Mulugu district is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

in the

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n state of

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

. Its headquarters is the town of

Mulugu Mulugu is a town in Mulugu district, Telangana. It is the headquarters of the district, which was formed in 2019 after Jayashankar Bhupalpally district was split. Prior to the reorganization of districts that created Jayashankar Bhupalpally di ...

. Mulugu district is the least populated district with 2,94,671 in the state. Mulugu district has the fewest mandals in the state with nine mandals. It currently borders

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

Mahabubabad Mahabubabad is a town and the district headquarters of Mahabubabad district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is on the west bank of the Munneru, which is one of the tributaries of the River Krishna. Mahabubabad is known for the Bayyaram Mi ...

, Jayashankar and Bhadradri districts and with the state of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prad ...

Government and politics

Mulugu Major was constituted in 2011 and is classified as a ''second grade municipality''. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of .

Politics

Mulugu district has one seat in State Assembly and is reserved for Scheduled Tribe.

Seethakka Dansari Anasuya (born 9 July 1971), commonly known as Seethakka, is an Indian politician. She was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and Telangana Legislative Assembly in 2018 from Mulug assembly constituency. She was appoi ...

(Danasari Anasuya) was elected as MLA Mulug (ST) (Assembly constituency) in the 2018 General Elections. Mulugu District falls under Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency). Smt Kavitha Maloth was elected as MP in May 2019 General Elections.

Weather

Mulugu has a semi-tropical climate. During summers, the temperatures soar to more than 48 °C. In winters, temperatures range between 12 °C and 27 °C. Mulugu receives the northeast and the southwest monsoon, from June to September, and from October to November respectively. It mainly relies on the monsoons and rainfall.

Media

Mulugu has print and entertainment media and Mulugu Cable, a local entertainment channel for broadcasting TV.

Print media

The leading newspapers, ''

Namasthe Telangana ''Namasthe Telangana'' Indian Telugu-language daily newspaper published from Hyderabad, Telangana. It was launched on 6 June 2011. The paper aims to mainly focus on politics and developments of Telangana State. The newspaper is published by Tela ...

, Sakshi,

Eenadu ''Eenadu'' () is the largest circulated Telugu-language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.Velugu Vaartha, Andhra Jyothi,

Prajasakti ''Prajasakti,'' also spelled as ''Prajashakti,'' is a Telugu newspaper that is published in Andhra Pradesh, India by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) PI (M) It started as a daily newspaper in 1981 with Vijayawada as the centre. Current ...

Andhra Bhoomi ''Andhra Bhoomi'' (transl. The land of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra) is a Telugu language, Telugu-language daily newspaper India covering the whole of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with editions from Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, ...

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the sec ...

Deccan Chronicle ''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited ...

'', and ''

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'' are available. ''Sirachukka'' is the local tabloid circulated weekly.

Transport

Mulugu is welly connected with road routes to every other place of the state and the nation and has National Highway 163 passing from Mulugu to Chhattisgarh.

Roadways

Mulugu has a

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

bus stand with a 5 bus capacity. It has many services for the needs of the citizens. It falls on the main route of

Bhadrachalam Bhadrachalam is a census town in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is an important Hindu pilgrimage town with the Bhadrachalam Temple of Lord Rama, situated on the banks of Godavari river. It is located east o ...

. Nearly 20,000 people use this daily through the bus facilities. In addition, many seven-seat autorickshaws and commander jeeps connect the nearby villages.

Places of interest

Ramappa Temple Ramappa Temple, also known as the Rudreshwara temple, is a Kakatiya style Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva, located in Telangana, India. It is from Mulugu, from Warangal, from Hyderabad. An inscription in the temple says it was cons ...

* Medaram Jathara * Bogatha Waterfall * Tadvai Forest Huts * Laknavaram Lake and Boating * Mallur Sri Hemachala Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple * Mulugu fossil site near Bhupathipur village

Demographics

The population of Mulugu is around 2,57,744 according to the reports of the

2011 Indian Census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

. The literacy rate is 79.17%, more than national average 74%. Male literacy is 86.59%, which is more than national average of 82.10%, and female literacy rate is 72.32%, more than national average 65.50%. The primary language spoken is

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode ...

. Telugu and

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

are used in official communications and media of instructions.

Lambadi Lambadi, Gor Boli, Banjara, Labanki or Banjari is a language spoken by the once nomadic Banjara people across India,Ancient Pastoral Nomadic Community of India Ancient Warrior Community/Raajputs Medieval Traders/Grain Carriers Modern Grain Tra ...

is also a sizeable minority language spoken in Mulugu. The majority of the villages and the hamlets including the city of Mulugu are the habitats of

scheduled tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

(75%). The highest tribal community population are the Lambadis. Thus, the majority of people of the district will communicate in the special tribal language,

Banjara The Banjara (also known as ,Vanzara,Lambadi,Gour Rajput,Labana) are a historically nomadic trading caste who may have origins in the Mewar region of what is now Rajasthan. Etymology The Banjaras usually refer to themselves as ''Gor'' and out ...

(60%). It is one of the officially recognized dialects by the

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Healthcare

The 100-bed Mini Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital is the largest hospital in both the city and district of Mulugu. It also serves the needs of patients from the neighbouring districts. Apart from major public hospitals, such as those for maternity, chest, and tuberculosis, there are many private specialist hospitals including Appaiah, Ravinder, Star, Superspeciality, Area Hospital, and St. Ann's.

References

External links

Official website
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