Karimnagar
Karimnagar (is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Karimnagar district in the northern Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, a state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Karimnagar District, located on the banks of the Manair river, which is a tributary of the river Godavari. It is the third largest city in the Telangana region, with Hyderabad and Warangal being largest and second-largest, respectively. Karimnagar is located in the heart of Telangana and situated 162 km north of Hyderabad, which the capital of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the major business centers and is also emerging as an education hub with two medical colleges, eight engineering colleges,a veterinary science college,a pharmacy college and two bed colleges. A new university is currently being built. In addition, it is home to the Sree Raja Rajeshwara Govt. Degree College, which fondly called a mini-university of Telangana (the other being Kakatiya University at Warangal).
History
Karimnagar was originally called Kareem Nagar, derives its name from Syed Karimullah Shah Saheb Quadri. It was one of the capitals during the rule of the Nizams, and there are several famous people such as P.V. Narasimha Rao, Former Prime Minister of India, Dr C.Narayana Reddy Renowned Poet,who hail from here. Karimnagar District is home to many tribes such as Gonds, Koyas, and Chenchus all who live in their own settlements and speak their own dialects. The city is known for its hospitality and well behaved, hardworking people as well as its silver filigree work, a very delicate form of metal craft. There are also many famous temples in Karimnagar, like kondagattu, Vemulawada,Dharmapuri etc. karimnagar is the fastest growing city in telengana region,and has lot of potential to become one of the metropoliton cities in near future.
Transportation
Karimnagar is a major road junction in Telangana. It is 162 kilometers from Hyderabad, 70 kilometers from Warangal and 150 kilometers from Nizamabad. APSRTC, the state road transport corporation, has a zonal (consists of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal, Khammam and Karimnagar Dists) headquarters in Karimnagar. Karimnagar has one of the busiest bus stations in India.
Karimnagar is connected by a railway line with Peddapalli (40 kilometers) to the northeast and Jagitial (48 kilometers) to the northwest. The nearest major railway junction is Kazipet Junction which has 147 trains passing through, including super fast trains such as the AP express and Rajadhani express. The railway divisional headquarters are in Warangal.
The nearest airport to Karimnagar is at Basant Nagar, 15 km from Peddapalli and 50 km from Karimnagar, but it is a private airport constructed for the owners of Kesoram Cement, the Birlas. The main source of air transportation is the international airport in Hyderabad.
Education
Karimnagar is a major and important education centre after Warangal in North Telangana. Karimnagar has the following colleges & Universities.
University PG College (formerly know as Shatavahana PG College)
JNTU Karimnagar
Jyothishmathi Institute of Technology and Science(JITS)
Vivekananda college of engineering and technology
VITS-SET(Btech,MBA,MCA)
SRR Degree College
Kashmeergadda Women's College
Vivekananda Educational societies
Sri Chaitanya
KIMS Colleges
Vaageswari institute of engineering technology
Vivekananda institute of engineering & technology
MANAIR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
SRM Colleges
Apoorva degree college
Intermediate colleges
Trinity Jr.College
Masters Jr.College
SRM Jr.College
Alphors Jr.College
Famous School
Gowtham Model School
Vindhya Valley School
Hospitals
Karimnagar has evolved into a major health centre in the last two decades being centrally located to all the talukas like Sircilla, Jagityal, Ramagundam, Manthini, Jammikunta the patients come from all over, the district hospital played a pivotal role in treating the patients.
The major hospitals in the karimnagar are:
1. Government Hospital
2. Rekurthi Eye Hospital
3. Chalmeda Anand Rao Hospital
4. Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences
5. Bhoom Reddy Hospital
6. Ram Reddy Hospital
7. Jagannadh Reddy Hospital
8. Madekar Hospital
9. L. Ram Reddy Hospital
10. Laxman Hospital
10a. Apollo Reach Hospital
11. Sathya Sagar Hospital
12. Kutija Khatoon Hospital
13. Vamshi Krishna Nursing Home
14. Bhasker Hospital
15. Naveen kumar Hospital
16. Sujatha Nursing home
17. Roopshankar Hospital
18. Mohan reddy Hospital
19. Apollo Hospital
20. Jaganmohan Rao Hospital
21. Mohan Rao Hospital
22.Madhu clinic (Dr.P.Madhusudhan rao
Entertainment (movie theatres)
Rose Theatre
Nataraj Theatre
Bharath Theatre
Shiva 70MM
Srinivasa 70MM
Mamatha 70MM
Venkatasai 70MM
Sai Krishna 70MM
Sri Tirumala 70MM
Raja Deluxe 70MM
Thirumadaz Talkies
Venkateshwara Theatre
Restaurants
* My Village
* Abhishek
* Peacock
* Geetha Bhavan
* Srinivasa
* Blue Bird
* Kalpana
* My Choice
* Sai Bar and Restaurant
* Mehaphil Bar and Restaurant
Mandals in Karimnagar District
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) Malharrao
14) Muttaram-Manthani
15) Kalva Srirampur
16) Peddapalli
17) Julapalli
18) Dharmaram
19) Gollapally
20) Jagtial
21) Medipalli
22) Korutla
23) Metpally
24) Kathalapur
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) Boinpalle
39) Vemulawada
40) Konaraopeta
41) Yella Reddi
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
Places of interest
Vemulavada
Kaleshwaram
Dharmapuri
Kondagattu
Manthani
Dhulikatta
Elgandal Fort
Ramagiri Fort(BegumPet)
Lower Manair Dam
Kaman Karimnagar
Clock Tower Karimnagar
District Court Karimnagar
Governament Hospital Karimnagar
Ujwala Park Karimnagar
Rajeev Deer Park Karimnagar
NTPC Ramagundam
Singareni Colleries Godavarikhani
Kesoram Cement Factory Basant Nagar
Jagtial Fort (Jagtial Khila)
