Demography and Language
According to the Backward Regions Grant Fund 2009–10, 13 backward districts are located in Andhra Pradesh; 9 (Except Hyderabad) are from Telangana region and the rest are from other regions.
Telangana has 86% Hindu, 12.4% Muslim, and 1.2% Christian population. Hyderabad city(district) has 55.4% Hindu, 41.2% Muslim, 2.4% Christian population. Other districts in Telangana region (outside of Hyderabad district) have 8.4% of the Muslim population.
About 83% of Telangana people speak Telugu.Rest of them speak Hyderabadi Urdu. After the formation of Andhra Pradesh,the usage of Urdu in Hyderabad has come down, with the influx of people from Coastal and Rayalaseema parts of the state, who are predominantly Telugu speaking.
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