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District - Mahabubnagar
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Headquarters: Mahabubnagar

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	18432.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	3506.87	"
Male	In Thousands	1779.99	"
Female	In Thousands	1726.88	"
Urban	In Thousands	371.43	"
Rural	In Thousands	3135.44	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+13.97	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	190	"
Literacy	%	45.53	"
Male	%	57.87	"
Female	%	32.83	"
Urbanisation	%	11.12	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	50.20	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	83.40	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.34	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	3.56	"
Household industries	%	1.86	"
Construction	%	1.05	"
Services	%	9.79	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	14.46	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	23.82	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	110.00	"
Road length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	54.73	1996-97
Railway route length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	0.57	"
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	27.46	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	6.24	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	1229.33	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	893.58	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	423.23	"
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	1868.00	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	41.34	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	229.54	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	13.2	179	1997-98
Jowar	22.67	79	"
Cotton *	8.32	52	"
Turmeric	N	N	"
Maize	3.01	55	"
Arhar	5.16	6	"
Chillies	1.15	11	"
Sugar cane	N	2	"
Sesame	0.14	N	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information