Crops of Telangana

Telangana state has considered agriculture as its primary goal to improve farmer community
wellness, educate on latest technical farming knowledge, train framers to boost the agricultural
production and productivity. In three major zones namely, Northern Zone, Central Zone and
Southern Zone.Crops that are grown in Telangana are Rice, Maize/ Corn, Red Gram, Green
Gram, Jowar, Sesame, Castor, Cotton, Groundnut, Soyabean , Black Gram to mention a few.

Rice
Telangana is in the rice bowl of South India, and RICE is cultivated in about 44 lakh acres. In the
recent past, climatic changes have greatly influenced the amount rainfall, due to which the area
cultivated with RICE has decreased.Read More..

Maize/Corn:
Maize (Corn) is the second major cultivated crop in the state of Telangana in around 14 lakh
acres producing annually 16 Lakh tonnes. It is used for human food and animal feed; it is also
now widely used in corn starch industry, baby corn production etc.Read More..
Jowar / Sorghum:
Jowar is an important Rabi season crop cultivated in around 1.20 lakh acres of land across the
state. Sorghum or corn popularly knowns as “Jowar” in India. It is used for human consumption,
fodder animal feed, and for the production of starch, adhesive, paper, etc. Read More..

Cotton
In India, it is widely cultivated in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana regions and stands in the
3rd position in cotton production. Cotton is popularly called as “White Gold” and is grown in most
of the parts of Telangana. Each year cotton is cultivated in about 12.5 lakh hectares with a
production of 48 lakh bales. Read More..
Castor
Castor is one of the major oil production crops of Telangana. Approximately 80000-85000
hectares of land is cultivated with castor, the average yield harvested is 633 kilograms of castor
seeds per hectare. The oil extracted from Castor seed is used widely for various purposes. It is
cultivated in Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy, Medak and Karimnagar districts of
Telangana.Read More..

Groundnut
Groundnut is cultivated in 2.0 lakh hectares across Telangana region making it one of the major
crops of the state. It is widely grown in Mahbubnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda and Karimnagar
Districts. Crop rotation is very important in Groundnut farming, this helps to utilize nutrients
efficiently utilization and to reduces soil borne diseases. Read More..
Soyabean
Soya beans is one of the most widely cultivated crops in the world as an Oil seed and a Legumes
crop. Soya beans contains 36% protein, 30% carbohydrates and 20% oil. Annually, soya bean is
cultivated in India in about 110 lakh hectares to produces 147 lakh tonnes. It is mainly grown in
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana and Chhattisgarh.Read
More..

Red Gram
Pigeonpea is popularly called as Red Gram. It is cultivated in 2.75 lakh hectares across
Telangana state. It is the major crop for Mahbubnagar, Adilabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak,
Nalgonda, Warangal and Khammam districts.Read More..
Green Gram
Green Gram is popularly known as “Moong Dal” and is cultivated in approximately 1.5 lakhs
hectares across Telangana. This crop is widely grown in Nalgonda, Medak, Warangal,
Mahbubnagar and Khammam districts across the state. This pulses crop is high source of protein
(~24%).Read More..

Black Gram
Black Gram popularly known as “Urad Dal” is one of the important pulse crops (protein ~25%).
This crop is resistant to adverse climatic conditions and helps to improve the soil fertility by fixing
nitrogen in the soil. It is grown around 55,000 hectares of land across Telangana in Nizamabad,
Medak and Adilabad. Read More..
Sesame
Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops and popularly known as “Gingelly” or “Til”. This crop is
cultivated as Summer, Kharif and semi-Rabi crops in 25,000 – 30,000 acres across the
state. Read More..

MINERAL RESOURCES –
• Telangana is the Only State in entire Southern India with vast
deposits of Coal. The Black Gold is being mined by M/s.Singareni
Collieries Company Ltd, (State Government Company).
• State is endowed with medium grade Iron Ore deposits in Bayyaram
Reserve Forest and Float Iron Ore deposits in Revenue & Patta
Lands of Khammam District and low grade scattered Iron Ore
deposits in Karimnagar District.
• Iron Ore deposits in Telangana State is under exploration by GSI,
DM&G and SCCL to assess mineral reserves for establishment of
Steel Plant as envisaged in State Reorganisation Act, 2014.
• Uranium deposit with estimated reserves of 20000 Metric Tons
occurs in Lambapur, Pulicherla, Nammapuram & Yellapuram areas
of Nalgonda District. M/s.Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL)
filed application over an extent of 542 Hectares for mineral
concession.
• Vast Limestone deposits occur in Nalgonda,Suryapet, Vikarabad,
Peddapalli, Mancherial, Komram Bheem & Adilabad Districts. (53)
mining leases existing with (21) Cement Plants established. Large
 extent of mineral deposits yet to be tapped in Government patta &
forest areas with immense scope for newer cement industries.

POPULATION—
Telangana population in 2021 is estimated to be 39.9 Million (3.99 Crores), According to
Unique Identification Aadhar India, updated 31, May 2020, by mid of year 2020 the projected
population is 39,362,732,

TRADE –
Organic chemicals and pharmaceuticals dominate Telangana’s export basket. The
list of top ten principal commodities exported from the State are: drug
formulations, biologicals, residual chemicals and allied products; bulk drugs and
drug intermediates; organic chemicals; granite, natural stones and product;
electric machinery and equipment; buffalo meat; gold and other precious metal
jewellery and industrial machinery for dairy are the top exported from Telangana.

Languages
About 76% of the population of Telangana speak Telugu, 12% speak Urdu, and 12% speak other
languages. Before 1948, Urdu was the official language of Hyderabad State, and due to a lack of
Telugu-language in educational institutions, Urdu was the language of the educated elite of
Telangana. After 1948, once Hyderabad State joined the new Republic of India, Telugu became
the language of government, and as Telugu was introduced as the medium of instruction in
schools and colleges, the use of Urdu among non-Muslims decreased.

Literature
Poets of Telangana from the early era include Pothana, Kancherla Gopanna or Bhakta
Ramadasu, Malliya Rechana, Gona Budda Reddy, Palkurthi Somanatha, Mallinātha Sūri,
and Hulukki Bhaskara. In the modern era poets include such figures as Padma
Vibhushan Kaloji Narayana Rao, Sahitya Akademi Award recipient Daasarathi
Krishnamacharyulu, and Jnanpith Award recipient C. Narayana Reddy, as well as P. V.
Narasimha Rao, ninth Prime Minister of India. Samala Sadasiva was selected for the
Kendra Sahitya Puraskaram distinction. His book Swaralayalu on the subject
of Hindustani classical music won the award for the year 2011.[8]
Urdu literature has always enjoyed patronage from successive rulers of the Qutb Shahi and Asaf
Jahi era. Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, the fifth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty is regarded as one
of the pioneers of early Urdu poetry.
During the rule of Nizams of Hyderabad, printing was introduced in the area. The 18th century
courtesan and poetess Mah Laqa Bai is also regarded as a pioneer of this time. During the 18th
19th and 20th centuries, many Urdu scholars emigrated to Hyderabad seeking patronage of
the Nizam. This included Fani Badayuni, Josh Malihabadi and Dagh Dehlavi. Other scholars of
repute from Telangana included Makhdoom Mohiuddin and Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri.