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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Districts of Telangana
| map = Telangana_districts.svg
| caption = Districts of Telangana
| category = [[Districts of Telangana|Districts]]
| territory = [[Telangana]]
| start_date =
| current_number = 33 districts
| number_date =
| population_range = [[Mulugu district|Mulugu]] – 257,744 (lowest); [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]] – 3,943,323 (highest)
| area_range = [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]] –
{{Convert|217|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (smallest); [[Bhadradri Kothagudem District|Bhadradri Kothagudem]] – {{Convert|7,483|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (largest)
| government = [[Government of Telangana]]
| subdivision = [[List of revenue divisions in Telangana|Revenue Divisions of Telangana]]
}}

The [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]] has 33 districts, each headed by a [[District collector]].<ref name="districts">{{cite web |title=Telangana State Portal Districts |url=https://www.telangana.gov.in/about/districts |website=www.telangana.gov.in |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Map of Telangana at the time of formation on June 02 2014.svg|left|thumb|Telangana at the time of formation on 2 June 2014.]]

Telangana region of [[Hyderabad State (1948–56)|Hyderabad State]] consisted of 8 Districts in 1948 when it was inducted in [[Dominion of India]]; they are [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]], [[Mahabubnagar district|Mahbubnagar]], [[Medak district|Medak]], [[Nalgonda district|Nalgonda]], [[Nizamabad district|Nizamabad]], [[Adilabad district|Adilabad]], [[Karimnagar district|Karimnagar]] and [[Warangal district|Warangal]] districts.<ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXBB1nZYoLIC&pg=PA121|title=Hyderabad State|first=Ghulam|last=Yazdani|year=1937|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Khammam]] district was created by bifurcation of [[Warangal]] district on 1 October 1953.<ref name="gwmc.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwmc.gov.in/knowyourcorporation.aspx|title=Know Your Corporation}}</ref> [[Andhra Pradesh]] was formed by merging Telangana region of [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad State]] and [[Andhra State|Andhra state]] on 1 November 1956. Bhadrachalam division and [[Aswaraopeta|Aswaraopet]] taluka parts was merged in [[Khammam district|Khammam]] district from Godavari districts for better Administration.<ref name="gwmc.gov.in" /> Hyderabad district was split into Hyderabad Urban District and Hyderabad Rural District on 15 August 1978. Hyderabad Urban District was made by 4 Talukas are [[Charminar]], [[Golconda|Golkonda]], Mushirabad and Secunderabad Talukas which consist of only MCH area, [[Secunderabad Cantonment Board|Secunderabad cantonment]] and Osmania University. Hyderabad rural district was later renamed as [[Ranga Reddy district|Ranga Reddy District]].<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref>

On 2 June 2014, when Telangana was carved out as India's 29th state with 10 districts from then [[Andhra Pradesh]] state, seven mandals of Bhadrachalam division were given back to [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]] district.<ref>"The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014" Accessed 13 July 2014 [http://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/asintroduced/15_2014_LS_Eng.pdf]</ref><ref>"Protests against Centre, Andhra Pradesh in Khammam over Polavaram Bill". Deccan Chronicle, 12 July 2014. Accessed 13 July 2014. [https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140712/nation-current-affairs/article/polavaram-row-protests-against-centre-andhra-pradesh-khammam]</ref> On 11 October 2016, 21 new districts were created, which led to total 31 districts in Telangana. All districts were divided into minimum 2 to maximum 5 except [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]] which was untouched.<ref name="newdist">{{cite news|title=New districts|url=http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=320397|access-date=8 October 2016|work=Andhra Jyothy.com|date=8 October 2016|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225064351/http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=320397|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two new districts, [[Mulugu district|Mulugu]] and [[Narayanapet District|Narayanpet]] were created on 17 February 2019, taking the total number of districts to 33.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2019/feb/18/telangana-gets-two-new-districts-narayanpet-and-mulugu-1940027.html|title=Telangana gets two new districts: Narayanpet and Mulugu|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-03-31|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104171258/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2019/feb/18/telangana-gets-two-new-districts-narayanpet-and-mulugu-1940027.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== District statistics ==

