Wanaparthy district
Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located 143 km from the state capital Hyderabad. It is also an assembly Constituency in Telangana state. Wanaparthy is a famous historical site in Telangana and had served as capital of Wanaparthy Samsthanam. It was previously part of Mahabubnagar district.
Geography
The district is spread over an area of.Demographics
, the district has a population of 1,238,660.Administrative divisions
The district has one revenue division of Wanaparthy and is sub-divided into 14 mandals. Shaik Yasmeen Basha is the present collector of the district. Singireddy Niranjan Reddy is the legislative leader of wanaparthy constituency. He won 2018 general elections by a margin of 51,685 votes. Currently, he is the minister of state for Agriculture, Marketing, Civil Supplies in Telangana state.Mandals
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:# | Wanaparthy revenue division |
1 | Amarchinta |
2 | Atmakur |
3 | Chinnambavi |
4 | Ghanpur |
5 | Gopalpeta |
6 | Kothakota |
7 | Madanapur |
8 | Pangal |
9 | Pebbair |
10 | Peddamandadi |
11 | Revally |
12 | Srirangapur |
13 | Veepanagandla |
14 | Wanaparthy |
Notable personalities
- Singireddy Niranjan Reddy – Cabinet minister,Telangana.
- Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy – Politician from Telugu Desam Party ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency
- Dr.Gillela Chinna Reddy – Politician from Indian National Congress ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency
- Kiran Rao - Indian film producer