Narayanpet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Narayanpet is the district headquarters. Narayanpet district is located in western southern part of the state. The district shares boundaries with Mahbubnagar, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy and Jogulamba Gadwal districts and with the Karnataka state.
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 Reddy 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.
The Golconda diamonds, including the famous Kohinoor Diamond, come from the Narayanapet district area.Narayanpet History
Administrative divisions The district has 1 revenue division of Narayanapet and is sub-divided into 13 mandalsTelangana Govt Order No 19 Dt 16-02-2019
Mandals Sr No. Narayanpet revenue division1 Damargidda2 Dhanwada3 Kosgi4 Krishna5 Maddur6 Maganur7 Makthal8 Marikal9 Narayanpet10 Narva11 Utkur12Gundumal13Kothapalli
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census of India, Narayanpet district had a population of 566,874, of whom 282,231 were men and 284,643 women. Narayanpet district has a sex ration of 1009 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 49.93%. 77,634 (13.70%) were under 6 years of age. 62967 (11.11%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 91,735 (16.18%) and 29,126 (5.14%) of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 81.43% of the population spoke Telugu, 8.18% Urdu, 4.47% Lambadi and 3.87% Kannada as their first language.
References
External links Official website