Ranga Reddy

Ranga Reddy district::

 (Telugu: రంగా రెడ్డి జిల్లా, Urdu: رنگاریڈی ضلع) (sometimes spelled as Ranga Reddy or R.R. district) is a district in the state ofAndhra Pradesh, India. Ranga Reddy District was formed on 15th August, 1978. The district has an area of 7,493 km², and a population of 3,575,064 of which 54.20% is urban as of 2001.[1] The district encircles the city and district of Hyderabad, and the city of Hyderabad also serves as the administrative center of the district.It is now most populous district in Andhra pradesh as of 2011 census.Now East Godavari district stands second in terms of Population.

Contents  [hide] ·                                 1 History ·                                 2 Assembly Constituencies ·                                 3 Mandals ·                                 4 Features ·                                 5 References ·                                 6 External links

 

History

Originally named Hyderabad (Rural) district, it was renamed after Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, a freedom fighter who fought for the independence ofTelangana from the Nizams and who went on to become the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Assembly Constituencies

There are 14 assembly constituencies in Ranga Reddy district. They are Medchal, Malkajgiri, Qutbullapur, Kukatpally, Uppal, Ibrahimpatnam, L B Nagar,Maheshwaram, Rajendranagar, Serilingampally, Chevella, Pargi, Vikarabad and Tandur.

Mandals

Mandals are third-level administrative areas in India, below states and districts. There are 37 mandals in Ranga Reddy district:

1.    Balanagar

2.    Bantwaram

3.    Basheerabad

4.    Chevella

5.    Dharur

6.    Doma

7.    Gandeed

8.    Ghatkesar

9.    Hayathnagar

10. Ibrahimpatnam

11. Khandukur

12. Keesara

13. Kulkacharla

14. Maheswaram

15. Malkajgiri

16. Manchal

17. Marpalle

18. Medchal

19. Moinabad

20. Mominpet

21. Nawabpet

22. Pargi

23. Peddemul

24. Pudur

25. Quthbullapur

26. Rajendranagar

27. Saroornagar

28. Serilingampalle

29. Shabad

30. Shamirpet

31. Shamshabad

32. Shankarpalli

33. Tandur

34. Uppal Kalan

35. Vikarabad

36. Yacharam

37. Yalal

Features

§                     Medium-scale industries and Cement Corporation Of India (CCI)'s cement factories are established at Tandur.

§                     Another major company is Hyderabad Chemicals and Fertilizers, established at Moula-Ali in 1942.

§                     A fresh water reservoir, called Osman Sagar, on the river Musi at Gandipet is the prime drinking water source to the capital city of Hyderabad.

§                     The Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University has a campus at Rajendranagar in this district.

§                     INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [SHAMSHABAD] IN Ranga Reddy district.