Vikarabad
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| State : | Telangana | ||
| District : | Vikarabad | ||
| Location : | 17 ° 20 ′ N , 77 ° 54 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 53,143 (2011) | ||
Vikarabad is a city in the Indian state of Telangana .
The city is the capital of the Vikarabad district . Vikarabad has the status of a municipality . The city is divided into 6 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census it had 53,143 inhabitants, of which 26,467 were men and 26,676 women . The literacy rate in 2011 was 78.9%, below the national average for cities. Hindus make up the majority of the city's population with a share of around 74%. Muslims form a minority with a share of around 23%.
Vikarabad is located in the Vikarabad - Parli section of the Secunderabad Railway Division of the South Central Railway Zone.