ADILABAD IS A CITY IN ADILABAD DISTRICT OF THE INDIAN STATE OF TELANGANA.

IT IS
A MUNICIPALITY AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF ADILABAD DISTRICT.
ADILABAD WAS RULED BY MANY DYNASTIES LIKE
THE MAURYAS, SATAVAHANAS, CHALUKYAS, QUTUB SHAHIS & ASAF JAHIS. ADILABAD DERIVES
ITS NAME FROM THE ERSTWHILE RULER OF BIJAPUR, YUSUF ADIL SHAH. IT IS THE
NORTHERNMOST DISTRICT OF NIZAM STATE (ASAF JAHI DYNASTY) FOUNDED BY NIZAM-ULMULK IN THE DECCAN REGION. THE CURRENT CULTURE OF THE DISTRICT INCORPORATES
SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS. HOWEVER A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY EXISTS HERE
WITH TELUGU, MARATHI, BENGALI, MALAYALI, RAJASTHANI ANDGUJARATI PEOPLE LIVING IN
HARMONY. THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE ADILABAD WAS EDLABAD DURING THE RULE OF
QUTUB SHAHIS.[5] EDLA IS A GOND WORD FOR PEOPLE IN WOODS.[CITATION NEEDED] ITS NAME WAS
CHANGED TO "ADILABAD" BY ERSTWHILE ISLAMIC RULER OF BIJAPUR, MOHAMMED ADIL SHAH.
[CITATION NEEDED]
THOUGH MOST OF THE POPULATION OF ADILABAD WAS STILL OF GOND, URDU
AND MARATHI ORIGIN PRIOR TO 1956, THE REGION BECAME A PART OF THE TELUGU
LINGUISTIC STATE.[CITATION NEEDED] SINCE 1956, TELUGU GAINED PROMINENCE AND REPLACED
GONDI, KANNADA, MARATHI AND URDU ENTIRELY.
ADILABAD HAS AN AVERAGE ELEVATION OF 264 METRES (866 FEET). ADILABAD DISTRICT ALSO
CONSISTS OF MANY LANDSCAPES LIKE KUNTALA WATERFALLS, SAHYADRI MOUNTAINS,
RIVERS LIKE THE GODAVARI, PENAGANGA, PRANAHITHA, ETC. THE DISTRICT SHARES ITS
BOUNDARIES WITH NIZAMABAD AND KARIMNAGAR DISTRICTS OF TELANGANA TO THE SOUTH
AND WITH NANDED, YAVATMAL, CHANDRAPUR AND GADCHIROLI DISTRICTS
OF MAHARASHTRA ON THE WEST, NORTH AND EAST RESPECTIVELY. MOST OF THE BOUNDARY
IS DESIGNATED BY THE RIVERS GODAVARI AND PENGANGA.
MAVALA LAKE IT LOCATED 6 KM SOUTH SIDE OF ADILABAD TOWN, IT WAS BUILT DURING THE
NIZAM PERIOD. WATER FROM THE LAKE IS SUPPLIED TO THE TOWN AND SERVES THE NEEDS
ABOUT 40% OF PEOPLE IN IT. THERE IS A PARK ADJACENT TO THE LAKE. ADILABAD IS A HUB
FOR COTTON MILLS.
AS OF 2011 INDIA CENSUS, ADILABAD HAD A POPULATION OF 117,167. MALES CONSTITUTE
59,448, FEMALES ARE 57,719 AND 12,993 OF THE POPULATION ARE UNDER THE AGE GROUP OF
06 YEARS. IT HAS AN AVERAGE LITERACY RATE OF 43.45% WITH 45,259 LITERATES.
THE URBAN AGGLOMERATION POPULATION OF THE CITY STANDS AT 139383.IT INCLUDES THE
POPULATION FIGURES OF ITS CONSTITUENT CENSUS TOWN, DASNAPUR AS 22,216.[2]
RELIGIONS IN ADILABAD[6]
PERCEN
RELIGION
T
HINDU

59.37%
MUSLIM

35.59%
BUDDHIST
2.60%
OTHERS
2.44%
INCLUDES SIKHS, JAINS
URDU IS THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF ADILABAD WHILE TELUGU IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
THE OTHER LANGUAGES SPOKEN ARE GORMATI AND MARATHI AS ADILABAD IS ALMOST AT
THE BORDER TO MAHARASHTRA. IT IS ONE OF THE RICHEST DISTRICTS OF TELANGANA,
CONTAINING 20% OF STATE'S WEALTH. ABOUT 75% OF THE DISTRICT IS COVERED WITH THICK
TROPICAL MOIST DECIDUOUS FORESTS, THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT IN TERMS OF
FOREST COVERAGE, NEXT ONLY TO KHAMMAM