Kumuram Bheem Asifabad

Kumuram Bheem Asifabad is a district of Telangana.¹ The Telangana government formed it on 11 October 2016, as Komaram Bheem district.¹ Its headquarters is at Asifabad.¹ Its land came from the old Adilabad district.¹

How the district was formed

Notification No. 224 of the Revenue Department formed the district.¹ It took effect the same day.¹ The notification lists 15 mandals (sub-districts).¹ They are in two revenue divisions (groups of mandals): Asifabad and Kagaznagar.¹

The name

A High Court notice in the Telangana Gazette of 23 May 2022 calls it Kumuram Bheem (Asifabad).²

For an overview of district changes, see How the map changed.

Footnotes

1. Government of Telangana, Revenue (DA-CMRF) Department, G.O.Ms. No. 224 (Komaram Bheem), 11 October 2016, final notification: title PDF p. 1, notification PDF p. 2, Schedule-I PDF p. 3 (archive.org↗ (opens in a new tab)). Cite-only; paraphrased. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. High Court for the State of Telangana, notice in the Telangana Gazette, Part II Extraordinary, No. 105, 23 May 2022, p. 1, printed in Reorganization of Judicial Districts in the State of Telangana, PDF p. 4 (tshc.gov.in↗ (opens in a new tab)). Cite-only; paraphrased. ↩