Karimnagar district

"See Karimnagar for the City information."

Karimnagar district ( _te. కరీంనగర్ జిల్లాలు) is in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, Southern India. Karimnagar is the district capital.

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 industrial town of Ramagundam (236,000). Towns like Siricilla (derived from Siri Shala, a community of weavers) and Manthani are in Karimnagar district.

Administration

Mr Sandeep sulthaniya is the present collector of Karimnagar.

History

Karimnagar derives its name from Syed Karimullah Shah Saheb Quiladar, and was a centre for Vedic learning.

District demographics

The district had a population of 3,491,822 of which 19.44% were urban as of 2001. [http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm]
* population density: 294 persons/km².
* Literacy: 56 %
** male: 67.86 %
** female: 44.19 %

Mandals

1 Ibrahimpatnam 2 Mallapur 3 Raikal 4 Sarangapur 5 Dharmapuri 6 Velgatoor 7 Ramagundam 8 Kamanpur 9 Manthani 10 Kataram 11 Mahadevpur 12 Malharrao 13 Mahadevpur 14 Muttaram 15 Srirampur 16 Peddapalle 17 Julapalli 18 Dharmaram 19 Gollapalli

20 Jagtial 21 Medipalli 22 Korutla 23 Metpalli 24 Kathalapur 25 Chandurthi 26 Kodimial 27 Gangadhara 28 Mallial 29 Pegadapalli 30 Choppadandi 31 Sulthanabad 32 Odela 33 Jammikunta 34 Veenavanka 35 Manakondur 36 Karimnagar 37 Ramadugu 38 Boinapalli

39 Vemulawada 40 Konaraopeta 41 YellaReddyPet 42 Gambhiraopet 43 Mustabad 44 Sirisilla 45 Ellanthakunta 46 Bejjanki 47 Thimmapur 48 Kesavapatnam 49 Huzurabad 50 Kamalapur 51 Elkathurthi 52 Saidapur 53 Chigurumamidi 54 Koheda 55 Husnabad 56 Bheemadevarpalli 57 Eligedu