Rangareddy

Rangareddy district

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Ranga Reddy District
"Ranga Reddy"
—  District  —
' Location of Ranga Reddy District in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	17.20°N 78.280°ECoordinates: 17.20°N 78.280°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Ranga Reddy
Collector & District Magistrate
Population • Density	3,575,064 (2001) • 473,000 /km2 (1,225,064 /sq mi)
Official languages	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Climate • Precipitation Temperature • Summer • Winter	Aw (Köppen) •      603 mm (23.7 in) •      26.0 °C (78.8 °F) •      45.9 °C (114.6 °F) •      23.5 °C (74.3 °F)
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Website	rangareddy.ap.nic.in/

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.

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.

One of the village

• Chandanagar
• Nadergul
• Lingampally 

Mandals

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

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.
• And INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [SHAMSHABAD] IN Ranga Reddy district.