In terms of area, [[Bhadradri Kothagudem district|Bhadradri Kothagudem]] is the largest district with an area of {{Convert|7483|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]] is the smallest with {{Convert|217|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]] is the most populated district with a population of 39,43,323 and [[Mulugu district]] is the least populated with 2,94,671. [[Telangana]] consist of 74 Revenue Divisions and 594 Revenue [[Tehsil|Mandals]] ([[Tehsil]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trac.telangana.gov.in/district_plan.php |title=Know Your District - Plan Your District |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708041505/http://www.trac.telangana.gov.in/district_plan.php |archive-date=8 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! S.No.
! Name
! Headquarters
! Area (km2)
! Population (2011 census)
! No.of mandals
! [[Population Density|Density]] (per km2)
! [[Urban area|Urban]] (%)
! [[Literacy]] (%)
! [[human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
! Map
|-
| 1 ||[[Adilabad district|Adilabad]]|| [[Adilabad]] || 4,153 ||{{formatnum:708972}}|| 18|| 171 || 23.66 || 63.46 || 978||
[[File:Adilabad in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 2||[[Kumuram Bheem district|Kumuram Bheem Asifabad]]||[[Asifabad, Telangana|Asifabad]]|| 4,878 ||{{formatnum:515812}}|| 15|| 106 || 16.86 || 56.72 || 998 ||[[File:Kumaram Bheem Asifabad in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 3||[[Mancherial district|Mancherial]]||[[Mancherial]]|| 4,016 ||{{formatnum:807037}}|| 18|| 201 || 43.85 || 64.35 || 977 ||[[File:Mancherial in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 4||[[Nirmal district|Nirmal]]||[[Nirmal]]|| 3,845 ||{{formatnum:709418}}|| 19|| 185 || 21.38 || 57.77 || 1046 ||[[File:Nirmal in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 5||[[Nizamabad district|Nizamabad]]||[[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]]|| 4,288 ||{{formatnum:1571022}}|| 27|| 366 || 29.58 || 64.25 || 1044 ||[[File:Nizamabad in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-

| 6||[[Jagtial district|Jagtial]]||[[Jagtial]]|| 2,419 ||{{formatnum:985417}}||18|| 407 || 22.46 || 60.26 || 1036 ||[[File:Jagtial in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 7||[[Peddapalli district|Peddapalli]]||[[Peddapalli]]
|| 2,236 ||{{formatnum:795332}}|| 14|| 356 || 38.22 || 65.52 || 992 ||[[File:Peddapalli in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 8||[[Kamareddy district|Kamareddy]]||[[Kamareddy]]|| 3,652 ||{{formatnum:972625}}|| 22|| 266 || 12.71 || 56.51 || 1033 ||[[File:Kamareddy in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 9||[[Rajanna Sircilla district|Rajanna Sircilla]]||[[Sircilla]]|| 2,019 ||{{formatnum:552037}}|| 13|| 273 || 21.17 || 62.71 || 1014 ||[[File:Rajanna Sircilla in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 10||[[Karimnagar district|Karimnagar]]||[[Karimnagar]]|| 2,128 ||{{formatnum:1005711}}|| 16|| 473 || 30.72 || 69.16 || 993 ||[[File:Karimnagar in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 11||[[Jayashankar Bhupalpally district|Jayashankar Bhupalpally]]||[[Bhupalpally]]|| 2,293 ||416,763|| 12|| 180 || 7.57 || 58.97 || 1009 ||[[File:Jayashankar Bhupalpally in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 12||[[Sangareddy district|Sangareddy]]||[[Sangareddy]]|| 4,403 ||{{formatnum:1527628}}|| 26|| 347 || 34.69 || 64.08 || 965 ||[[File:Sangareddy in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 13||[[Medak district|Medak]]||[[Medak]]|| 2,786 ||{{formatnum:767428}}|| 20|| 275 || 7.67 || 56.12 || 1027 ||[[File:Medak in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-

