List of districts in Telangana, Check Mandal list, Revenue Divisions and more details from here. The name ‘Telangana’ refers to the word Trilinga Desa, earned due to the presence of three ancient Shiva Temples at Kaleshwaram, Srisailam, and Draksharamam. A more historical reasoning is that during the reign of Nizams, the region was known as Telugu Angana to differentiate it from the areas where Marathi was spoken.
33 Districts of Telangana – The State comprises of 33 districts covering an area of 1,12,077 sq. km (44,273 sq. mi). The largest district is Bhadradri Kothagudem whereas Hyderabad is the smallest.
Telangana State New Districts, 23 New districts started and functioning on October 11 (Dasara), TS to have 33 districts: Better admin and to facilitate smooth functioning and further decentralisation of governance and ensure that people access government services easily like to availing government services including education, revenue, medical and legal aid. Telangana government decided and increased the number of districts to 33 from the existing 10 districts in the state. The new districts are beginning functioning from Dasara this year.
Name of the list | Telangana Districts List |
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Title | Check the Telangana New Districts |
Subject | 33 districts in Telangana |
Category | List |
Telangana District Portal List | Telangana District Website List |
website | https://www.telangana.gov.in/ |
List of Mandals | Get mandal list in Your District |
CM announced of new districts: An announcement on the creation of new districts is expected to be made by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on June 2 on the occasion of Telangana Formation Day. So, 23 new districts have been carved out from the existing ones in Telangana this year. 125 new mandals were created in addition to present 438 mandals is also under active consideration and 25 new revenue divisions were created in the state. Accordingly, one revenue divisional officer (RDO) will be available for eight to ten mandals.
Telangana Govt has created the 23 New Districts and it has bee declared on October 11, 2016. T Govt has directed to the State’s Administrative Machinery to prepare an Action plan for new districts before the creation of new constituencies.
23 New districts, 25 New revenue divisions, 125 New manuals, 4 new Police Commissionarates, 23 New Police Sub divisions, 28 New Circles, 91 new Police stations are started in Telangana State.
List of Existing Districts in Telangana State:
1. Hyderabad
2. Ranga Reddy
3. Karimnagar
4. Warangal
5. Khammam
6. Nalgonda
7. Adilabad
8. Medak
9. Mahabubnagar
10. Nizamabad
List of Districts in Telangana State
- Adilabad
- Bhadradri Kothagudem
- Hanumakonda
- Hyderabad
- Jagtial
- Jangaon
- Jayashankar Bhupalpally
- Jogulamba Gadwal
- Kamareddy
- Karimnagar
- Khammam
- Kumuram Bheem
- Mahabubabad
- Mahabubnagar
- Mancherial
- Medak
- Medchal-Malkajgiri
- Mulugu
- Nagarkurnool
- Nalgonda
- Narayanpet
- Nirmal
- Nizamabad
- Peddapalli
- Rajanna Sircilla
- Rangareddy
- Sangareddy
- Siddipet
- Suryapet
- Vikarabad
- Wanaparthy
- Warangal
- Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Five new police Commissionerates
- Karimnagar,
- Ramagundam,
- Nizamabad,
- Siddipet and
- Khammam came into existence
S. No | New District | Erstwhile District | S. No. | Mandal |
