Telangana region of
Hyderabad State consisted of 8 Districts in 1948 when it was inducted in
Dominion of India; they are
Hyderabad,
Mahbubnagar,
Medak,
Nalgonda,
Nizamabad,
Adilabad,
Karimnagar and
Warangal districts.
Khammam district was created by bifurcation of
Warangal district on 1 October 1953.
Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telangana region of
Hyderabad State and
Andhra state on 1 November 1956. Bhadrachalam division and
Aswaraopet taluka parts was merged in
Khammam district from Godavari districts for better Administration. On 2 June 2014, when Telangana was carved out as India's 29th state with 10 districts from then
Andhra Pradesh state, seven mandals of Bhadrachalam division were given back to
East Godavari district. On 11 October 2016, 21 new districts were created, which led to total 31 districts in Telangana. All districts were divided into minimum 2 to maximum 5 except
Hyderabad district which was untouched. Two new districts,
Mulugu and
Narayanpet were created on 17 February 2019, taking the total number of districts to 33. == District statistics ==