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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Mahbubnagar
| native_name        = Palamuru
| other_name         = Rukmammapeta
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Mahabubnagar IT Tower.jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Mahabubnagar IT Tower
| nickname           = 
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = 
| pushpin_map        = India Telangana#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Mahbubnagar (Telangana)
| coordinates        = {{coord|16.748800|N|78.003500|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[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 -->
| established_date   = 
| founder            = 
| named_for          = Mahboob Ali Khan
| government_type    = 
| governing_body     = Mahbubnagar Municipal Corporation
| leader_title1      = Mayor
| leader_name1       = A.Anand Goud (2024-2025) (INC)
Koramoni Narsimulu (2020-2024) (BRS)
| leader_title2      = MLA
| leader_name2       = [[Yennam Srinivas Reddy]] (INC)
| leader_title3      = MP
| leader_name3       = [[D. K. Aruna]] (BJP)
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipity|url=http://mahabubnagarmunicipality.telangana.gov.in/pages/basic-information|website=Official Site of Mahabubnagar Municipality}}</ref>
| area_rank          = 
| area_total_km2     = 98.64
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 519
| population_total   = 222,573
| population_metro   = Urban Agglomeration 3,00,000
| population_as_of   = 2011
| population_rank    = 7th (2011)
| population_density_km2 = 4803
| population_demonym = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipity|url=http://mahabubnagarmunicipality.telangana.gov.in/pages/basic-information|website=Official Site of Mahabubnagar Municipality}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Urdu language|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 = '''TG-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>/AP-22(Old)
| blank1_name_sec1   = Planning Agency
| blank1_info_sec1   = Mahbubnagar Urban Development Authority (MUDA)
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1   = [[Mahbubnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahbub Nagar]]
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Palamoor''', also informally called as <ref>{{Cite web |title=About Mahbubnagar District {{!}} Mahbubnagar District, Telangana {{!}} India |url=https://mahbubnagar.telangana.gov.in/about-district-2-2/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> '''Rukmammapeta''', Mahbubnagar a city<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011 |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027022540/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2011 }}</ref> in [[Mahbubnagar District|Palamoor District]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]]. It is called the land of milk because the region was historically known for milk production. 

On 4 December 1890, the name was changed to Mahbubnagar in honour of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. 

It is the headquarters of Palamoor mandal in Palamoor revenue division.<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook – Mahbubnagar |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2807_PART_B_DCHB_MAHBUBNAGAR.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 7th most populous in the state.<ref name="info">{{cite web |title=Mahbubnagar Municipality |url=http://www.cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHBUBNAGAR/ |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/MAHBUBNAGAR/ |archive-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
Mahbubnagar was formerly known as '''Palamoor''', meaning "land of milk" due to its milk production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahabubnagar.nic.in/|title=Mahabubnagar-NIC|work=mahabubnagar.nic.in}}</ref> The name was changed to Mahabubnagar on 4 December 1890, in honour of [[Mahboob Ali Khan|Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI]], the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (1869–1911 AD).

== History ==
Mahbubnagar was under ''Janapada'' rule by 6th century BCE, and later under Maurya territory. The region was at the core of the [[Satavahana dynasty]] from 221 B.C.E. to 218 C.E., and also a large part of the [[Chalukya dynasty]] from the 7th to the 11th century CE, also part of the [[Kakatiya dynasty]] from 11th to the 14th century CE, The region was later part of the Kingdom of Golkonda (c. &nbsp;– 1512), with its capital city [[Golkonda]] located near Hyderabad.

In 1518, the region came under control of the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]], which reigned until 1687. The region was then a part of [[Hyderabad State]], ruled by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Asaf Jahi Dynasty]], from 1724 to 1948.

== Geography ==
Mahbubnagar 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&nbsp;metres (1633&nbsp;feet). The city of Mahbubnagar is located at a distance of 98&nbsp;km from [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], 130&nbsp;km from [[Kurnool]] and 151&nbsp;km from [[Gulbarga]].{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

== Demographics ==
{{Historical Populations
|source = <ref>{{Cite web | title=Census tables {{!}} Government of India | url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509161148/https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables | access-date=2025-06-25 | archive-date=2022-05-09}}</ref>
|1931|13300
|1941 |16462
|1951|23827
|1961|35588
|1971|51756
|1981 |87503
|1991|116833
|2001|139662
|2011|222573
}}
In 2011, Mahbubnagar had a population of 222,573<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 municipal corporation'' 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 and got upgraded to Municipal Corporation in 2025.<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=17 June 2015}}</ref> Mahbub Nagar urban agglomeration consists of Mahbub Nagar Municipal Corporation, [[census towns]] of Boyapalle, Yenugonda and the [[out growth]]s of Mahbub Nagar (rural) (full), Yedira (part) village.<ref name=census />

==Economy==
Mahabubnagar has an [[Information technology|IT]] Tower, inaugurated in 2023, as part of [[K. T. Rama Rao|KTR's]] mantra of ‘3-D’ (Digitise, Decarbonise and Decentralise).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-12-17 |title=Telangana setting up IT hubs in five more tier-II towns |url=https://www.siasat.com/telangana-building-it-hubs-in-five-more-tier-ii-towns-2482161/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-06 |title=Telangana: IT Tower inaugurated in Mahabubnagar |url=https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-it-tower-inaugurated-in-mahabubnagar |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Telangana Today |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Corning Inc.|Corning]] is establishing a manufacturing location in the town.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2023/06/corning-and-sgd-pharma-announce-joint-venture-to-open-new-glass-tubing-facility-and-expand-access-to-corning-velocity-vial-technology-in-india.html | title=Corning and SGD Pharma announce joint venture to open new glass tubing facility and expand access to Corning® Velocity® Vial technology in India }}</ref>