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1 | Adilabad | Adilabad | 1 | Adilabad (Rural) |
2 | Adilabad (Urban) | |||
3 | Bazarhatnoor | |||
4 | Bela | |||
5 | Bheempur | |||
6 | Both | |||
7 | Gadiguda | |||
8 | Gudihatnoor | |||
9 | Ichoda | |||
10 | Indravelly | |||
11 | Jainath | |||
12 | Mavala | |||
13 | Narnoor | |||
14 | Neradigonda | |||
15 | Sirikonda | |||
16 | Talamadugu | |||
17 | Tamsi | |||
18 | Utnooor | |||
2 | Kumurambheem | Adilabad | 1 | Asifabad |
2 | Bejjur | |||
3 | Chintalamanepally | |||
4 | Dahegoan | |||
5 | Jainoor | |||
6 | Kagaznagar | |||
7 | Kerameri | |||
8 | Koutala | |||
9 | Lingapur | |||
10 | Penchicalpet | |||
11 | Rebbena | |||
12 | Sirpur – T | |||
13 | Sirpur (U) | |||
14 | Tiryani | |||
15 | Wankidi | |||
3 | Mancherial | Adilabad | 1 | Bellampally |
2 | Bheemaram | |||
3 | Bheemini | |||
4 | Chennur | |||
5 | Dandepally | |||
6 | Hajipur | |||
7 | Jaipur | |||
8 | Jannaram | |||
9 | Kannepally | |||
10 | Kasipet | |||
11 | Kotapaly | |||
12 | Luxettipet | |||
13 | Mancherial | |||
14 | Mandamarri | |||
15 | Naspur | |||
16 | Nennel | |||
17 | Tandur | |||
18 | Vemanpally | |||
4 | Nirmal | Adilabad | 1 | Basar |
2 | Bhainsa | |||
3 | Dasturabad | |||
4 | Dilawarpur | |||
5 | Kadda Peddur | |||
6 | Khanapur | |||
7 | Kubeer | |||
8 | Kuntala | |||
9 | Lazmanchanda | |||
10 | Lokeshwaram | |||
11 | Mamada | |||
12 | Mudhole | |||
13 | Narsapur (G) | |||
14 | Nirmal (U) | |||
15 | Nirmal Rural | |||
16 | Pembi | |||
17 | Sarangapur | |||
18 | Soan | |||
19 | Tanoor | |||
5 | Ranga Reddy | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Amangal |
2 | Choudergudem | |||
3 | Farooqnagar | |||
4 | Kadthal | |||
5 | Keshampet | |||
6 | Kondurg | |||
7 | Kothur | |||
8 | Madgul | |||
9 | Nandigama | |||
10 | Talakondapally | |||
Ranga Reddy | 11 | Abdullapurmet | ||
12 | Balapur | |||
13 | Chevella | |||
14 | Gandipet | |||
15 | Hayatnagar | |||
16 | Ibrahimpatnam | |||
17 | Kandukur | |||
18 | Maheshwaram | |||
19 | Manchal | |||
20 | Moinabad | |||
21 | Rajendranagar | |||
22 | Saroornagar | |||
23 | Serilngampally | |||
24 | Shabad | |||
25 | Shamshabad | |||
26 | Shankarpalle | |||
27 | Yacharam | |||
6 | Vikarabad | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Bommaraspet |
2 | Kodangal | |||
Ranga Reddy | 3 | Bantwaram | ||
4 | Basheerabad | |||
5 | Chowdapur | |||
6 | Dharur | |||
7 | Doma | |||
8 | Doulthabad | |||
9 | Kotepally | |||
10 | Kulkacherla | |||
11 | Marpalle | |||
12 | Mominpet | |||
13 | Nawabpet | |||
14 | Pargi | |||
15 | Peddemul | |||
16 | Pudur | |||
17 | Tandur | |||
18 | Vikarabad | |||
19 | Yelal | |||
7 | Medchal-Malkajgiri | Ranga Reddy | 1 | Alwal |
2 | Bachupally | |||
3 | Balanagar | |||
4 | Gandimaisamma Dundigal | |||
5 | Ghatkesar | |||
6 | Kapra | |||
7 | Keesara | |||
8 | Kukatpally | |||
9 | Malkajgiri | |||
10 | Medchal | |||
11 | Medipally | |||
12 | Muduchinthalapally | |||
13 | Qutballapur | |||
14 | Shamirpet | |||
15 | Uppal | |||
8 | Karimnagar | Karimnagar | 1 | Chigurumamidi |
2 | Choppadandi | |||
3 | Ellandakunta | |||
4 | Gangadhara | |||
5 | Ganneruvaram | |||
6 | Huzurabad | |||
7 | Jammikunta | |||
8 | Karimnagar | |||
9 | Karimnagar (Rural-I) | |||
10 | Karimnagar (Rural-II) | |||
11 | Manakondur | |||
12 | Ramadugu | |||
13 | Shankarapatnam | |||
