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District of Telangana

Mancherial District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 8.7 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

8,70,000 870,000 1 March 2026

Mancherial district's population is estimated at ≈8.7 lakh (8,70,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Telangana projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 8,07,037 on the district’s present boundaries.

Estimate: method M1, constrained to the RGI projection for Telangana. Census: ORGI.

Which number do you mean?

District totals include villages. Here is how the 2011 population splits between towns and villages.

District

Mancherial district

Census 2011
8,07,037
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 8.7 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
3,53,847

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
4,53,190

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 8.7 lakh 8,70,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
8.07 lakh 8,07,037 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 219per km² 2011
Sex ratio
977 Telangana: 987
Child sex ratio (0–6)
911 Telangana: 932
Literacy rate
64.4% Male 73.0% · Female 55.6%
Urban share
43.9% Telangana: 38.8%
Growth 2001–11
+10.2% Telangana: +13.6%
Area
≈ 3,684km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
2.07 lakh 3.9 people per household
Villages
371 Census 2011
Towns
12 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries (parts of earlier districts apportioned by their 2011 population), then our estimate to 2036.

Mancherial: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
8.7 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19916,13,094
20017,32,483
20118,07,037
2016 *8,35,000
2021 *8,57,000
2026 *8,70,000
2031 *8,74,000
2036 *8,71,000

* Estimate

How Mancherial's 2011 population was spread

Sub-districts (tehsils, talukas, mandals or blocks) as they were in Census 2011. “Part” means only some of it now lies in this district.

How Mancherial's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Mancherial1,95,22824.2%96071.9%83.8%
2 Mandamarri1,00,10912.4%95170.7%84.6%
3 Bellampalle80,89710.0%96273.4%66.7%
4 Chennur54,6926.8%100460.3%43.1%
5 Jannaram52,8836.6%101657.3%0.0%
6 Luxettipet50,6746.3%98765.0%22.3%
7 Jaipur50,0796.2%98959.4%0.0%
8 Dandepalle49,7416.2%100657.1%0.0%
9 Kotapalle33,1104.1%94454.4%0.0%
10 Kasipet32,7494.1%98561.2%51.0%
11 Tandur32,6174.0%99061.5%0.0%
12 Bhimini26,2853.3%98844.9%0.0%
13 Nennal23,5342.9%100852.9%0.0%
14 Vemanpalle19,5322.4%99148.0%0.0%
15 Dahegaon(part)4,9070.6%101242.2%0.0%

Largest towns in Mancherial (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Mancherial (Census 2011)
  1. Mancherial 89,935
  2. Bellampalle 55,841
  3. Mandamarri 52,352
  4. Kyathampalle CT 32,385
  5. Naspur CT 31,244
  6. Chennur CT 23,579
  7. Singapur CT 20,061
  8. Teegalpahad CT 12,656
  9. Luxettipet CT 11,322
  10. Devapur CT 9,683

How people in Mancherial worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

13.3%

Agricultural labourers

43.0%

Household industry

2.4%

Other work

41.2%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 42.7%.

Age structure of Mancherial

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Age structure of Mancherial
MenWomen
  1. 80+
  2. 75-79
  3. 70-74
  4. 65-69
  5. 60-64
  6. 55-59
  7. 50-54
  8. 45-49
  9. 40-44
  10. 35-39
  11. 30-34
  12. 25-29
  13. 20-24
  14. 15-19
  15. 10-14
  16. 5-9
  17. 0-4
› Show the numbers as a table
AgeMenWomen
0-431,74329,731
5-938,86736,638
10-1443,80842,104
15-1942,06640,539
20-2438,72638,080
25-2934,62935,389
30-3429,92330,474
35-3928,21729,271
40-4424,46424,096
45-4920,69420,285
50-5416,14215,321
55-5911,20013,315
60-6412,23914,636
65-698,1179,778
70-745,6106,516
75-792,2072,847
80+2,6193,846
Children (0–14)
28.4%
Telangana 27.0%
Working age (15–59)
62.9%
Telangana 63.5%
Older people (60+)
8.7%
Telangana 9.4%
Median age
25.7years
Telangana 26.7
Dependency ratio
50.9
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Telangana 49.0

