21 July, 2016

TELANGANA STATE OVERVIEW

The state of Telangana emerged as 29th state in the Indian Union as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014) of Parliament on 2nd June 2014.

Telangana is a state in the Southern region of India. It has an area of 1,12,077 sq. kms., after the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization (amendment)Act, 2014 (as per Act No. 6 of 2014 it was 1,14,840 kms.), and is the twelfth largest state in terms of both area and the size of the population in the country.

The state is bordered by the states of Maharashtra, Chattisgarh to the North,Karnataka to the west,and Andhra Pradesh to the south, east and north east. The major cities in Telangana state include Hyderabad, Warangal,Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar, Nizamabad,and Khammam. The State is strategically located in the Deccan plateau in a semi arid region. The climate is predominantly hot and dry.

(Source-State Statistical report 2015)

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