14 | Thimmapur | |||
15 | V. Saidapur | |||
16 | Veenavanka | |||
9 | Jagitial | Karimnagar | 1 | Beerpur |
2 | Buggaram | |||
3 | Dharmapuri | |||
4 | Gollapalli | |||
5 | Ibrahimpatnam | |||
6 | Jagitial | |||
7 | Jagitial (Rural) | |||
8 | Kathlapur | |||
9 | Kodimial | |||
10 | Korutla | |||
11 | Mallapur | |||
12 | Mallial | |||
13 | Medipalli | |||
14 | Metpalli | |||
15 | Pegadapalli | |||
16 | Raikal | |||
17 | Sarangapur | |||
18 | Velgatur | |||
10 | Peddapalli | Karimnagar | 1 | Anthergaon |
2 | Dharmaram | |||
3 | Eligaid | |||
4 | Julapalli | |||
5 | Kamanpur | |||
6 | Manthani | |||
7 | Mutharam (MND) | |||
8 | Odela | |||
9 | Palakurthy | |||
10 | Peddapalli | |||
11 | Ramagiri | |||
12 | Ramagundam | |||
13 | Srirampur | |||
14 | Sulthanabad | |||
11 | Rajanna-Sircilla | Karimnagar | 1 | Boinpalli |
2 | Chandurthi | |||
3 | Gambhiraopet | |||
4 | Illanthakunta | |||
5 | Konaraopet | |||
6 | Mustabad | |||
7 | Rudrangi | |||
8 | Sircilla | |||
9 | Thangalapalli | |||
10 | Veernapalli | |||
11 | Vemulawada (Rural) | |||
12 | Vemulawada (Urban) | |||
13 | Yellareddipet | |||
12 | Khammam | Khammam | 1 | Bonakal |
2 | Chinthakani | |||
3 | Enkoor | |||
4 | Kalluru | |||
5 | Kamepalli | |||
6 | Khammam (Rural) | |||
7 | Khammam (Urban) | |||
8 | Konijerla | |||
9 | Kusumanchi | |||
10 | Madhira | |||
11 | Mudigonda | |||
12 | Nelakondapalli | |||
13 | Penuballi | |||
14 | Raghunadhapalem | |||
15 | Sathupalli | |||
16 | Singareni | |||
17 | Thallada | |||
18 | Tirumalayapalem | |||
19 | Vemsoor | |||
20 | Wyra | |||
21 | Yerrupalem | |||
13 | Bhadradri-Kothagudem | Khammam | 1 | Allapelli |
2 | Annapureddypalli | |||
3 | Aswapuram | |||
4 | Aswaraopeta | |||
5 | Bhadrachalam | |||
6 | Burgampahad | |||
7 | Chandrugonda | |||
8 | Cherla | |||
9 | Chunchupalli | |||
10 | Dammapeta | |||
11 | Dummugudem | |||
12 | Gundala | |||
13 | Julurpadu | |||
14 | Karakagudem | |||
15 | Kothagudem | |||
16 | Laxmidevipalli | |||
17 | Manuguru | |||
18 | Mulkalapally | |||
19 | Palvoncha | |||
20 | Pinapaka | |||
21 | Sujathanagar | |||
22 | Tekulapalli | |||
23 | Yellandu | |||
14 | Mahabubnagar | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Addakal |
2 | Balanagar | |||
3 | Bhootpur | |||
4 | Chinnachintha Kunta | |||
5 | Devarakadra | |||
6 | Hanwada | |||
7 | Jadcherla | |||
8 | Koilkonda | |||
9 | Mahabubnagar (R) | |||
10 | Mahabubnagar (U) | |||
11 | Midjil | |||
12 | Mohammadabad | |||
13 | Moosapet | |||
14 | Nawabpet | |||
15 | Rajapur | |||
Ranga Reddy | 16 | Gandeed | ||
15 | Narayanpet | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Damargidda |
2 | Dhanwada | |||
3 | Kosigi | |||
4 | Krishna | |||
5 | Maddur | |||
6 | Magnoor | |||
7 | Makthal | |||
8 | Marikal | |||
9 | Narayanpet | |||
10 | Narwa | |||
11 | Utkoor | |||
16 | Nagarkurnool | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Achampet |
2 | Amrabad | |||
3 | Balmoor | |||
4 | Bijnepally | |||
5 | Charakonda | |||
6 | Kalwakurthy | |||
7 | Kodair | |||
8 | Kollapur | |||
9 | Lingal | |||
10 | Nagarkurnool | |||
11 | Padara | |||
12 | Peddakothapally | |||
13 | Pentlavelli | |||
14 | Tadoor | |||
15 | Telkapally | |||
16 | Thimmajipet | |||
17 | Uppununthala | |||
18 | Urkonda | |||
19 | Vangoor | |||
20 | Veldanda | |||
17 | Wanaparthy | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Amarachintha |
