List of districts of Telangana

The state of Telangana, in southern India is divided into 31 districts. A 'district' in the state of Telangana is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District collector, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.

Location of Telangana in India

Statistics

Telangana new districts created in 2016

In terms of area, Bhadradri Kothagudem is the largest district with an area of 7,483 km² (2,889 sq mi) and Hyderabad is the smallest with 217 km² (84 sq mi). Hyderabad district is the most populated district with a population of 3943323 and Kumarambheem Asifabad district is the least populated with 515,805.^[1]

District statistics

S.No.	Name	Headquarters	Area (km2)	Population (2011 census)	No.of mandals	Density (per km2)	Urban (%)	Literacy (%)	Sex Ratio
1	Adilabad	Adilabad	4,153	708,972	18	171	23.66	63.46	989
2	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Kothagudem	7,483	1,069,261	23	143	31.71	66.40	1008
3	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	217	3,943,323	16	18172	100	83.25	954
4	Jagtial	Jagtial	2,419	985,417	18	407	22.46	60.26	1036
5	Jangaon	Jangaon	2,188	566,376	13	259	12.60	61.44	997
6	Jayashankar Bhupalapally	Bhupalpalle	6,175	711,434	20	115	7.57	60.33	1009
7	Jogulamba Gadwal	Gadwal	2,928	609,990	12	208	10.36	49.87	972
8	Kamareddy	Kamareddy	3,652	972,625	22	266	12.71	56.51	1033
9	Karimnagar	Karimnagar	2,128	1,005,711	16	473	30.72	69.16	993
10	Khammam	Khammam	4,361	1,401,639	21	321	22.60	65.95	1005
11	Kumarambheem Asifabad	Asifabad	4,878	515,812	15	106	16.86	56.72	998
12	Mahabubabad	Mahabubabad	2,877	774,549	16	269	9.86	57.13	996
13	Mahabubnagar	Mahabubnagar	5,285	1,486,777	26	281	20.73	56.78	995
14	Mancherial	Mancherial	4,016	807,037	18	201	43.85	64.35	977
15	Medak	Medak	2,786	767,428	20	275	7.67	56.12	1027
16	Medchal–Malkajgiri[2]	Medchal	1,084	2,440,073	14	2251	91.40	82.49	957
17	Nagarkurnool	Nagarkurnool	6,924	861,766	20	124	10.19	54.38	968
18	Nalgonda	Nalgonda	7,122	1,618,416	31	227	22.76	63.75	978
19	Nirmal	Nirmal	3,845	709,418	19	185	21.38	57.77	1046
20	Nizamabad	Nizamabad	4,288	1,571,022	27	366	29.58	64.25	1044
21	Peddapalli	Peddapalli	2,236	795,332	14	356	38.22	65.52	992
22	Rajanna Sircilla	Sircilla	2,019	552,037	13	273	21.17	62.71	1014
23	Ranga Reddy	Shamshabad	5,031	2,446,265	27	486	58.05	71.95	950
24	Sangareddy	Sangareddi	4,403	1,527,628	26	347	34.69	64.08	965
25	Siddipet	Siddipet	3,632	1,012,065	22	279	13.74	61.61	1008
26	Suryapet	Suryapet	3,607	1,099,560	23	305	15.56	64.11	996
27	Vikarabad[3]	Vikarabad	3,386	927,140	18	274	13.48	57.91	1001
28	Wanaparthy	Wanaparthy	2,152	577,758	14	268	15.97	55.67	960
29	Warangal Rural	Warangal	2,175	718,537	15	330	6.99	61.26	994
30	Warangal Urban	Warangal	1,309	1,080,858	11	826	68.51	76.17	997
31	Yadadri Bhuvanagiri	Bhongir	3,092	739,448	16	239	16.66	65.53	973
Telangana	-	-	112,077	35,003,674	584	312	38.88	66.54	988