangal via Manthani and Bhupalpally. This Highway is named as Green Industrial corridor by NHAI.

Air

Nearest airport is Hyderabad International Airport

See also

References

  1. ^ "Telangana New Districts Names 2016 Pdf TS 31 Districts List". Timesalert.com. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Komaram Bheem district" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ "New districts map". newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 22 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Mancherial Official Page". The Official Website of the Mancherial District. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Reorganization Of Adilabad District Into Mancherial District". www.districtsinfo.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Clipping of Andhra Jyothy Telugu Daily – Hyderabad". Andhra Jyothy. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. ^ "K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts". Deccan Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Mancherial Revenue Division and Mandals". Mancherial District Revenue Divisions Mandals Information. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  9. ^ "New districts". Andhra Jyothy.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Table C-01 Population By Religious Community: Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  11. ^ "Know your district Plan your district - Mancherial" (PDF). trac.telangana.gov.in. Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
  12. ^ "Demography | Mancherial District | India". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  13. ^ 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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