Medchal-Malkajgiri district

Medchal−Malkajgiri district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Shamirpet is the headquarter of the district. It is the second most populous district with a population of 25 lakh and also 91.40% urbanized district in the state of Telangana, standing next only to Hyderabad district which has a population of 40 lakhs. The district shares boundaries with Hyderabad, Medak, Sangareddy, Y. Bhuvanagiri, Siddipet and Rangareddy districts.The most part of the district consist of Hyderabad City (GHMC)

Geography
The district is spread over an area of 1084 km2.It is situated 505 metres above sea level. The landmark consists of rocky terrain and monolithic rocks in the outskirts of the city.

Demographics
census of India, the district is the second most populous district in the state with a population of 2,440,073. Medchal-Malkajgiri has a sex ratio of 957 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 82.49%. 285,044 (11.68%) are under 6 years of age. 2,230,245 (91.40%) live in urban areas, the second highest proportion in the state. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 229,188 (9.39%) and 55,244 (2.26%) of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 census, 80.35% of the population spoke Telugu, 8.03% Urdu, 3.94% Hindi, 1.76% Tamil, 1.28% Marathi and 0.92% Lambadi as their first language.

History of District
The Rangareddy district was formed in 1978 when it was split from Hyderabad district. Originally named Hyderabad Rural district, it was renamed after Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, a freedom fighter who fought for the independence of Telangana from the Nizams and who went on to become the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. After Telangana State formation in 2016, it was carved out during the district's reorganisation to create the new Vikarabad district and Medchal–Malkajgiri district.

Administrative divisions
The district will have two revenue divisions of Keesara and Malkajgiri. They are sub-divided into 15 mandals. Sri V. Venkateswarlu, IAS is the new collector of the district.

Mandals
The below table categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district: