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Karimnagar Location

Karimnagar lies to the north east of the capital city of Andhra Pradesh state, Hyderabad. It is situated at a distance of about 154 kilometres from the latter city. Karimanagar proximate with the northern most regions of the state. The place sees as its neighboring regions the districts of Adilaad, Warrangal and Nizamabad.

Intro 
 

Karimanagar is a popular place in Andhra Pradesh and credits are shared by a number of factors. The place is a famous Vedic learning centre and features many sacred places. Karimnagar is provided with great many resources in the form of rich bio-diversity that is quite prevalent here. River Godavari flows through the town and support the vegetation. The region is further provided with many big industrial units.

Attractions
 
Religious sites at Karimnagar are the key tourist and pilgrim attractions. Holy places including Kaleshwaram, Kondgattu, Vemulawada and Dharmapuri are very popular. These places represent some of the ancient worshipping places in the region. The temples erected here ear a great rush of the locals and pilgrims coming from far off places. There is a fort at Elgandal that depicts the grandeur and pompous style of living by the ancient kings. There is a museum called Archeology Museum present in the town that contains some fascinating archives and pieces belonging to some bygone era.

Accessibility
 
Karimnagar can be accessed by train via Warrangal. The trains from Hyderabad goes through the region of Warrangal and then to Karimnagar. There are bus services for Warrangal and from Warrangal one can hit the road to Karimnagar.

History
 
Karimnagar has a unique history just like most of India’s country. Karimnagar got its title from the Syed Karimullah Shah Saheb Quadri and it became one of Nizams capital. Famous Prime Ministers, such as P.V. Narasimha Rao was in this region. 

Etymology

Earlier, Karimnagar called as Yelagandala (Telugu: యెలగండల representing native Telangana people. Later on Nizams changed the name as Karimnagar which derives its name from Syed Karimullah Shah Saheb Quiladar, and was a centre for Vedic learning etc.

Geography

The district covers an area of 11,823 km². It is bounded on the north by Adilabad District, on the northeast by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states, on the south by Warangal District, on the southwest by Medak District, and on the west by Nizamabad District. The largest town in the district is the Karimnagar with 550,000 and
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District demographics

The district had a population of 3,491,822 of which 19.44% were urban as of 2001.[1]
population density: 294 persons/km².
Literacy: 56%
male: 67.86%
female: 44.19%

Administration

Mr. G.D.Aruna, IAS is the collector of the district of Karimnagar.
Mr. N Shivashankar reddy, IPS is the Superintendent of Police of Karimnagar District.

Mandals

Karimnagar district has 57 Mandals (Taluqas or revenue and administrative units)
1) Ibrahimpatnam
2) Mallapur
3) Raikal
4) Sarangapur
5) Dharmapuri
6) Velgatoor
7) Ramagundam
8) Kamanpur
9) Manthani
10) Kataram
11) Mahadevpur
12) Muttaram-Mahadevpur
13) Malhar
14) Muttaram-Manthani
15) Kalva Srirampur
16) Peddapalli
17) Julapalli
18) Dharmaram
19) Gollapally
20) Jagtial
21) Medipalli
22) Korutla
23) Metpally
24) Kathlapur
25) Chandurthi
26) Kodimial
27) Gangadhara
28) Mallial
29) Pegadapalle
30) Choppadandi
31) Sultanabad
32) Odela
33) Jammikunta
34) Veenavanka
35) Manakondur
36) Karimnagar
37) Ramadugu
38) Boinpalli
39) Vemulawada
40) Konaraopeta
41) Yellareddipet
42) Gambhiraopet
43) Mustabad
44) Sirsilla
45) Ellanthakunta
46) Bejjanki
47) Thimmapur
48) Kesavapatnam
49) Huzurabad
50) Kamalapur
51) Elkathurthi
52) Saidapur
53) Chigurumamidi
54) Koheda
55) Husnabad
56) Bheemadevarpalle
57) Eligedu


Prominent People 
 
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Former Prime Minister of India[2]
M. Satyanarayana Rao, Former AICC General Secretary, Former Minister of State, Present APSRTC Chairman.
Late D.Sripada Rao Former Speaker of A.P Legislative assembly
Dr C.Narayana Reddy, Gnana peet awardee.