Mahbubnagar
Palamuru | |
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![]() Mahabubnagar IT Tower | |
Coordinates: 16°44′56″N 78°00′13″E / 16.748800°N 78.003500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Telangana |
Region | Deccan |
District | Mahbubnagar |
Named for | Mahboob Ali Khan |
Government | |
• Body | Mahbubnagar Municipal Corporation |
• Mayor | - |
• MLA | Yennam Srinivas Reddy (INC) |
• MP | D. K. Aruna (BJP) |
Area | |
• City | 98.64 km2 (38.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 519 m (1,703 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• City | 222,573 |
• Rank | 7th (2011) |
• Density | 4,803/km2 (12,440/sq mi) |
• Metro | Urban Agglomeration 300,000 |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu,Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 509001 |
Telephone code | 08542 |
Vehicle registration | TG-06[3]/AP-22(Old) |
Planning Agency | Mahbubnagar Urban Development Authority (MUDA) |
Lok Sabha constituency | Mahbub Nagar |
Mahbubnagar, formerly known as Rukmammapeta and Palamooru[4] is a city[5] in Mahbubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahbubnagar mandal in Mahbubnagar revenue division.[6] The city is also the largest in the district with an area of 39.64 km2 (15.31 sq mi) and 7th most populous in the state.[7]