Top Places to visit in Ranga Reddy, Shamshabad, Telangana

Ranga Reddy district, abbreviated as, R R district and also known as Cyberabad district and formerly known as Hyderabad Rural, is one of the 33 districts in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Shamshabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the joint state of Andhra Pradesh, Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy. The district shares boundaries with Nalgonda, Yadadri, Hyderabad, Medchal, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Sangareddy and Vikarabad districts.

Shamshabad is a village in and also the headquarters of Ranga Reddy district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad mandal of Rajendranagar revenue division.

History

The district was formed in 1978 when it was split from Hyderabad district. Originally named Hyderabad Rural district, it was renamed after Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, a freedom fighter who fought for the independence of Telangana from the Nizams and who went on to become the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. In 2016, it was carved out during the district's reorganisation to create the new Vikarabad district and Medchal–Malkajgiri district.

Geography

Ranga Reddy District occupies an area of approximately 7,500 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi).

A freshwater reservoir, called Osman Sagar, Himayath Sagar, on the river Musi at Gandipet, is the prime drinking water source for the capital city of Hyderabad/Secunderabad.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Ranga Reddy District has a population of 2,446,265, of which 1,254,184 were males and 1,192,081 were females.

Economy

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.

In 2006 the Indian government named Ranga Reddy one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 33 districts in Telangana currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Administrative divisions

The district will have five revenue divisions: Chevella, Ibrahimpatnam, Rajendranagar, Kandukur and Shadnagar. They are sub-divided into 27 mandals. Ranghunandan Rao is the present collector of the district.

Mandals

The table below categorizes mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:

# Chevella revenue division Ibrahimpatnam revenue division Kandukur revenue division Rajendranagar revenue division Shadnagar revenue division

1 Chevella Abdullapuramet Amangal Gandipet Chowderguda

2 Moinabad Hayathnagar Balapur Rajendranagar Farooqnagar

3 Shahbad Ibrahimpatnam Kandukur Serilingampally Keshampeta

4 Shankarpalle Madgul Kadthal Shamshabad Kondurg

5 Manchal Maheswaram Kothur

6 Yacharam Talakondapalle Nandigama

7Saroornagar

Assembly constituencies

There are 7 assembly constituencies in Ranga Reddy district. They are Chevella, Rajendranagar, L. B. Nagar, Shadnagar, Serlingampally, Ibrahimpatnam and Maheshwaram.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Shamshabad welcomes Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which began operations 23 March 2008.

Panchayats

There are 24 panchayats in the Shamshabad mandal.

Chinna Golkonda (village and panchayat)

Chinna Gollapally (village and panchayat)

Ghansimiyaguda (village and panchayat)

Hamidullanagar (village and panchayat)

Jukal (village and panchayat)

Kacharam (village and panchayat)

Kavvaguda (village and panchayat)

Kothwalguda (village and panchayat)