Medak district


Medak district is located in the western region of the Indian state of Telangana. Medak is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Sangareddy, Kamareddy, Siddipet and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts.

History

Traces of Neolithic and Megalithic culture were found at Edithanur and Wargal village hillocks in the district. Rock paintings were found at Edithanur and Hastallapur rocks.

Nizam state

In the 20th century Medak district was a part of Nizam princely State before independence and merged into Hyderabad State in Independent India. Qutub Shahis named it as Gulshanabad which means '"city of gardens'" due to its greenery.

Geography

The district is spread over an area of.

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Medak one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the thirteen districts in Andhra Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.
With the emergence of the Kothapalli-Manoharabad line railway line and inauguration of the Manoharabad - Siddipet portion of the line on 3 October 2023 with a regular Secunderabad junction-Siddipet DEMU train service, large parts of Medak district were connected on the railway map. Also announced during this time was the full railway electrification of the rail line that Manoharabad railway station is situated on.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Medak district has a population of 767,428. Medak district has a sex ratio of 1027 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 56.12%. 93,874 were under 6 years of age. 58,854 lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 127,970 and 72,900 of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 83.91% of the population spoke Telugu, 8.42% Lambadi, 6.44% Urdu as their first language.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into three revenue divisions of Medak, Narsapur and Tupran. These are sub-divided into 21 revenue mandals and has 381 villages constituting 320 gram panchayats. Sri Rajarshi Shah, I.A.S. is the present collector of the district.

Mandals

The below table categorizes 21 mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:
S.No.Medak revenue divisionS.No.Narsapur revenue divisionS.No.Toopran revenue division
1Medak11Narsapur16Toopran
2Havelighanpur12Kulcharam17Chegunta
3Papannapet13Kowdipally18Narsingi
4Sankarampet-R14Shivampet19Yeldurthy
5Nizampet15Chilipched20Manoharabad
6Ramayampet21Masaipet
7Shankarampet-A
8Tekmal
9Alladurg
10Regode