Telangana

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Telangana


State of India

Montage of Telangana.
Clockwise from top left: Charminar, painting of Lord Rama at
Bhadrachalam, Kacheguda Railway Station, Bhongir Fort,
Buddha statue in Hussain sagar, NTPC Ramagundam Super
Thermal Power Station.

Seal

Location of Telangana in India
Coordinates (Hyderabad): 17.366N
78.476ECoordinates: 17.366N 78.476E
Country India
Region South India
Established 2 June 2014
Capital Hyderabad
Largest City Hyderabad
Districts 10
Government
Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief minister
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar
Rao (TRS)
Legislature Bicameral (119 + 40 seats)
Lok Sabha
constituencies
17
High Court
High Court of Judicature at
Hyderabad
Area

Total
114,840 km
2

(44,340 sq mi)
Area rank 12th
Population (2011)
Total 35,286,757
Rank 12th
Density 310/km
2
(800/sq mi)
Demonym Telanganite
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-xx (not assigned)
Vehicle registration TG
[1][2]

Literacy 66.46%
Official language
Telugu
Urdu
Website telangana.gov.in
Telangana
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/tlnn/ is a state in southern India. It was part of the princely state of
Hyderabad (Medak and Warangal divisions) which was ruled by the Nizams during the
British Raj until 1947, and later until 1948, when it joined the Union of India. In 1956,
Hyderabad state was dissolved and Andhra State was merged with the Telangana region of
the state of Hyderabad to form the state of Andhra Pradesh. On 2 June 2014, Telangana
became the 29th state of India, consisting of the ten north-western districts of Andhra
Pradesh.
[3]
The city of Hyderabad will serve as the joint capital of Telangana and the
residuary Andhra Pradesh for up to ten years.
[4]
It is India's twelfth-largest state by area and
twelfth-largest by population.
Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra to the north and north-west, Karnataka to
the west, Chhattisgarh to the north-east, and Andhra Pradesh to the south and east. Telangana
has an area of 114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi), and a population of 35,286,757
(2011 census).
[5]
Hyderabad, Warangal, Nizamabad, Khammam and Karimnagar are the five
largest cities in the state.