The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal.

[3][4] The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, K. V. Ranga Reddy.

[7][8] Originally named Hyderabad Rural district, it was renamed after Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, a freedom fighter who fought for the independence of Telangana from the Nizams and who went on to become the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

[5] Ranga Reddy District occupies an area of approximately 5,031 square kilometres (1,942 sq mi).

[14] At the time of the 2011 census, 77.47% of the population spoke Telugu, 11.86% Urdu, 4.76% Lambadi and 2.72% Hindi as their first language.

[15] In 2006 the Indian government named Ranga Reddy one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

They are Adibatla, Amangal, Badangpet, Bandlaguda Jagir, Chevella, Ibrahimpatnam, Jalpally, Manikonda, Meerpet, Moinabad, Narsingi, Pedda Amberpet, Shadnagar, Shamshabad, Shankarpally, Thukkuguda, Thurkayamjal.

They are Chevella, Rajendranagar, L. B. Nagar, Shadnagar, Kalwakurthy, Serlingampally, Ibrahimpatnam and Maheshwaram.