Narayanpet district

Narayanpet district
Chandragadh Fort, Narva
Chandragadh Fort, Narva
Location in Telangana
Location in Telangana
Coordinates (Narayanpet): 16.746688°N 77.495815°E / 16.746688; 77.495815
Country India
State Telangana
District
Formation
17 February 2019
Founded by K. Chandrashekar Rao
Headquarters Narayanpet
Mandalas 13
Government
 • District collector Hari Chandana Dasari (IAS)
 • Parliament constituencies Mahabubnagar
Area
 • Total 2,336 km2 (902 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 566,874
 • Density 240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Vehicle registration TS-38
Website narayanpet.telangana.gov.in

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.

History

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.

the Golconda diamonds also including the famous Kohinoor Diamond come from the Narayanapet district area

Administrative divisions

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

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)
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.

Languages of Narayanpet district (2011)

  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.