Mancherial district | |
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Coordinates (Mancherial): 18°52′17″N 79°26′40″E / 18.871454°N 79.444361°E | |
Country | India |
State | Telangana |
Division | Mancherial |
Headquarters | Mancherial |
Mandalas | 18 |
Government | |
• District collector | Sri. Kumar Deepak, IAS |
• Parliament Constituencies | Peddapalli |
• Assembly constituencies | Mancherial,Chennur,Bellampalli |
• MP | Vamsi Krishna Gaddam |
Area | |
• Total | 4,016 km2 (1,551 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 807,037 |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
• Urban | 353,847 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TG–19[1] |
Major highways | NH 63, SH1Rajiv rahadari NH 363, NH163G Mancherial- Vijayawada GFH |
Website | mancherial |
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.
Mancherial district was created out of Adilabad district in 2016 during the general reorganization of districts in Telangana.[5]
The district has two revenue divisions of Mancherial, Bellampally which are sub-divided into 18 mandals.[6] Sri. Kumar Deepak, 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 |
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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 |
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.
As of 2011[update] 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]
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]
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
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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.
Nearest airport is Hyderabad International Airport