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22-430: Adilabad district is a district in the northern area of Telangana , India . It is known as the gateway district to South and Central India . The district's headquarters is the town of Adilabad . Adilabad district is bounded by Asifabad district to the east, Nirmal district to the south, and the state of Maharashtra to the north and west. As of 2022, it is a part of the red corridor . Historically, Adilabad

44-449: A designated place within tehsil area known as tehsil headquarters. Tehsildar is the incharge of tehsil office. This is similar to district office or district collector at district level. Throughout India, there is a three-tier local body/Panchayat system within the state. At the top is the zila/zilla panchayat (parishad). Taluka/mandal panchayat/panchayat samiti/community development block is the second layer of this system and below them are

66-516: Is located in the Telangana state of India. It is bordered to the north by Yavatmal district and Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, to the east by Komaram Bheem district , to the southeast by Mancherial district , to the south by Nirmal district , and to the west by Nanded district of the Maharashtra. It occupies an area of 4,153 square kilometres (1,603 sq mi). According to

88-665: Is the current revenue District Collector for the District. The below table categorizes 19 mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district: List of districts of Telangana The Indian state of Telangana has 33 districts, each headed by a District collector . Telangana region of Hyderabad State consisted of 8 Districts in 1948 when it was inducted in Dominion of India ; they are Hyderabad , Mahbubnagar , Medak , Nalgonda , Nizamabad , Adilabad , Karimnagar and Warangal districts. Khammam district

110-461: Is the least populated with 2,94,671. Telangana consist of 74 Revenue Divisions and 594 Revenue Mandals ( Tehsil ). [REDACTED] Mandal In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana , a newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the tehsil system. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system . In West Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are

132-581: The Census of India , the residual Adilabad district has a population of 708,972, with a sex ratio of 989 females to 1000 males. 23.66% of the population lives in urban areas. The literacy rate is 63.46%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 99,422 (14.02%) and 224,622 (31.68%) of the population respectively. Badankurti village in Khanapur mandal of the erstwhile Adilabad district (now in Nirmal district)

154-708: The Mauryas , Sathavahanas , Kakatiyas and Gond Rajas . Some Telugu inscriptions made during the time of the Kakatiya dynasty have been found in the Adilabad District, which indicates the historical importance of the area. Due to the district's reorganization in October 2016, the erstwhile Adilabad district was divided into four districts: Adilabad district, Komaram Bheem Asifabad district , Mancherial district , and Nirmal district . The Adilabad district

176-442: The district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact. Tehsildar is the chief or key government officer of each tehsil or taluka. In some states different nomenclature like talukdar, mamledar, amaldar, mandal officer is used. In many states of India, the tehsildar functions as the executive magistrate of that tehsil. Each tehsil will have an office called tehsil office or tehsildar office at

198-505: The Indian context. In some instances, tehsils overlap with " blocks " (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or cd blocks) and come under the land and revenue department, headed by the tehsildar; and blocks come under the rural development department, headed by the block development officer and serve different government administrative functions over the same or similar geographical area. Although they may on occasion share

220-586: The Tree Maker. In 2006, the Indian government named Adilabad as one of the 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 ) in the country. It is one of the districts in the state of Telangana, currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). The district is divided into two revenue divisions , Adilabad and Utnoor. These two divisions are sub-divided into 19 mandals. Sri Rajarshi Shah

242-530: The district, is also present among the Marathis. Languages of Adilabad district (2011) In the residual district, 36.50% of the population speaks Telugu , 19.67% Marathi , 17.23% Gondi , 10.23% Urdu , 7.10% Lambadi , 2.92% Kolami and 2.05% Hindi as their first language. The major tribal groups in the area are the Adivasis : Gonds , Kolams , Pardhans, and Thotis . Adilabad is also known for Imran

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264-425: The empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. Tehsil office is primarily tasked with land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar . Tehsil or taluk can be considered sub-districts in

286-443: The gram panchayats or village panchayats. These panchayats at all three levels have elected members from eligible voters of particular subdivisions. These elected members form the bodies which help the administration in policy-making, development works, and bringing grievances of the common public to the notice of the administration. Nayabat is the lower part of tehsil which have some powers like tehsil. It can be understood as tehsil

308-699: The same area with a subdivision of a revenue division, known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct. For example, Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks. Nevertheless, the two are often conflated. India, as a vast country, is subdivided into many states and union territories for administrative purposes. Further divisions of these states are known as districts . These districts (zila/zilla) are again divided into many subdivisions , viz tehsils or taluks. These subdivisions are again divided into gram panchayats or village panchayats. Initially, this

330-552: The term tehsil is commonly used in all northern states . In Maharashtra , Gujarat , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu , taluka or taluk is more common. In Eastern India , instead of tehsils, the term Subdivision is used in Bihar , Assam , Jharkhand and West Bengal , as well as large parts of Northeast India ( Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim and Tripura ). In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland , they are called circle . Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and

352-488: The variants are used as English words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside the subcontinent , the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss , on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province. India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy (or more than one, at least in parts of India):

374-508: Was created by bifurcation of Warangal district on 1 October 1953. Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telangana region of Hyderabad State and Andhra state on 1 November 1956. Bhadrachalam division and Aswaraopet taluka parts was merged in Khammam district from Godavari districts for better Administration. Hyderabad district was split into Hyderabad Urban District and Hyderabad Rural District on 15 August 1978. Hyderabad Urban District

396-402: Was done for collecting land revenue and administration purposes. But now these subdivisions are governed in tandem with other departments of government like education, agriculture, irrigation, health, police, etc. The different departments of state government generally have offices at tehsil or taluk level to facilitate good governance and to provide facilities to common people easily. In India,

418-409: Was explored and remnants of a Buddhist monastery were found on a small island of Godavari river near Badankurthi. The town of Bhainsa was probably related to early Buddhist times, as a pair of carved feet near a mound were found. The residual Adilabad district is Hindu dominated. Islam is the second largest religion, with the majority of Muslims living in urban areas. Buddhism, which has a long history in

440-474: Was known as Edlabad during the rule of Qutub Shahis . The district was named for Ali Adil Shah , sultan of Bijapur. The heavily forested Godavari basin was inhabited during the Mesolithic and Paleolithic periods. Excavations have taken place in the surrounding areas of Luxettipet , Asifabad , Boath , Bhainsa , and Nirmal . The district was ruled at different times by different dynasties, including

462-643: Was made by 4 Talukas are Charminar , Golkonda , Mushirabad and Secunderabad Talukas which consist of only MCH area, Secunderabad cantonment and Osmania University. Hyderabad rural district was later renamed as Ranga Reddy District . Telangana carved out from with 10 districts from Andhra Pradesh . Seven mandals of Bhadrachalam division were given back to East Godavari district. 21 new districts were created on 11 October 2016, which lead to 31 districts in Telangana . All districts were divided into minimum 2 to maximum 5 except Hyderabad district district which

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484-428: Was untouched. Two new districts, Mulugu and Narayanpet were created on 17 February 2019, taking the total number of districts to 33. In terms of area, Bhadradri Kothagudem is the largest district with an area of 7,483 km (2,889 sq mi) and Hyderabad is the smallest with 217 km (84 sq mi). Hyderabad district is the most populated district with a population of 39,43,323 and Mulugu

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