Jangaon district
Janagaon district is a district in the middle of the Indian state of Telangana. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Yadadri, Warangal, Hanamkonda, Siddipet and Mahabubabad districts.
Geography
The district is spread over an area of.History
Jangaon District was formed on 11 October 2016, Jangaon is made as the district headquarters along with 21 newly formed district in Telangana. Warangal district was divided into five districts: Warangal Urban district, Warangal Rural district, Jangaon district, Jayashankar district and Mahabubabad district. The Jangaon district was formed with mostly old Jangaon Revenue division except Maddur, Cherial and Newly formed Komuravelli Mandals which were transferred to newly formed Siddipet district, Ghanpur and Zaffergadh from Warangal Revenue division and Gundala of Nalgonda district were merged with Jangaon district. Gundala was later transferred to Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. The Telugu poet Bammera Pothana was born in the village of Bammera in Jangoan in 1450 AD.Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Jangaon had a population of 534,991. Jangaon has a sex ratio of females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 61.60%. 52,085 were under 6 years of age. 71,357 lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 112,256 and 62,224 of the population respectively.At the time of the 2011 census, 86.24% of the population spoke Telugu, 10.20% Lambadi and 2.72% Urdu as their first language.
Climate
Jangaon experiences a tropical kind of climate. It's a drought prone area according to Geological survey. Experiences very hot summers, moderate winters and rains less than the average precipitation.The temperatures are highest on average in May, at around 33.9 °C. In December, the average temperature is 22.0 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. The variation in the precipitation between the driest and wettest months is 182 mm. The average temperatures vary during the year by 11.9 °C.
Administrative divisions
The district has two [List of List of revenue divisions in Telangana|revenue divisions in Telangana|revenue divisions] of Jangaon and Ghanpur are sub-divided into 12 mandals. Sri Ch.Shivalingaiah, IAS is the present collector of the district.Mandals
The below table categorises 12 mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:| S.No. | Jangaon revenue division | S.No. | Station Ghanpur revenue division |
| 1 | Bachannapeta | 8 | Chilpur |
| 2 | Devaruppala | 9 | Zaffergadh |
| 3 | Tarigoppula | 10 | Kodakandla |
| 4 | Jangaon | 11 | Palakurthi |
| 5 | Lingalaghanpur | 12 | Station Ghanpur |
| 6 | Narmetta | ||
| 7 | Raghunathapalle |
Gundala mandal was formerly in Jangaon district, it is now in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district.