INTRODUCTION TO DISTRICT PROFILE

Raichur is very rich from the epigraphical point of view. It has already yielded hundreds of inscriptions, ranging right from the Mauryan period upto the end of the Muslim period, in a variety of languages like Sanskrit, Prakrit, Kannada, Arabic and Persian and belonging to almost all the dynasties that ruled over the Dekkan. The most important places from this point of view are Maski, Koppal, Kuknur, Mudgal and Raichur.

The District of Raichur was a part of the Hyderabad State till the re-organisation of State on 1st November 1956. The recorded history of the district is traced to as far back as the third century B.C. The fact that three minor rock edicts of Ashoka are found in this district one at Maski in the Lingasugur taluk and the other two near Koppal, prove that this area was included in the dominions of the great Mauryan king Ashoka (273 - 236 B.C.). At that time, this region was under the governance of the Viceroy or Mahamatra of Ashoka. Early in the Christian era, the district appears to have been a part of the kingdom of the Satavahanas. The Vakatakas, who reigned during the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D., seem to have held sway over Raichur for sometime, after which it appears to have been included in the Kadamba dominions. The next dynasty of importance, which ruled over this region, was that of the Chalukyas of Badami. According to an inscription from Aihole, Pulikeshi-II having defeated the Pallavas, occupied this area and made it a province in his empire under the governance of his son Adityavarma. Later the whole of the present Raichur district was included in the dominions of the Rashtrakutas, who rose to power in the eighth century, as could be gathered from the inscriptions of that period found in this district. According to an inscription from Manvi taluk, one Jagattunga, a subordinate ruler under the Rashtrakuta king Krishna-II, was ruling the province of Adedore Eradusavirapranta, i.e., the area constituting the present Raichur district. Nripatunga, a Rashtrakuta king, has described Koppal in his Kannada work, Kavirajamarga, as the great Kopananagara. More …

District at a Glance

Sl.No	Name of the Officers	Designation	Office Ph.No	Email Id
1	R. Venkatesh Kumar, IAS	Deputy Commissioner	08532 - 229011, 229012	dcrevrcr@gmail.com
2	Shri Shaik Tanveer Asif, IAS	Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Raichur	08532 - 228448	ceo_zp_rch@nic.in
3		Asst.Commissioner, Raichur	08532 - 225630	acraichur@gmail.com
4		Asst.Commissioner, Lingsugur	08333-257248
6		Municipal Tahsildar, Raichur	08532 - 227077
6		Election Tahsildar	08532-225953	deo.raichur@gmail.com
7		Tahsildar, Raichur	08532 - 226209	tahsildar.rcr@gmail.com/ toraichur@gmail.com
8		Tahsildar, Deodurga	08531-260028	devadurgaRO@gmail.com/ tsldevadurga@gmail.com
9		Tahsildar, Manvi	08534-220239
10		Tahsildar, Lingsugur	08333-257247
11		Tahsildar, Sindhanur	08535-220021	tahsildarsnd@gmail.com
12		Spl. L.A.Officer, Deodurga	08531-263003
13		Spl. L.A.Officer, Sindhanur	08535-220555