Ranga Reddy district

Ranga Reddy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, K. V. Ranga Reddy. The district shares boundaries with Nalgonda, Yadadri, Hyderabad, Medchal–Malkajgiri, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Sangareddy and Vikarabad districts.

History

Chronological order of kingdoms who ruled Rangareddy and Hyderabad regions is as follows:

The district was formed in 1978 when it was split from Hyderabad district. Originally named Hyderabad Rural district, it was renamed after Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, a freedom fighter who fought for the independence of Telangana from the Nizams, and who went on to become the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. In 2016, it was carved out during the district's reorganisation to create the new Vikarabad district and Medchal–Malkajgiri district.

Ranga Reddy District occupies an area of approximately.
A freshwater reservoir, called Osman Sagar, Himayath Sagar, on the river Musi at Gandipet, is the prime drinking water source for the capital city of Hyderabad/Secunderabad.

According to the 2011 census, Ranga Reddy District has a population of 2,446,265, of which 1,254,184 were males and 1,192,081 were females. The Sex Ratio was 950. The rural population in the district was 1,026,113 while the urban population was 1420152. The literacy rate was calculated to be 71.95%, higher than the state's literacy rate of 66.54%. 300,511 were under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 337,023 and 138,710 of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 77.47% of the population spoke Telugu, 11.86% Urdu, 4.76% Lambadi and 2.72% Hindi as their first language.

Medium-scale industries and Cement Corporation Of India (CCI)'s cement factories are established at Tandur.
Another major company is Hyderabad Chemicals and Fertilizers, established at Moula-Ali in 1942.

In 2006 the Indian government named Ranga Reddy one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the 33 districts in Telangana currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.
In 2025, it is noted as the richest district in India based on the per-capita income.

The district will have five revenue divisions in Telangana|revenue divisions]: Chevella, Ibrahimpatnam, Rajendranagar, Kandukur and Shadnagar. They are sub-divided into 27 mandals. Amoy Kumar IAS is the present collector of the district.

The table below categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:

#	Chevella revenue division	Ibrahimpatnam revenue division	Kandukur revenue division	Rajendranagar revenue division	Shadnagar revenue division
1	Chevella	Abdullapuramet	Amangal	Gandipet	Chowderguda
2	Moinabad	Hayathnagar	Balapur	Rajendranagar	Farooqnagar
3	Shahbad	Ibrahimpatnam	Kandukur	Serilingampally	Keshampeta
4	Shankarpalle	Madgul	Kadthal	Shamshabad	Kondurg
5		Manchal	Maheswaram		Kothur
6		Yacharam	Talakondapalle		Nandigama
7		Irwin	Saroornagar

There are eight assembly constituencies in Ranga Reddy district. They are Chevella, Rajendranagar, L. B. Nagar, Shadnagar, Kalwakurthy, Serlingampally, Ibrahimpatnam and Maheshwaram.