Ranga Reddy district

Rangareddy, also Rangareddi and Ranga Reddy ( Telugu: రంగా రెడ్డి జిల్లా; Urdu: رنگاریڈی ضلع ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Hyderabad.

Geography

The district lies to the west of Andhra Pradesh. It is to the west by the state of Karnataka, in the north of the district Medak, Mahbubnagar district framed by the east by the Nalgonda district and in the south. He also encloses the district of Hyderabad.

The district has an area of ​​7493 km 2, and thus belongs to the area the smaller districts in Andhra Pradesh (2.7 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 731 km 2 of the area is forested ( 9.8 percent). The most important rivers in the district are Mushi Kagna and manjira. For the supply of drinking water of Hyderabad two large water reservoirs were created: Osmansagar and Hilmayathsagar.

Climate

The climate of the district is characterized by hot summer and in general dry except during the monsoon season. The climate is divided into four seasons. March to May is the summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. The southwest monsoon from the second week of June until the second week of October brings the most plentiful rain. The northeast monsoon subsequent to the end of December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. During the months of January to March is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average of rainfall is 838 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 637 mm and the northeast monsoon 123 mm of annual rainfall. Otherwise falls only a little rain. This leads to dehydration of the cultivated land in the dry season, which runs from January to Mai. The rainfall increases from northwest to southeast. The coldest month is January ( average 22.11 ° - 16 ° day minimum, a maximum of 28 ° ), the warmest May (average 32.42 ° - 26 ° Minimum, maximum 39 °). During the monsoon season there is a humidity of up to 80 percent. This falls in the dry season to 30 percent.

Population

At the last census 2011 5.296.396 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 2,708,694 were men ( 51.1 percent) and 2,587,702 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 520.045 ( 14.6 percent), the Adivasi 146 057 ( 4.1 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 3.724.364 persons ( 70.32 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Rangareddy speaks Telugu. A significant number of people speak Urdu as their mother tongue. In the whole district there are 982 inhabited villages.

Population of the district according to confessions

A clear majority of the population belongs to the Hindus. The only significant religious minority are Muslims with a little over 11 percent of the population. A smaller minority are the Christians. The exact religious composition of the population shows the following table:

Demographics

As everywhere in India grows, the population in the district of Rangareddy decades strongly. The fact of the proximity to the metropolis of Hyderabad accelerates the growth yet. The increase amounted to 40.1% in 1991-2001 and all between the last two censuses 48.1 percent. Within twenty years, the population has more than doubled. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by more than 1,700,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Kukatpalle with nearly 300,000 residents. Other important towns with more than 200,000 inhabitants are Lalbahadur Nagar and Qutubullapur. All towns in the district with more than 100,000 people are part of the conurbation of the city of Hyderabad.

Economy

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly sorghum ( sorghum), rice, finger millet, beans, and peas. In addition, hand weaving is an important industry. There are in the metropolitan area of Hyderabad many industrial businesses in the area, however, only a few small industrial enterprises (cement factories, chemical products). In the cities, people live by trade in goods and services.

History

Rangareddy is part of the Telangana region and shares its history. The district Ranga Reddy was established on August 15, 1978 by spalling of Hyderabad. Originally it was called Hyderabad Rural, but was renamed in honor of former Deputy Prime Minister KV Ranga Reddy.

Management

The district comprises 37 Mandals Rangareddy ( talukas ) and 982 inhabited villages.

Politically the district is now divided into the three control districts Chevella Division, East Division and Vikarabad Division.