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

Dynasties

Chronological order of kingdoms who ruled Rangareddy and Hyderabad regions is as follows:
  1. Nandas
  2. Mauryas
  3. Satavahanas
  4. Ikshvakus
  5. Vakatakas
  6. Vishnukundinas
  7. Badami Chalukyas
  8. Rashtrakutas
  9. Kalyani Chalukyas
  10. Kakatiyas
  11. Delhi Sultanate
  12. Musunuri Nayakas
  13. Recherla Padmanayakas
  14. Bahamanis
  15. Qutub Shahis
  16. Mughals
  17. Asaf Jahis

    Formation of district

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.

Geography

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.

Demographics

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.

Economy

  • Medium-scale industries and Cement Corporation Of India '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.

Administrative divisions

The district will have five 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.

Municipalities/municipal corporations

There are 14 Municipalities and 3 municipal corporations in Ranga Reddy district. They are Adibatla, Amangal, Badangpet, Bandlaguda Jagir, Chevella, Ibrahimpatnam, Jalpally, Manikonda, Meerpet, Moinabad, Narsingi, Pedda Amberpet, Shadnagar, Shamshabad, Shankarpally, Thukkuguda, Thurkayamjal.

Mandals

The table below categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:
#Chevella revenue divisionIbrahimpatnam revenue divisionKandukur revenue divisionRajendranagar revenue divisionShadnagar revenue division
1ChevellaAbdullapurametAmangalGandipetChowderguda
2MoinabadHayathnagarBalapurRajendranagarFarooqnagar
3ShahbadIbrahimpatnamKandukurSerilingampallyKeshampeta
4ShankarpalleMadgulKadthalShamshabadKondurg
5ManchalMaheswaramKothur
6YacharamTalakondapalleNandigama
7IrwinSaroornagar

Villages

  • Bacharam
  • Bakaram Jagir
  • Bandamadharam
  • Barkathpally
  • Eliminedu
  • Gaddamallaiahguda
  • Girmapur
  • Hajipalle
  • Injapur
  • Kammeta
  • Koheda
  • Kawadipally
  • Korremula
  • Medipally Nakkartha
  • Nagaram, Shamshabad mandal
  • Nagireddiguda
  • Ponnal
  • Sreerangavaram

    Assembly constituencies

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