2 | Atmakur | |||
3 | Chinnambavi | |||
4 | Ghanpoor | |||
5 | Gopalpet | |||
6 | Kothakota | |||
7 | Madanapur | |||
8 | Pangal | |||
9 | Pebbair | |||
10 | Peddamandadi | |||
11 | Revally | |||
12 | Srirangapur | |||
13 | Wanaparthy | |||
14 | Weepanagandla | |||
18 | Jogulamba-Gadwal | Mahabubnagar | 1 | Alampur |
2 | Dharoor | |||
3 | Gadwal | |||
4 | Ghattu | |||
5 | Ieeja | |||
6 | Itikyala | |||
7 | Kaloor Thimmandoddi | |||
8 | Maldakal | |||
9 | Manopad | |||
10 | Rajoli | |||
11 | Undavelly | |||
12 | Waddepallyt | |||
19 | Medak | Medak | 1 | Alladurg |
2 | Chegunta | |||
3 | Chilpehed | |||
4 | Havelighanpur | |||
5 | Kowdipally | |||
6 | Kulcharam | |||
7 | Manoharabad | |||
8 | Masaipet | |||
9 | Medak | |||
10 | Narsapur | |||
11 | Narsingi | |||
12 | Nizampet | |||
13 | Papannapet | |||
14 | Ramayampet -R | |||
15 | Regode | |||
16 | Shankarampet | |||
17 | Shankarampet – A | |||
18 | Shivampet | |||
19 | Tekmal | |||
20 | Toopran | |||
21 | Yeldurthy | |||
20 | Siddipet | Karimnagar | 1 | Akkannapet |
2 | Bejjanki | |||
3 | Husnabad | |||
4 | Koheda | |||
Medak | 5 | Cherial | ||
6 | Chinnakodur | |||
7 | Doultabad | |||
8 | Dubbak | |||
9 | Gajwel | |||
10 | Jagdevpur | |||
11 | Komuravelli | |||
12 | Kondapaka | |||
13 | Markook | |||
14 | Mirdoddi | |||
15 | Mulug | |||
16 | Nangnoor | |||
17 | Narayanaraopet | |||
18 | Raipole | |||
19 | Siddipet (Rural) | |||
20 | Siddipet (Urban) | |||
21 | Thoguta | |||
22 | Wargal | |||
Warangal | 23 | Dhoolmitta | ||
24 | Maddur | |||
21 | Sangareddy | Medak | 1 | Ameenpur |
2 | Andole | |||
3 | Chowtakur (New) | |||
4 | Gummadidala | |||
5 | Hathnoora | |||
6 | Jharasangam | |||
7 | Jinnaram | |||
8 | Kalher | |||
9 | Kandi | |||
10 | Kangti | |||
11 | Kohir | |||
12 | Kondapur | |||
13 | Manoor | |||
14 | Mogudampally | |||
15 | Munipally | |||
16 | Nagilgidda | |||
17 | Narayankhed | |||
18 | Nyalkal | |||
19 | Patancheru | |||
20 | Pulkal | |||
21 | Raikode | |||
22 | Ramachandrapuram | |||
23 | Sadasivpet | |||
24 | Sangareddy | |||
25 | Sirgapoor | |||
26 | Vatpally | |||
27 | Zahirabad | |||
22 | Nalgonda | Nalgonda | 1 | Adavidevulapalli |
2 | Anumula (Hadiya) | |||
3 | Chandampeta | |||
4 | Chandur | |||
5 | Chinthapally | |||
6 | Chityal | |||
7 | Dameracherla | |||
8 | Devarakonda | |||
9 | Gundlapally | |||
10 | Gurrampode | |||
11 | Kanagal | |||
12 | Kattangur | |||
13 | Kethepally | |||
14 | Konda Mallepally | |||
15 | Madugulapalli | |||
16 | Marriguda | |||
17 | Miryalaguda | |||
18 | Munugode | |||
19 | Nakrekal | |||
20 | Nalgonda | |||
21 | Nampally | |||
22 | Narketpally | |||
23 | Neredugommu | |||
24 | Nidmanoor | |||
25 | Pedda Adesherlapally | |||
26 | Peddavoora | |||
27 | Shaligouraram | |||
28 | Thipparthy | |||
29 | Tirumalagiri Sagar | |||
30 | Tripuraram | |||
31 | Vemulapally | |||
23 | Suryapet | Nalgonda | 1 | Ananthagiri |
2 | Athmakur (S) | |||
3 | Chilkur | |||
4 | Chinthalapalem (Mallareddy Gudam) | |||
5 | Chivemla | |||
6 | Garidepally | |||
7 | Huzurnagar | |||
8 | Jajireddygudem | |||
9 | Kodad | |||
10 | Maddirala | |||
11 | Mattampally | |||
12 | Mellachervu | |||
13 | Mothey | |||
14 | Munagala | |||
15 | Nadigudem | |||
16 | Nagaram | |||
17 | Nereducherla | |||
18 | Nuthanakal | |||
19 | Palakeedu | |||
20 | Penpahad | |||
21 | Suryapet | |||
22 | Thirumalagiri | |||
23 | Thungaturthy | |||
