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District - Medak
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Headquarters: Sangareddy

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	9699.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	2662.29	"
Male	In Thousands	1347.24	"
Female	In Thousands	1315.05	"
Urban	In Thousands	384.67	"
Rural	In Thousands	2277.62	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+17.29	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	274	"
Literacy	%	53.24	"
Male	%	65.52	"
Female	%	40.68	"
Urbanisation	%	14.47	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	47.78	"
Workers % of main workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	78.11	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.52	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	6.94	"
Household industries	%	2.80	"
Construction	%	0.91	"
Services	%	10.72	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	9.96	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	29.48	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	160.00	"
Road length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	61.64	1996-97
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	25.90	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	7.05	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	1454.49	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	1665.21	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	614.37	"
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	3045.00	"
Per ha. bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	147.28	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	602.65	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	16.16	135	1997-98
Jowar	22.05	51	"
Cotton *	2.84	13	"
Turmeric	0.22	6	"
Maize	15.50	158	"
Arhar	2.18	N	"
Chillies	2.18	7	"
Sugar cane	3.93	1319	"
Sesame	0.44	N	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information