Narayanpet district
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2020) |
Narayanpet district | |
|---|---|
 Chandragadh Fort, Narva | |
.svg) Location in Telangana | |
| <mapframe height="225" text="'''Narayanpeta district'''" align="center" width="225">[
{"properties":{"stroke-width":2,"stroke":"#C60C30","title":"Narayanpeta district of Telangana"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoshape","ids":"Q61746013"}, {"properties":{"stroke-width":1,"stroke":"#0000ff","title":"Telangana"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q677037"} ]</mapframe> | |
| Coordinates (Narayanpet): Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | India |
| State | Telangana |
| District Formation | 17 February 2019 |
| Founded by | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Headquarters | Narayanpet |
| Mandalas | 13 |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Koya Shri Harsha (IAS) |
| • Parliament constituencies | Mahabubnagar |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,336 km2 (902 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 566,874 |
| • Density | 242.7/km2 (628.5/sq mi) |
| Vehicle registration | TG-38 |
| Website | narayanpet |
Narayanpet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Narayanpet is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Mahbubnagar, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy and Jogulamba Gadwal districts and with the Karnataka state.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Historically "Narayanapeta" has been in the Palamoor region by the 6th Century B.C Later Nandas, Mouryas, Sathavahanas, Ikshwakas, Vishnukundinas, Badami Chalukyas, Kanduri Chodas, Kakatiyas, Yadavas of Devagiri, Cheruku kings, Vavilala kings, Munusuri Dyanasty, Bahamani Sultans, Vijayanagara Kings, Recharla Padmanayakas, Kutubshahis, Mughals and Nizam of Hyderabad ruled this area as the part of their Kingdom, this region was known as the land of the Cholas. Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD) was changed the name of "Narayanapeta" to NARAYANPET on 4 December 1890. Narayanapeta was the headquarters of the district since 1883 AD.[citation needed]
the Golconda diamonds also including the famous Kohinoor Diamond come from the Narayanapet district area[3]
Administrative divisions
[edit | edit source]The district has 1 revenue division of Narayanapet and is sub-divided into 13 mandals[4]
Mandals
[edit | edit source]| Sr No. | Narayanpet revenue division |
|---|---|
| 1 | Damargidda |
| 2 | Dhanwada |
| 3 | Kosgi |
| 4 | Krishna |
| 5 | Maddur |
| 6 | Maganur |
| 7 | Makthal |
| 8 | Marikal |
| 9 | Narayanpet |
| 10 | Narva |
| 11 | Utkur |
| 12 | Gundumal |
| 13 | Kothapalli |
Demographics
[edit | edit source]At the time of the 2011 census of India, Narayanpet district had a population of 566,874, of whom 282,231 were men and 284,643 women. Narayanpet district has a sex ration of 1009 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 49.93%. 77,634 (13.70%) were under 6 years of age. 62967 (11.11%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 91,735 (16.18%) and 29,126 (5.14%) of the population respectively.[1]
At the time of the 2011 census, 81.43% of the population spoke Telugu, 8.18% Urdu, 4.47% Lambadi and 3.87% Kannada as their first language.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Narayanpet History
- ^ Telangana Govt Order No 19 Dt 16-02-2019
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source] | This article about a location in Telangana is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |