Jagtial district

Jagtial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Jagtial. The district shares boundaries with Nirmal, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Sircilla and Nizamabad districts. The district is spread over an area of . Jagtial district shares it boundaries with Nirmal district and Mancherial district on North and North East respectively, it is bounded on South and South West by Karimnagar district and Peddapalli district respectively and on the West by Nizamabad district Census of India, the district has a population of 985,417, of which 168,290 (17.08%) live in urban areas. Jagtial district has a sex ratio of 1036 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 60.26%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 16.68% and 2.36% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 90.93% of the population spoke Telugu, 7.14% Urdu and 0.90% Lambadi as their first language. The district has three revenue divisions of Jagtial, Korutla and Metpally, which are sub-divided into 18 mandals.