Wanaparthy District
Geography
The district is spread over an area of 2,164.59 square kilometres (835.75 sq mi). Mahbubnagar district is situated in the north of this district, Nagarkurnool district in the east, Andhra Pradesh in the south and Jogulamba Gadwal district in the west.
Demographics
As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 577,758. Wanaparthy has a sex ratio of 960 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.67%. 72,377 (12.53%) were under 6 years of age. 92,288 (15.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 93,182 (16.13%) and 46,062 (7.97%) of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 87.03% of the population spoke Telugu, 6.53% Lambadi and 5.70% Urdu aspoke s their first language.
Administrative divisions
The district has one revenue division of Wanaparthy and is subdivided into 14 mandals. Tejas Nandlal Pawar is the present collector of the district. and Rakshitha K.Murthy is the present District Superintendent of Police Megha Reddy Tudi is the legislative leader of the Wanaparthy constituency. He won the 2023 general elections by a margin of 25,320 votes.
Mandals
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:
| Sr No. | Wanaparthy revenue division |
|---|---|
| 1 | Amarchinta |
| 2 | Atmakur |
| 3 | Chinnambavi |
| 4 | Ghanpur (Khilla) |
| 5 | Gopalpeta |
| 6 | Kothakota |
| 7 | Madanapur |
| 8 | Pangal |
| 9 | Pebbair |
| 10 | Peddamandadi |
| 11 | Revally |
| 12 | Srirangapur |
| 13 | Veepanagandla |
| 14 | Wanaparthy |
Notable personalities
- Megha Reddy Tudi – Politician from Indian National Congress, MLA for wanaparthy constituency
- Singireddy Niranjan Reddy – ex-Cabinet minister, Telangana.(Agriculture, Marketing, Civil supplies, co-operation, consumer) and ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency
- 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
- Raghavendar Askani – Politician from Loksatta Party, and founder of the Youth Parliament Program and He has been awarded the esteemed Karmaveer Chakra Award from the United Nations and ICONGO
- Kiran Rao - Indian film producer and granddaughter of Raja J. Rameshwar Rao
- Aditi Rao Hydari - Indian film actress, granddaughter of Raja J. Rameshwar Rao