Narayanpet district

Coordinates: 16°44′48″N 77°29′45″E / 16.746688°N 77.495815°E / 16.746688; 77.495815
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Narayanpet district
District collector
Koya Shri Harsha (IAS)
 • 
Mahabubnagar
Area
 • Total2,336 km2 (902 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total566,874
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Vehicle registrationTG-38
Websitenarayanpet.telangana.gov.in

Narayanpet district is a

Jogulamba Gadwal districts and with the Karnataka state.[2]

History

Historically "Narayanapeta" has been in the

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

Kohinoor Diamond come from the Narayanapet district area[3]

Administrative divisions

The district has 1 revenue division of Narayanapet and is sub-divided into 13 mandals [4]

Mandals

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

Religion in Narayanpet district (2011)[5]
Hinduism
90.76%
Islam
8.51%
Other or not stated
0.73%

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]

Languages of Narayanpet district (2011)[6]

  Telugu (81.43%)
  Urdu (8.18%)
  Lambadi (4.47%)
  Kannada (3.87%)
  Others (2.05%)

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

  1. ^ a b "Demography | Narayanpet District, Government of Telangana | India". Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Telangana gets two new districts: Narayanpet and Mulugu". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ Narayanpet History
  4. ^ Telangana Govt Order No 19 Dt 16-02-2019
  5. ^ "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. ^ 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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