| 14||[[Siddipet district|Siddipet]]||[[Siddipet]]|| 3,632 ||{{formatnum:1012065}}|| 22|| 279 || 13.74 || 61.61 || 1008 ||[[File:Siddipet in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 15||[[Jangaon district|Jangaon]]||[[Jangaon]]|| 2,188 ||{{formatnum:566376}}|| 13|| 259 || 12.60 || 61.60 || 997 ||[[File:Jangaon in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 16||[[Hanumakonda district|Hanumakonda]]||[[Hanumakonda]]<ref name="Warangal Urban renamed to Hanumakonda" >{{Cite web|title=KCR renames Warangal Urban Hanumakonda; Warangal Rural becomes Warangal|website=[[NewsMeter]]|date=21 June 2021 |url=https://newsmeter.in/top-stories/kcr-renames-warangal-urban-hanumakonda-warangal-rural-becomes-warangal-679850}}</ref>|| 1,309 ||{{formatnum:1080858}}|| 11|| 826 || 68.51 || 76.17 || 997 ||[[File:Warangal Urban in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 17||[[Warangal district|Warangal]]||[[Warangal]]<ref name="Warangal Urban renamed to Hanumakonda" />|| 2,175 ||{{formatnum:718537}}|| 15|| 330 || 6.99 || 61.26 || 994 ||[[File:Warangal Rural in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 18||[[Mulugu district|Mulugu]]||[[Mulug, Jayashankar district|Mulugu]]|| 3,881||257,744|| 09|| 66 || 05 || 62.26 || 968 ||[[File:Mulugu in Telangana (India).svg|100x100px]]
|-
| 19||[[Bhadradri Kothagudem district|Bhadradri kothagudem]]||[[Kothagudem]]|| 7,483 ||{{formatnum:1069261}}|| 23|| 143 || 31.71 || 66.40 || 1008 ||[[File:Bhadradri Kothagudem in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 20||[[Khammam district|Khammam]]||[[Khammam]]|| 4,361 ||{{formatnum:1401639}}|| 21|| 321 || 22.60 || 65.95 || 1005 ||[[File:Khammam in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 21||[[Mahabubabad district|Mahabubabad]]||[[Mahabubabad]]|| 2,877 ||{{formatnum:774549}}|| 16|| 269 || 9.86 || 57.13 || 996 ||[[File:Mahabubabad in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 22 ||[[Suryapet district|Suryapet]]||[[Suryapet]]|| 3,607 ||{{formatnum:1099560}}|| 23|| 305 || 15.56 || 64.11 || 996 ||[[File:Suryapet in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 23||[[Nalgonda district|Nalgonda]]||[[Nalgonda]]|| 7,122 ||{{formatnum:1618416}}|| 31|| 227 || 22.76 || 63.75 || 978 ||[[File:Nalgonda in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 24||[[Yadadri Bhuvanagiri]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Yadadri changed to Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/yadadri-4-other-districts-get-new-names/articleshow/56770588.cms |access-date=25 Jan 2017}}</ref> ||[[Bhongir|Bhuvanagiri]] || 3,092 ||{{formatnum:739448}}|| 16|| 239 || 16.66 || 65.2402221 || 973 ||[[File:Yadadri Bhuvanagiri in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 25||[[Medchal–Malkajgiri]]||[[Shamirpet]]|| 1,084 ||{{formatnum:2440073}}|| 14|| 2251 || 91.40 || 82.48 || 957 ||[[File:Medchal Malkajgiri in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-

| 26||[[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]]||[[Hyderabad]]||| 217 ||{{formatnum:3943323}}|| 16|| 18172 || 100 || 83.25 || 954 ||[[File:Hyderabad in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 27||[[Ranga Reddy district|Ranga Reddy]]||[[Shamshabad]]|| 5,031 ||{{formatnum:2446265}}|| 27|| 486 || 58.05 || 71.88 || 950 ||[[File:Ranga Reddy in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
| 28||[[Vikarabad district|Vikarabad]]||[[Vikarabad]]|| 3,386 ||{{formatnum:927140}}|| 18|| 274 || 13.48 || 57.91 || 1001 ||[[File:Vikarabad in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|29
|[[Narayanpet district|Narayanpet]]
|[[Narayanpet]]
|2336
|566,874
|11
|240
|7.36
|49.93
|1009
|[[File:Narayanpet in Telangana (India).svg|100x100px]]
|-
| 30||[[Mahabub Nagar district|Mahabubnagar]]||[[Mahbubnagar|Mahabubnagar]]|| 2,738 ||919,903|| 26|| 340 || 20.73 || 60.97 || 995 ||[[File:Mahabubnagar in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-

|31
|[[Nagarkurnool district|Nagarkurnool]]
|[[Nagarkurnool]]
|6,545
|{{formatnum:893308}}
|22
|142
|10.19
|54.38
|968
|[[File:Nagarkurnool in Telangana (India).svg|100x100px]]
|-
| 32||[[Wanaparthy district|Wanaparthy]]||[[Wanaparthy]]|| 2,152 ||{{formatnum:577758}}|| 14|| 268 || 15.97 || 55.67 || 960 ||[[File:Wanaparthy in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-

| 33||[[Jogulamba Gadwal district|Jogulamba Gadwal]]||[[Gadwal]]|| 2,928 ||{{formatnum:609990}}|| 12|| 208 || 10.36 || 49.87 || 972 ||[[File:Jogulamba Gadwal in Telangana (India).svg|100px]]
|-

!'''Total'''|| – || – ||{{formatnum:112077}}||{{formatnum:35003674}}||584||312||38.88||66.54||988|| –
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of mandals in Telangana]]
* [[List of districts in India]]
* [[List of districts in Telangana by GDP]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Lists of districts in India|Telangana]]

List of districts of Telangana - Revision history

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