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Thirty-three districts over 1,12,077 sq km: Bhadradri Kothagudem the largest and Hyderabad the smallest

Telangana, where the Chief Minister this week reviewed El Nino drought preparedness and HYDRAA removed pipelines drawing water illegally from a Hyderabad lake, is made up of 33 districts covering an area of 1,12,077 sq km.
The State portal records Bhadradri Kothagudem as the largest district and Hyderabad as the smallest.
The districts include Adilabad, Hanumakonda, Jagtial, Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Jogulamba Gadwal, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Kumuram Bheem, Mahabubabad and Mahabubnagar.
Others are Mancherial, Medak, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Mulugu, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Narayanpet, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Peddapalli and Rajanna Sircilla.
The remaining districts are Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Suryapet, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy, Warangal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Khammam, Hyderabad and Bhadradri Kothagudem.
The State also has 74 revenue divisions, 612 revenue mandals and 12,769 gram panchayats.

Districts: 33 Gram Panchayats: 12,769
Why it matters for exams: The district count, the largest and smallest district and the mandal and panchayat numbers are standard objective facts.
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24 October 2026 Source: Government of Telangana

In plain words

Mandal Revenue mandal — The revenue sub-division below a district in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, equivalent to a taluk.

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