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Telangana

Not to be confused with the Malaysian state of Terengganu.

Telangana
State
Official emblem of Telangana
Emblem of Telangana
Motto: 
Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs)
Anthem: Jaya Jaya Hē Telaṅgāṇa
The map of India showing Telangana
Location of Telangana in India
Coordinates: 17°49′28″N 79°11′16″E / 17.824400°N 79.187900°E / 17.824400; 79.187900
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
Before wasPart of United Andhra Pradesh
Formation
(by bifurcation)		2 June 2014 (2014-06-02)
Telangana Day
CapitalHyderabad
Largest cityHyderabad
Districts33
Government
 • TypeState Government
 • BodyGovernment of Telangana
 • GovernorJishnu Dev Varma[1]
 • Chief ministerRevanth Reddy (INC)
 • Deputy chief ministerMallu Bhatti Vikramarka
State LegislatureBicameral
Telangana Legislature
 • CouncilTelangana Legislative Council (40 seats)
 • AssemblyTelangana Legislative Assembly (119 seats)
National ParliamentParliament of India
 • Rajya Sabha7 seats
 • Lok Sabha17 seats
High CourtTelangana High Court
Area
[2]
 • Total
112,077 km2 (43,273 sq mi)
 • Rank11th
Dimensions
 • Length770 km (480 mi)
 • Width515 km (320 mi)
Elevation
[3]
256 m (840 ft)
Highest elevation
(Doli Gutta[4])
965 m (3,166 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
Neutral increase 35,003,674
 • Rank12th
 • Density312/km2 (810/sq mi)
 • Urban
38.88%
 • Rural
61.12%
Demonym(s)Telanganites
Telugu people
Language
 • OfficialTelugu[5]
 • Additional officialUrdu[5][6]
 • Official scriptTelugu script
GDP
[7]
 • Total (2024–25)Increase₹16.3 lakh crore (US$200 billion)
 • Rank9th
 • Per capitaIncrease₹417,000 (US$5,000) (5th)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-TS[8]
Vehicle registrationTG[9]
HDI (2024)Increase0.740 High[10] (16th)
Literacy (2017–18)Neutral increase 72.80%[11]
Sex ratio (2011)988♀/1000 ♂ (27th)
Websitetelangana.gov.in
Symbols of Telangana
Emblem of Telangana
SongJaya Jaya Hē Telaṅgāṇa
BirdIndian roller[12]
FlowerSenna auriculata[12]
MammalSpotted deer[12]
TreeProsopis cineraria[12]
State highway mark
State highway of Telangana
TG SH1 - TG SH24
List of Indian state symbols

Telangana (/ˌtɛlənˈɡɑːnə/; ISO: Telaṅgāṇa Telugu: [ˈtelaŋɡaːɳa] ; ALA-LC: Tilaṉgānah Urdu: [ˈtɪləŋɡɑːna] ) is a state in India situated in the south-central part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau.[13] It is the eleventh largest state and the twelfth most populated state in India as per the 2011 census.[14] On 2 June 2014, the area was separated from the northwestern part of United Andhra Pradesh as the newly formed state of Telangana, with Hyderabad as its capital. Telugu, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and the primary official language of the state.

The economy of Telangana is the ninth-largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of ₹13,972,071 million (equivalent to ₹16 trillion or US$200 billion in 2023) and has a GSDP per capita of ₹417,000 (equivalent to ₹420,000 or US$5,000 in 2023).[15][16] Telangana scored 0.705 on the Human Development Index during 2017-2018.[10]

The state has emerged as a major focal point for IT software companies, industry and the services sector. The state is also the main administrative center of many Indian defence aerospace and research labs including Bharat Dynamics Limited, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organisation and Defence Research and Development Laboratory.[17]

  1. ^ "Jishnu Dev Varma is new Governor of Telangana; Radhakrishnan moves to Maharashtra". NDTV.com. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Telangana State Wind Power Profile" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Doli Gutta (965m) - Telangana Chhattisgarh border. Possibly highest point in Telangana". wikimapia.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Urdu is Telangana's second official language". The Indian Express. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Urdu is second official language in Telangana as state passes Bill". The News Minute. 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Telangana State Finance Portal". finance.telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Standard: ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  9. ^ Notification - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (PDF). Gazette of India. 12 March 2024. ISSN 0254-6779. OCLC 1752771. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Sub-national HDI – Area Database". Global Data Lab. Institute for Management Research, Radboud University. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference IE_literacy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ a b c d "Telangana State Symbols". Telangana State Portal. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Telangana | History, Map, Population, Capital, & Government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Population". Government of Telangana. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Telangana Socio Economic Outlook 2023" (PDF). Government of Telangana. pp. 10–25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Per Capita Net State Domestic Product - State-wise (At Current Prices)". Reserve Bank of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Efforts on to transform Hyderabad into a hub for defence electronics". Business Line. The Hindu Group. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.

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