24 | Yadadri- Bhongir | Nalgonda | 1 | Addaguduru |
2 | Alair | |||
3 | Athmakur (M) | |||
4 | B. Pochampally | |||
5 | Bhongir | |||
6 | Bibinagar | |||
7 | Bommala Ramaram | |||
8 | Choutuppal | |||
9 | Gundala | |||
10 | Motakonduru | |||
11 | Mothkur | |||
12 | Narayanpur | |||
13 | Rajapeta | |||
14 | Ramannapet | |||
15 | Thurkapally | |||
16 | Valigonda | |||
17 | Yadagirigutta | |||
25 | Nizamabad | Nizamabad | 1 | Armoor |
2 | Balkonda | |||
3 | Bheemgal | |||
4 | Bodhan | |||
5 | Chandur | |||
6 | Dharpally | |||
7 | Dichpally | |||
8 | Indalwai | |||
9 | Jakranpally | |||
10 | Kammarpally | |||
11 | Kotagiri | |||
12 | Makloor | |||
13 | Mendora | |||
14 | Morthad | |||
15 | Mosara | |||
16 | Mugpal ‘NEW’ | |||
17 | Mupkal | |||
18 | Nandipet | |||
19 | Navipet | |||
20 | Nizamabad North | |||
21 | Nizamabad Rural | |||
22 | Nizamabad South | |||
23 | Renjal | |||
24 | Rudrur | |||
25 | Sirikonda | |||
26 | Vailpoor | |||
27 | Varni | |||
28 | Yedpally | |||
29 | Yergatla | |||
26 | Kamareddy | Nizamabad | 1 | Banswada |
2 | Bhiknoor | |||
3 | Bibipet | |||
4 | Bichkunda | |||
5 | Birkur | |||
6 | Domakonda | |||
7 | Gandhari | |||
8 | Jukkal | |||
9 | Kamareddy | |||
10 | Lingampet | |||
11 | Machareddy | |||
12 | Madnoor | |||
13 | Nagireddypet | |||
14 | Nasrullabad | |||
15 | Nizamsagar | |||
16 | Pedda Kodapgal | |||
17 | Pitlam | |||
18 | Rajampet | |||
19 | Ramareddy | |||
20 | Sadashivnagar | |||
21 | Tadwai | |||
22 | Yellareddy | |||
27 | Hanumakonda | Karimnagar | 1 | Bheemadevarapalli |
2 | Elkathurthy | |||
3 | Kamalapur | |||
Warangal | 4 | Athmakur | ||
5 | Damera | |||
6 | Dharmasagar | |||
7 | Hanumakonda | |||
8 | Hasanparthy | |||
9 | Inavole | |||
10 | Khazipet | |||
11 | Nadikuda | |||
12 | Parkal | |||
13 | Shayampet | |||
14 | Velair | |||
28 | Warangal | Warangal | 1 | Chennaraopet |
2 | Duggondi | |||
3 | Geesugonda | |||
4 | Khanapur | |||
5 | Khila Warangal | |||
6 | Nallabelli | |||
7 | Narsampet | |||
8 | Nekkonda | |||
9 | Parvathagiri | |||
10 | Rayaparthy | |||
11 | sangem | |||
12 | Warangal | |||
13 | Wardhannapet | |||
29 | Jayashankar-Bhupalpalli | Karimnagar | 1 | Kataram |
2 | Mahadevpur | |||
3 | Mahamutharam | |||
4 | Malhalrao | |||
5 | Palimela | |||
Warangal | 6 | Bhupalpally | ||
7 | Chityal | |||
8 | Ganpur (Mulug) | |||
9 | Mogullapally | |||
10 | Regonda | |||
11 | Tekumatla | |||
30 | Mulugu | Khammam | 1 | Venkatapuram |
2 | Wajedu (Wazeed) | |||
Warangal | 3 | Eturunagaram | ||
4 | Govindaraopet | |||
5 | Kannaigudem | |||
6 | Mangapet | |||
7 | Mulug | |||
8 | Tadvai (Sammakka Sarakka) | |||
9 | Venkatapur | |||
31 | Mahabubabad | Khammam | 1 | Bayyaram |
2 | Garla | |||
Warangal | 3 | Chinnagudur | ||
4 | Danthalapalle | |||
5 | Dornakal | |||
6 | Gangaram | |||
7 | Gudur | |||
8 | Kesamudram | |||
9 | Kothaguda | |||
10 | Kuravi | |||
11 | Mahabubabad | |||
12 | Maripeda | |||
13 | Narsimhulapet | |||
14 | Nellikudur | |||
15 | Peddavangara | |||
16 | Thorrur | |||
32 | Jangoan | Warangal | 1 | Bachannapet |
2 | Chilpur | |||
3 | Devaruppula | |||
4 | Ghanpur (Stn) | |||
5 | Janagoan | |||
6 | Kodakandla | |||
7 | Lingala Ghanpur | |||
8 | Narmetta | |||
9 | Palakurthy | |||
10 | Ragunathpally | |||
11 | Tharigoppula | |||
12 | Zaffergadh | |||
33 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 1 | Amberpet |
2 | Ameerpet | |||