==Education==
Mahbubnagar has a variety of educational institutions and a university named [[Palamuru University]] which gives affiliation to all colleges in the city and the united district of Mahbubnagar that includes the colleges of districts like Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet and Gadwal. 
*[[Government Medical College, Mahbubnagar]]
*[[Palamuru University]], Mahabubnagar
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*[[Jayaprakaash Narayana College of Engineering, Mahbubnagar]]
*[[Sree Nagojirao Institute Technology and Science for Women, Mahbubnagar]]
*[[Sree Vishveswara Institute of Technology and Science, Mahbubnagar]]
*[[SVS Medical College, Mahbubnagar]]
*[[SVS Dental College, Mahbubnagar]]

== Transport ==
[[File:Mahabubnagar Railway Station.JPG|thumbnail|Mahabubnagar railway station]]
The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road, railway and airway. [[National Highway (India)|National]] and [[state highways]] that pass through the city are [[NH 44]], [[National Highway 167N (India)|NH 167N]] and [[National Highway 167 (India)|NH 167]], 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>

===Air===
[[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport]] is only 86 &nbsp;km from the city.

===Railway===
The city has 4 railway stations in serving with the presence of [[Mahbubnagar railway station|MahbubNagar Main Station]], Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations.

== Notable people ==
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* [[Jaipal Reddy]] – Outstanding Parliamentarian, Former leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
* [[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] – First elected Chief Minister of Hyderabad State
* [[Pramod Mahajan]] – Former Union Minister
* [[Revanth Reddy]] –  [[Chief Minister of Telangana|2nd Chief Minister of Telangana]]
* [[Mallikarjun Goud]] – Former Union Minister
* [[D. K. Aruna]] – BJP National Vice President, Member of Parliament of Mahabubnagar Look Sabha
* [[Venkatarama Reddy]] – kotwal
* [[J. Rameshwar Rao]] – Former MP, Diplomat, Orient Longman Publishers founder
* [[Chitlem Narsi Reddy]] – Former Deputy Speaker of AP Assembly
* [[Jupally Krishna Rao]] –  Minister
* [[A. P. Jithender Reddy]] – Former MP, businessman
* [[C. Laxma Reddy]] – Former Minister
* [[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)
* [[Nagam Janardhan Reddy]] – Former Minister
* [[Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy]] – politician
* [[Ravula Ravindranath Reddy]] – politician
* [[Singireddy Niranjan Reddy]] – Lawyer and politician
* [[Suravaram Pratapa Reddy]] – freedom fighter and writer
* [[Goreti Venkanna]] – writer and singer
* [[Tejaswini Manogna]] – Miss Earth India 2019
* [[Manda Jagannath]] – Former MP
* [[Kapilavai Lingamurthy]] – Poet and writer
* [[Raghavendar Askani]]  – activist, social entrepreneur

=== Climate ===
{{Weather box
| location = Mahbubnagar (1991–2020, extremes 1952–2020)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 36.8
| Feb record high C = 40.3
| Mar record high C = 42.3
| Apr record high C = 45.3
| May record high C = 45.3
| Jun record high C = 44.8
| Jul record high C = 38.3
| Aug record high C = 37.5
| Sep record high C = 37.2
| Oct record high C = 37.6
| Nov record high C = 37.2
| Dec record high C = 36.3
| year record high C = 45.3
| Jan high C = 31.4
| Feb high C = 34.1
| Mar high C = 37.4
| Apr high C = 39.4
| May high C = 40.1
| Jun high C = 34.7
| Jul high C = 31.6
| Aug high C = 30.4
| Sep high C = 31.2
| Oct high C = 31.7
| Nov high C = 31.6
| Dec high C = 30.7
| year high C = 33.7
| Jan low C = 17.2
| Feb low C = 19.4
| Mar low C = 22.8
| Apr low C = 25.7
| May low C = 27.3
| Jun low C = 24.8
| Jul low C = 23.7
| Aug low C = 23.0
| Sep low C = 22.9
| Oct low C = 21.6
| Nov low C = 19.4
| Dec low C = 17.0
| year low C = 22.0
| Jan record low C = 10.1
| Feb record low C = 11.6
| Mar record low C = 15.4
| Apr record low C = 16.6
| May record low C = 19.1
| Jun record low C = 20.1
| 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 = 10.5
| year record low C = 10.1
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 3.1
| Feb rain mm = 6.3
| Mar rain mm = 3.9
| Apr rain mm = 26.4
| May rain mm = 41.5
| Jun rain mm = 105.8
| Jul rain mm = 148.7
| Aug rain mm = 182.8
| Sep rain mm = 146.0
| Oct rain mm = 97.2
| Nov rain mm = 11.2
| Dec rain mm = 1.8
| year rain mm = 774.6
| Jan rain days = 0.2
| Feb rain days = 0.3
| Mar rain days = 0.6
| Apr rain days = 1.8
| May rain days = 2.6
| Jun rain days = 7.5
| Jul rain days = 10.8
| Aug rain days = 11.5
| Sep rain days = 8.8
| Oct rain days = 5.2
| Nov rain days = 0.8
| Dec rain days = 0.2
| year rain days = 50.3
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 39
| Feb humidity = 32
| Mar humidity = 29
| Apr humidity = 33
| May humidity = 36
| Jun humidity = 54
| Jul humidity = 67
| Aug humidity = 72
| Sep humidity = 71
| Oct humidity = 65
| Nov humidity = 52
| Dec humidity = 43
| year humidity = 49
| source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020
| publisher = [[India Meteorological Department]]
| access-date = April 8, 2024
}}</ref><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>
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [https://mahabubnagar.telangana.gov.in/ Mahabubnagar Official Government Website]

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