Telangana : 29th State, Some facts.

Telangana, India’s 29th state on 2 June 2012, is country’s 12th largest both in area and population. Here follows some facts about the newborn state: Location : Between the two main rivers, Krishna and Godavari Neighbours: Shares boundaries with Andhra Pradesh to the south and east, Maharashtra to the north and northwest, Karnataka to the west and Chhattisgarh and Odisha to the north-east. Size: India’s 12th largest by population with 35.29m population. Area: Again India’s 12th largest with 114,840 sq km. Legislature : Bicameral with 119 seats in Assembly and 40 seats in Council. Assembly Representation : Telegrams Rashtra Samithi 63, Congress 21, Telugu desam 15, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul musalmeen = 7 Bharatiya Janata Party = 5 Others = 8 Lok Sabha Representation : 17 seats First Chief Minister : Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao First Governor : Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshminarasimhan Capital: Hyderabad (It will also be Andhra Pradesh capital for 10 years) Other main Cities : Warangal, Nizamabad and Karimnagar. Religions: Hindus 86 per cent, Muslims 12.4 per cent, Christians 1.2 per cent Language: As main spoken language Telugu 76 per cent, Urdu 12 per cent, others 12 per cent Literacy: Male 75.6 per cent, female 58.77 per cent, overall 67.2 per cent.