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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mahbubnagar
| official_name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Urdu, telugu
| other_name = Palamooru, Rukmammapeta
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| image_skyline = Pillalamarry 20.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = The biggest banayan tree '''Pillalamarri''', symbol of the district
| nickname =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Telangana#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|16.75|N|78.00|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Government_of_Telangana_Logo.png}} [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Mahbubnagar district|Mahbubnagar]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for = [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]]
| government_type =
| governing_body = Mahbub Nagar Municipal Council
| leader_title1 = Collector & District Magistrate
| leader_name1 =
Shri S Venkata Rao (IAS)
| leader_title2 = MLA
| leader_name2 = [[V. Srinivas Goud|Srinivas Goud]] (TRS)
| leader_title3 = MP
| leader_name3 = [[Manne Srinivas Reddy]] (TRS)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 498
| population_total = 157,733
| population_metro = 210258
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = 4803
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = <ref name="profile">{{cite web|title=Basic Information|url=http://mahabubnagarmunicipality.in/basic-information-of-municipality-2/|website=Official website of Mahbub Nagar Municipality|access-date=19 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630173028/http://mahabubnagarmunicipality.in/basic-information-of-municipality-2/|archive-date=30 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] & [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 509001
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 08542
| registration_plate = '''TS-06'''<ref>{{cite web|title=District Codes|url=http://www.transport.telangana.gov.in/html/registration-districtcodes.html|publisher=Government of Telangana Transport Department|access-date=4 September 2014}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 0.973 [[female|♀]]/[[male|♂]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Mahabubnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahbub Nagar]]
| footnotes =
}}

'''Mahbubnagar''' is a city<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011}}</ref> in [[Mahbubnagar District]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]] named after the 6th Nizam, [[Mir Mahbub Ali Khan]]. It is the headquarters of Mahbub Nagar [[Tehsil|mandal]] in Mahbub Nagar revenue division.<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – Mahbub Nagar|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2807_PART_B_DCHB_MAHBUB NAGAR.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=25 December 2015|pages=12–13}}</ref> The city is also the largest in the district with an area of {{convert|39.64|km2|abbr=on}} and [[List of cities in Telangana by population|7th most populous]] in the state.<ref name=info>{{cite web|title=Mahbub Nagar Municipality|url=http://www.cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHABUBNAGAR/|website=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department|access-date=26 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125214418/http://www.cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHABUBNAGAR/|archive-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
Mahbub Nagar is also known with the name, ''Palamooru''. The city also has an older name "Rukmammapeta."<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=About Mahbub Nagar|url=http://mahabubnagarmunicipality.in/about-mahabubnagar/|website=Official website of Mahabubnagar Municipality|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Mahbub Nagar is located at {{Coord|16.73|N|77.98|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/MahbubNagar.html|title=redirect to /world/IN/02/Mahbubnagar.html|work=fallingrain.com}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet). The city of Mahbub Nagar is located at a distance of 98 km from [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] 130 km from [[Kurnool]] and 105 km from [[Raichur]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| location = Mahbubnagar (1981–2010, extremes 1952–2010)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 36.8
| Feb record high C = 40.3
| Mar record high C = 41.8
| Apr record high C = 45.3
| May record high C = 44.9
| Jun record high C = 44.8
| Jul record high C = 37.4
| Aug record high C = 37.5
| Sep record high C = 39.4
| Oct record high C = 39.1
| Nov record high C = 35.9
| Dec record high C = 36.0
| year record high C = 45.3
| Jan high C = 30.7
| Feb high C = 33.6
| Mar high C = 37.0
| Apr high C = 39.2
| May high C = 39.7
| Jun high C = 34.8
| Jul high C = 31.7
| Aug high C = 30.5
| Sep high C = 31.5
| Oct high C = 31.6
| Nov high C = 30.9
| Dec high C = 30.0
| year high C = 33.4
| Jan low C = 17.1
| Feb low C = 19.3
| Mar low C = 22.7
| Apr low C = 25.6
| May low C = 27.0
| Jun low C = 24.7
| Jul low C = 23.5
| Aug low C = 22.9
| Sep low C = 22.9
| Oct low C = 21.5
| Nov low C = 19.2
| Dec low C = 17.0
| year low C = 22.0
| Jan record low C = 9.1
| Feb record low C = 11.6
| Mar record low C = 12.5
| Apr record low C = 16.1
| May record low C = 18.3
| Jun record low C = 20.4
| Jul record low C = 18.6
| Aug record low C = 20.0
| Sep record low C = 18.5
| Oct record low C = 13.4
| Nov record low C = 11.3
| Dec record low C = 11.0
| year record low C = 9.1
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 4.5
| Feb rain mm = 4.4
| Mar rain mm = 6.5
| Apr rain mm = 20.9
| May rain mm = 38.1
| Jun rain mm = 109.9
| Jul rain mm = 154.6
| Aug rain mm = 171.2
| Sep rain mm = 155.8
| Oct rain mm = 88.2
| Nov rain mm = 12.9
| Dec rain mm = 3.7
| year rain mm = 770.8
| Jan rain days = 0.3
| Feb rain days = 0.3
| Mar rain days = 0.7
| Apr rain days = 1.4
| May rain days = 2.6
| Jun rain days = 7.0
| Jul rain days = 11.0
| Aug rain days = 11.2
| Sep rain days = 9.0
| Oct rain days = 4.9
| Nov rain days = 1.4
| Dec rain days = 0.4
| year rain days = 50.2
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 42
| Feb humidity = 36
| Mar humidity = 33
| Apr humidity = 32
| May humidity = 36
| Jun humidity = 55
| Jul humidity = 66
| Aug humidity = 71
| Sep humidity = 69
| Oct humidity = 63
| Nov humidity = 52
| Dec humidity = 45
|year humidity = 50
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Mahbubnagar Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 459–460
| access-date = 18 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M12
| access-date = 18 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==

