Mahbubnagar

Mahabubnagar, formerly known as Rukmammapeta and Palamooru is a city in Mahabubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahabubnagar mandal in Mahabubnagar revenue division. The city is also the largest in the district with an area of 39.64 km2 and 7th most populous in the state.

Geography
Mahbub Nagar is located at 16.73°N, 77.98°W. It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet). The city of Mahbub Nagar is located at a distance of 98 km from Hyderabad 130 km from Kurnool and 105 km from Raichur.

Demographics
In 2011, Mahbub Nagar had a population of 222,573 It is the 9th largest city of south India by number of auto rickshaws, and 2nd in Telangana after Hyderabad.

Governance
Mahbub Nagar municipality is the civic body of the city, which was constituted in 1942 as a third grade municipality. It was upgraded to second grade in 1959, to first grade in 1983 and finally to Special grade municipality in 2004. It is spread over an area of 98.64 km2. Mahbub Nagar urban agglomeration consists of Mahbub Nagar municipality, census towns of Boyapalle, Yenugonda and the out growths of Mahbub Nagar (rural) (full), Yedira (part) village.

Economy
Mahabubnagar has an IT Tower, inaugurated in 2023, as part of KTR's mantra of ‘3-D’ (Digitise, Decarbonise and Decentralise).

Corning is establishing a manufacturing location in the town.

Education
Mahbubnagar has a variety of educational institutions.
 * Government Medical College, Mahbubnagar

Transport
The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road, railway and airway. National and state highways that pass through the city are NH 44 and NH 167, State highway 20 and 23. TSRTC operates buses to various destinations from Mahbub Nagar bus station of the city.

Air
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is only 75 km from the city.

Railway
The city has rail connectivity with the presence of MahbubNagar Main Station, Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations.

Notable people

 * Jaipal Reddy – Outstanding Parliamentarian, Former leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
 * Burgula Ramakrishna Rao – First elected Chief Minister of Hyderabad State
 * Pramod Mahajan – Former Union Minister
 * Revanth Reddy – Chief Minister
 * Mallikarjun Goud – Former Union Minister
 * D. K. Aruna – BJP National Vice President, Ex-Minister of state
 * Venkatarama Reddy – kotwal
 * J. Rameshwar Rao – Former MP, Diplomat, Orient Longman Publishers founder
 * Chitlem Narsi Reddy – Former Deputy Speaker of AP Assembly
 * Jupally Krishna Rao – Minister
 * A. P. Jithender Reddy – Former MP, businessman
 * C. Laxma Reddy – Former Minister
 * Gona Budda Reddy – Poet and king (13th Century)
 * Nagam Janardhan Reddy – Former Minister
 * Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy – politician
 * Ravula Ravindranath Reddy – politician
 * Singireddy Niranjan Reddy – Lawyer and politician
 * Suravaram Pratapa Reddy – freedom fighter and writer
 * Goreti Venkanna – writer and singer
 * Tejaswini Manogna – Miss Earth India 2019
 * Manda Jagannath – Former MP
 * Kapilavai Lingamurthy – Poet and writer