3 | Asifnagar | |||
4 | Bandlaguda | |||
5 | Bhadurpura | |||
6 | Charminar | |||
7 | Golkonda | |||
8 | Himayathnagar | |||
9 | Khairthabad | |||
10 | Maredpally | |||
11 | Musheerabad | |||
12 | Nampally | |||
13 | Saidabad | |||
14 | Secunderabad | |||
15 | Shaikpet | |||
16 | Thirumalagiri |
The increase in the number of districts would help the state get more Central funds and grants as the Centre has taken district as a unit for the allocation of funds for implementing developmental programmes and the establishment of Central institutions. The Centrally sponsored schemes will be implemented and new universities and educational institutions will be sanctioned with district as a unit by the Central government. Creation of new districts means that the State would have more educational institutions and grants,
Now, many of the district headquarters are far away from some villages. Once the districts are reorganised, every village will be within 100 km distance of the district headquarters. The new districts will also create job opportunity for local youth.
As many as 21 new districts have been came into existence in Telangana on the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Dasami. With these, the total number of districts in the state is 33. Telangana, which came into existence on June 2, 2014 as the 29th State of India, started out with 10 districts.
The reorganisation of districts has been taken up for better administration. The administration should have up to date information on the districts and their residents over the implementation of various Government programmes as the total population in each of them would only be in lakhs. The inauguration of the new districts would be a grand event on 11/10/2016 with the Assembly Speaker, ministers and other government functionaries attending the events in each of them.
CM attended the inauguration of Siddipet district, carved out of Medak, his home turf, according to the list of VIPs proposed for inauguration of new districts provided by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in a release.
Telangana state, which was formed on the understanding that smaller districts would function more smoothly, would have as many as 33 smaller districts. As part of his efforts to take the administration to the people’s doorstep.
After almost 38 years, the revenue districts are being reorganised taking the total districts from the present 10 to 33. This will be a major administrative reform in Telangana after the then chief minister NT Rama Rao’s similar exercise of forming 1,100 mandals by splitting 280 blocks in the erstwhile united AP. “Introduction of mandal system by NTR brought about drastic changes at the grassroots level in terms of taking administration to people’s doorstep up to some extent. Though there was initial resistance from some leaders, it gradually won the hearts of the people as the administration went closer to the people. We are expecting similar success from the creation of smaller districts.
The government expected three benefits from the formation of smaller districts: the administration will move closer to the people, second-rung leadership will emerge in new districts and dominance of certain people will be challenged with the emergence of new leaders. The mandal system brought these three benefits to some extent.