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District of Telangana in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siddipet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.[2] Its headquarters is Siddipet. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region(Markook Mulugu Wargal) The district shares boundaries with Jangaon, Sircilla, Karimnagar, Kamareddy, Hanamkonda, Yadadri, Medhchal and Medak districts.
Siddipet district | |
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![]() Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Bejjanki | |
![]() Location in Telangana | |
Country | India |
State | Telangana |
Formation | 11 October 2016 |
Headquarters | Siddipet |
Mandalas | 26 |
Government | |
• District collector | Sri Mikkilineni Manu Choudary, IAS |
• Member of Legislative Assembly | T. Harish Rao, BRS |
Area | |
• Total | 3,842.33 km2 (1,483.53 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,012,065 |
• Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TG 36 |
Website | siddipet |
This district is bounded by Rajanna Sircilla district in the north, Karimnagar district in the northeast, Jangaon district in the east, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in the south, Medchal district in the southwest, Medak district in the west and Kamareddy district in the northwest.
Religion in Siddipet district (2011)[3] | ||||
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Hinduism | 93.44% | |||
Islam | 5.49% | |||
Christianity | 0.65% | |||
Other or not stated | 0.42% |
At the time of the 2011 census, Siddipet district has a population of 1,012,065. Siddipet has a sex ratio of 1008 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 61.61%. 103,852 (10.26%) were under 6 years of age. 139,052 (13.74%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 187,508 (18.53%) and 25,010 (2.47%) of the population respectively.[4]
At the time of the 2011 census, 92.50% of the population spoke Telugu, 5.09% Urdu and 1.57% Lambadi as their first language.[5]
The collector of Siddipet[6] district is Prasanth Jeevan Patil, appointed on 16 November 2021, succeeding P. Venkatrami Reddy, who submitted his resignation to join politics.
The district will have three revenue divisions of Gajwel, Siddipet and Husnabad.[2] Venkatarama Reddy is the present collector of the district.[7]
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