In 2011, Mahbub Nagar had a population of 157,733 of which male and female were 79,177 and 78,556 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> It is the 9th largest city of south India by number of auto rickshaws, and 2nd in Telangana after Hyderabad.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

== Governance ==
''Mahbub Nagar municipality'' is the civic body of the city, which was constituted in 1942 as a ''third grade municipality''. It was upgraded to ''second grade'' in 1959, to ''first grade'' in 1983 and finally to ''Special grade municipality'' in 2004.<ref name=info /> It is spread over an area of {{Convert|98.64|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipality|url=http://cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHABUBNAGAR/Basic_information_Municipality.html|website=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department|publisher=Government of Telangana|access-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617190326/http://cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHABUBNAGAR/Basic_information_Municipality.html|archive-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> Mahbub Nagar urban agglomeration consists of Mahbub Nagar municipality, [[census towns]] of Boyapalle, Yenugonda and the [[out growth]]s of Mahbub Nagar (rural) (full), Yedira (part) village.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
[[File:Mahabubnagar Railway Station.JPG|thumbnail|Mahabubnagar railway station]]
The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road and railways. [[National Highway (India)|National]] and [[state highways]] that pass through the city are [[NH 44]] and [[NH 169]], State highway 20 and 23. [[TSRTC]] operates buses to various destinations from Mahbub Nagar bus station of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations|url=http://www.tsrtc.telangana.gov.in/BusStations.php|website=[[TSRTC]]|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> The city has rail connectivity with the presence of Mahbub Nagar Main Station, Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations.

== Notable people ==


* [[Manda Jagannath]] – politician
* [[Kapilavai Lingamurthy]] – Poet and Writer
* [[Pramod Mahajan]] - Politician
* [[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] – first elected Chief Minister of Hyderabad State
* [[Jupally Krishna Rao]] – politician
* [[C. Laxma Reddy]] - politician
* [[Gona Budda Reddy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cckraopedia.blogspot.in/2013/01/gona-buddha-reddy.html|title=Encyclopedia in Telugu (Gona Buddha Reddy)|author=C.Chandra Kanth Rao|work=cckraopedia.blogspot.in}}</ref> – Poet and king (13th Century)
* [[Jaipal Reddy]] – politician
* [[Nagam Janardhan Reddy]] – politician
* [[Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy]] – politician
* [[Ravula Ravindranath Reddy]] – politician
* [[Revanth Reddy]] – politician
* [[Singireddy Niranjan Reddy]] – Lawyer and Politician
* [[Suravaram Pratapa Reddy]] – freedom fighter and writer
* [[Venkatarama Reddy]] – kotwal
* [[Goreti Venkanna]] – writer and singer

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Mahabubnagar}}
* [http://mahabubnagarmunicipality.in/ Mahabubnagar Municipality website]
* [https://mahabubnagar.telangana.gov.in/ Mahabubnagar Official Government Website]

{{Telangana}}
{{Mahabubnagar district}}
{{Municipalities of Telangana}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipal corporations in Telangana]]
[[Category:District headquarters of Telangana]]

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