Telangana

Telangana
Telangana
State
	Top to Bottom: World Heritage Site Ramappa Temple; Kakatiya Kala Thoranam at Warangal Fort; Telangana Assembly; B. R. Ambedkar statue in Hyderabad; Charminar; Nagarjuna Sagar Dam; Golconda
	Emblem of Telangana
	Motto: Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs)
	Location of Telangana in India
	Coordinates: 17.824400°N 79.187900°E
Country	India
Region	South India
Before was	Part of Andhra Pradesh
Formation; (by bifurcation)	June 2, 2014; Telangana Day
Capital; and largest city	Hyderabad
Districts	33
Government
• Body	Government of Telangana
• Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan
• Chief minister	Anumula Revanth Reddy (INC)
• Deputy chief minister	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (INC)
State Legislature	Bicameral; Telangana Legislature
• Council	Telangana Legislative Council (40 seats)
• Assembly	Telangana Legislative Assembly (119 seats)
National Parliament	Parliament of India
• Rajya Sabha	7 seats
• Lok Sabha	17 seats
High Court	Telangana High Court
Area
• Total	112,077 km2 (43,273 sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Dimensions
• Length	770 km (480 mi)
• Width	515 km (320 mi)
Elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Highest elevation (Doli Gutta)	965 m (3,166 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	35,003,674
• Rank	12th
• Density	312/km2 (810/sq mi)
• Urban	38.88%
• Rural	61.12%
Demonym(s)	Telanganites; Telugu people
Language
• Official	Telugu
• Additional official	Urdu
• Official script	Telugu script
GDP
• Total (2022–23)	₹13.27 lakh crore (US$170 billion)
• Rank	9th
• Per capita	₹317,115 (US$4,000) (5th)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-TS
Vehicle registration	TG
HDI (2022)	0.705 High (16th)
Literacy (2017–18)	72.80%
Sex ratio (2011)	988♀/1000 ♂ (27th)
Website	telangana.gov.in
Symbols of Telangana
	Emblem of Telangana
Bird	Indian roller
Flower	Senna auriculata
Mammal	Spotted deer
Tree	Prosopis cineraria
	State highway mark
	State highway of Telangana ; TG SH1 - TG SH24
	List of Indian state symbols

Telangana (/ˌtɛlənˈɡɑːnə/; Telugu: [ˈtelaŋɡaːɳa] ^ⓘ) is a state in India situated in southern part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India as per 2011 census. 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.

The economy of Telangana is the ninth-largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of ₹9,572,071 million (equivalent to ₹11 trillion or US$140 billion in 2023) and has GSDP per capita of ₹320,000 (US$4,000). Telangana has scored 0.705 human development index.

The state has emerged as a major focus for robust IT software, industry and services sector. The state is also the main administrative center of many Indian defence aerospace and research labs like Bharat Dynamics Limited, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organisation and Defence Research and Development Laboratory.

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