Languages spoken in Mancherial

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 25 languages recorded. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Mancherial
  1. Telugu 88.1%
  2. Urdu 5.1%
  3. Hindi 2.7%
  4. Marathi 1.6%
  5. Gondi 1.4%
  6. Others 0.3%
  7. Kolami 0.2%
  8. Tamil 0.1%
  9. All other languages 0.5%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Telugu87.6%
  2. Urdu5.4%
  3. Lamani/Lambadi1.8%
  4. Gondi1.7%
  5. Marathi1.5%
  6. Hindi0.9%
  7. Kolami0.2%
  8. Marwari0.1%

Housing and amenities in Mancherial

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 88.5%

    Telangana 92.1%

  • Tap water 46.5%

    Telangana 73.2%

  • Water source within premises 47.1%

    Telangana 53.1%

  • Toilet within premises 41.5%

    Telangana 52.2%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 55.8%

    Telangana 46.6%

  • Bathing area within premises 62.0%

    Telangana 68.5%

  • Closed drainage 16.9%

    Telangana 27.9%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 42.1%

    Telangana 36.7%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 55.1%

    Telangana 56.2%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 63.1%

    Telangana 68.1%

  • Television 55.3%

    Telangana 58.4%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 19.3%

    Telangana 21.9%

  • Computer or laptop 6.0%

    Telangana 12.1%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.4%

    Telangana 5.4%

  • Use banking services 56.2%

    Telangana 53.8%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 23.1%

    Telangana 16.7%

The home itself

  • Own their home 82.6%

    Telangana 77.9%

  • Rent their home 14.0%

    Telangana 20.3%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 77.3%

    Telangana 71.9%

  • House in good condition 65.4%

    Telangana 67.7%

  • Concrete roof 19.2%

    Telangana 43.3%

  • Cement or tiled floor 26.6%

    Telangana 26.2%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 35.3%

    Telangana 36.9%

Telangana

What the numbers say

  • Mancherial district held 2.3% of Telangana's population in 2011, 18th of 33 districts.
  • Literacy is 64.4%, 2.2 points below the Telangana average of 66.5%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 73.0% of men but only 55.6% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 977 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 987.
  • 43.9% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more urban than Telangana as a whole (38.8%).
  • The population grew 10.2% in 2001–11, slower than Telangana's 13.6% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈8.7 lakh, implies growth of about 8% since 2011; it is tied to the official Telangana projection.
  • Its largest town, Mancherial, had 89.9 thousand people in 2011, 11.1% of the district.

How this district was formed

Mancherial covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

  • Adilabad (2011) 100.0% of this district
    29.4% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Telangana →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (11 May 2026 – 9 June 2026)

  2. Phase II: counting people

    February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)

  3. Results

    Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Mancherial, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Mancherial (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Population by religion in Mancherial (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTelangana
Hindu ≈ 7,46,900 92.6% 85.0%
Muslim ≈ 45,000 5.6% 12.8%
Christian ≈ 7,900 1.0% 1.3%
Sikh ≈ 400 0.0% 0.1%
Buddhist ≈ 200 0.0% 0.1%
Jain ≈ 100 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 6,500 0.8% 0.7%
Total8,07,037100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Mancherial district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈8,70,000 (8.7 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Mancherial's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 8,07,037.

What was the population of Mancherial district in Census 2011?
8,07,037: 4,08,272 males and 3,98,765 females, of whom 3,53,847 lived in towns and 4,53,190 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Mancherial?
Literacy was 64.4% in 2011 (men 73.0%, women 55.6%). The sex ratio was 977 females per 1,000 males, and 911 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Mancherial district?
Mancherial, with 89,935 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Mancherial district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 371 Census 2011 villages and 12 towns.

⤓ Download Telangana district data (CSV)

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