Karimnagar district Elagandula district | |
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 Chikati Gudi, Kothapalli | |
 Interactive map of Karimnagar district | |
| Coordinates (Karimnagar):18°26′13″N79°07′27″E / 18.43694°N 79.124167°E /18.43694; 79.124167 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Telangana |
| Headquarters | Karimnagar |
| Mandalas | 16 |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Smt Pamela Satpathy |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,128 km2 (822 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,005,711 |
| • Density | 472.6/km2 (1,224/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 30.72% |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 69.16% |
| • Sex ratio | 993 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TG–02[1] |
| Website | karimnagar |
Karimnagar district, also known asElagandula district[2], is one of the 33 districts of theIndian state ofTelangana.Karimnagar city is its administrative headquarters.[3] The district shares boundaries withPeddapalli,Jagityal,Sircilla,Siddipet,Jangaon,Hanamkonda district andJayashankar Bhupalapally districts.
Karimnagar was originally calledElagandula.[4] Later Kannada kingdoms such as Western Chalukyas ruled it. It was part of the greatSatavahana Empire. Later, the rulingNizams of Hyderabad changed the name toKarimnagar, derived from the name ofShahenshah E Karimnagar Syed Kareemullah Shah Quadrii nithinvasi.
After the districts re-organisation in October 2016, 3 new districts were carved out from the erstwhile Karimnagar district to form three new districts ofJagtial district,Peddapalli district andRajanna Sircilla district.[5] Few mandals were merged into other newly formed districts of Warangal Urban, Siddipet, Jayashankar Bhupalpally.
The district is spread over an area of 2,128 square kilometres (822 sq mi). Karimnagar is the fifth smallest district in Telangana by area.[5] Karimnagar shares it boundaries withJagtial to its north,Peddapalli district on north-east,Hanamkonda district towards South,Siddipet district on south-west,Rajanna Sircilla to the West andJayashankar Bhupalapally on East.
| Hinduism | 90.08% | |||
| Islam | 8.48% | |||
| Christianity | 0.73% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.71% | |||
As of 2011[update]Census of India, the district has a population of 10,05,711. Karimnagar has a sex ratio of 993 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.16%. 89,079 (8.86%) were under 6 years of age. Total urban population of the district is 3,08,984, (30.72%) of total population. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 186,648 (18.56%) and 12,779 (1.27%) of the population respectively.[7] It has a single municipal corporation (Karimnagar) and four municipalities under the new municipalities act (Huzurabad,Jammikunta,Choppadandi andKothapalli). The population of the Satavahana Urban Development Authority has a population of over 4,80,000 in Karimnagar and its urban agglomeration.
At the time of the 2011 census, 90.44% of the population in residual Karimnagar district spokeTelugu and 7.94%Urdu as their first language.[8]
The district is divided into tworevenue divisions of Karimnagar and Huzurabad. These are sub-divided into sixteenmandals. There are 210 revenue villages and 276 Gram-Panchyats in the district.[5] R.V Karnan is the present collector of the district.[9]
The below table categorizes 16mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[10]
| S.No. | Karimnagar revenue division | Huzurabad revenue division |
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| 1 | Kothapalli | Veenavanka |
| 2 | Karimnagar | V.Saidapur |
| 3 | Karimnagar (rural) | Shankarapatnam |
| 4 | Manakondur | Huzurabad |
| 5 | Timmapur | Jammikunta |
| 6 | Ganneruvaram | Ellanthakunta |
| 7 | Gangadhara | |
| 8 | Ramadugu | |
| 9 | Choppadandi | |
| 10 | Chigurumamidi |
Granite industry of the district include, Tan Brown and Maple Red variety of granite. In Karimnagar district, there are over 600 stone quarries spread over several mandals such as Karimnagar, Manakondur, Mallial, Kesavapatnam etc.[citation needed]
In 2006, theIndian government named undivided Karminagar district as one of the country's 250most impoverished districts (out of640).[11] It is one of the nine earlier integrated districts in Telangana currently receiving funds from theBackward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[11]
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