Narayanpet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Narayanpet is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Mahbubnagar, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy and Jogulamba Gadwal districts and with the Karnataka state.[2]

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Narayanpet district
District of Telangana
Fields on the banks of the Krishna river near Maganur
Narayanpet district Location in Telangana
Coordinates (Narayanpet): 16.746688°N 77.495815°E / 16.746688; 77.495815
Country	India
State	Telangana
District Formation	17 February 2019
Founded by	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Headquarters	Narayanpet
Mandalas	11
Government
• District collector	Hari Chandana Dasari (IAS)
• Parliament constituencies	Mahabubnagar
Area
• Total	2,336 km2 (902 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	566,874 Vehicle ragestration = TS−38 [1]
Website	narayanpet.telangana.gov.in

History

Historically "Narayanapeta" has been in the Palamoor region by the 6th Century B.C Later Nandas, Mouryas, Sathavahanas, Ikshwakas, Vishnukundinas, Badami Chalukyas, Kanduri Chodas, Kakatiyas, Yadavas of Devagiri, Cheruku kings, Vavilala kings, Munusuri Dyanasty, Bahamani Sultans, Vijayanagara Kings, Recharla Padmanayakas, Kutubshahis, Mughals and Nizam of Hyderabad ruled this area as the part of their Kingdom, this region was known as the land of the Cholas Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD) was changed the name of "Narayanapeta" to NARAYANPET on 4 December 1890. Narayanapeta was the headquarters of the district since 1883 AD.^{[citation needed]}

the Golconda diamonds also including the famous Kohinoor Diamond come from the Narayanapet district area[3]

Administrative divisions

The district has 1 revenue division of Narayanapet and is sub-divided into 11 mandals [4]

Mandals

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census of India, Narayanpet district had a population of 5,66,874, of whom 282231 were men and 284643 women. The sex ration was 1009. 89% of the population lived in rural areas. The literacy rate was 49.93%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 16.2% and 5.1% of the population respectively.[1]

References

External links

• Official website

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