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| Settlement type | District of Telangana |
| Country | India |
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Jayashankar Bhupalpally district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.[1] The district headquarters are located at Bhupalpally. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district and Karimnagar district prior to the re-organisation of districts in the state.[2] The district share boundaries with Karimnagar, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Hanamkonda, Warangal, and Mulugu districts and with the state boundary of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
Geography
The district is spread over an area of Template:Convert.[3] Jayashankar district is bounded on north by Mancherial district and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, on the northeast by Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, on the southeast by Mulugu district, on the south by Warangal district, on west by Hanamkonda and Peddapalli districts.
Demographics
Template:As of Census of India, the district has a population of 410,963. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.21% and 8.70% of the population respectively.[4][5]
Hindus are 96.21% of the population, while Muslims are 2.95% of the population.[6]
At the time of the 2011 census, 95.41% of the district speaks Telugu, 2.09% Urdu and 1.76% Lambadi as their first language.[7]
Administrative divisions
The district will have two revenue divisions of Bhupalpally and Mulugu and is sub-divided into 20 mandals.[2] Sri Mohd Abdul Azeem, IAS is the present collector of the district.[8]
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[9]
Mandals
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[10]
| Sl. No | Name of the District | Mandals in the District including New Mandals | Name of the Erstwhile District | Name of the Erstwhile Revenue Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayashankar District HQ at Bhupalpalli) * | Bhupalpally | Warangal | Mulugu |
| 2 | Ghanpur (Mulugu) | |||
| 3 | Regonda | |||
| 4 | Mogullapally | |||
| 5 | Chityal | |||
| 6 | Tekumatla (New) | |||
| 7 | Malhalrao | Karimnagar | Manthani | |
| 8 | Kataram | |||
| 9 | Mahadevpur | |||
| 10 | Palimela (New) | |||
| 11 | Mahamutharam |
Assembly Constituencies
There are 2 assembly constituencies in Bhupalapally district. They are Bhupalapalle, Manthani[11]
See also
References
- ↑ Names of 6 new districts changed. The Hindu(22 October 2016). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ Rs.90 crore for new tourism circuit. The Hindu(1 November 2016). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ District census 2011: Karimnagar Table 13: population by Mandal
- ↑ District census 2011: Warangal Table 13: population by Mandal
- ↑ C-16 Population By Religion - Andhra Pradesh. census.gov.in.
- ↑ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
- ↑ K Chandrasekhar Rao appoints collectors for new districts. Deccan Chronicle(11 October 2016). Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ Jayashankar Bhupalpalli District revenue divisions and mandals. www.districtsinfo.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ Jayashankar district map. newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
