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Geography[edit source | edit]

Girl standing in a veranda wearing a Pochampally sari, 1895 Nalgonda district occupies an area of approximately 14,200 square kilometres (5,500 sq mi),[5] comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Flores.[6]

Towns in the district include: Aleru, Bhongir, Bhoodan Pochampally, Chityal, Choutuppal, Devarakonda, Huzurnagar, Kanegal, Kattangur, Kodada, Miryalaguda, Mothkur, Nakrekal, Nalgonda, Narketpally, Rajapet, Ramannapeta, Suryapet and Yadagirigutta.

The rivers Krishna, Musi River, Aleru, Peddavagu, Dindi Halia River and Paleru flow through the Nalgonda district.

Minerals in the district include Limestone, Black & Color Granites.

Clean drinking water, water supply for irrigation and educational facilities for all are perhaps the most important problems Nalgonda faces right now.

Nearly 500 villages in Nalgonda district are affected by the high fluorine content in water. It is estimated that nearly 1 million people are affected by Fluorosis in Nalgonda district.

Parada village under Kattangur Mandal was suffering due to drinking water; almost all the villages were supplied with water from Krishna except this village.

Economy[edit source | edit] In 2006 the Indian government named Nalgonda one of the country's 250 poorest districts (out of a total of 640).[7] It is one of the nine districts in Telangana currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[7]