Warangal
Warangal is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The administrative city is Warangal.
Warangal District has an area of 12,846 km², and a population of 3,246,004 of which 19.20% was urban as of 2001. [1] The district is bounded by Karimnagar District to the north, Khammam District to the east and southeast, Nalgonda District to the southwest, and Medak District to the west. Warangal is well known for its granite quarries (notably the black and brown varieties) and as a market for rice, chilies, cotton, and tobacco.
The Warangal district headquarter is Warangal city. This city is also called as tri-city, as it includes Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet cities. It is the biggest city in Telangana after Hyderabad (state capital).
The district hosts the Samakka-Sarakka Jatara congregation. Every two years, approximately ten million people converge over three days around the small village of Tadvai, 90 km from Warangal city. This fair commemorates the valiant fight put up by a mother-daughter combination with the reigning rulers over an unjust law.
Warangal has been recently in the news because of the Separate Telangana issue. It has been a major centre for the movement and its rebirth.
Kaloji Narayana Rao is a freedom fighter and a well known writer from Telangana.
Transportation
Road Transport
National Highway 202 (India) between Hyderabad - Bhopalpatnam (Chhattisgarh) runs through the district. Warangal city is surrounded with small towns like Bhoopalpally (Indrasena Reddy and Mamatha), Parkal(its a mandal with all the amenities like Govt.Hospital,Lot of schools,5 cinema theatres,35 kilometres from warangal), Narsampet, Torrur and Jangaon each 30-50 kilometers distant.
Warangal is about 140 km distant by road from Hyderabad (capital of Andhra Pradesh).
Rail transport
The city has a major railway junction called Kazipet.
Airport
Hyderabad International Airport is about 3 ½ hours by road from Warangal city. This district has a small airport, Mamnoor, which could accommodate small aircraft like the ATR 42.
Education at Warangal District
Educational institutions
Some of the major educational institutions in this district are:
1. SVS College of Engineering, Bheemaram
2. SVS College of Pharmacy, Bheemaram
3. Jayamukhi Institute Of Technological Sciences( Official Website )
4. Kakatiya University( Official Website )
5. National Institute of Technology, Warangal (formerly REC Warangal — An engineering education institute)
6. Kakatiya Medical College – A medical education institute which has a 1000 bed general hospital attached to it.
7. Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science engineering college established in 1980.
8. Christu Jyoti Institute of Technology and Science Engineering College,Yeshwanthapur, Jangaon, Warangal.
9. Balaji Institute of Technology and Science Engineering College,maheswaram,Narsampet,Warangal.
10. Ramappa engineering college in shyampet,hanamkonda,warangal.(ramappaengg@yahoo.com)
11. Vaagdevi engineering college
12. St. Peters Pharmacy college
There are several engineering colleges situated around the city, producing thousands of engineering students every year.
Schools
1. Markaji High school
2. Loyola Public school
3. St. Thomas Grammar High School
4. St. Peters High School
5. St. Pauls high School
Theatres
Warangal
* Ram Lakshman(Adlabs)
* Gemini(Adlabs)
* Gemini Mayuri(Adlabs)
* Devi
* Kakatiya 35MM
* Kakatiya 70MM
* Ramakrishna
* Sitarama
* Sunil
* Radhika
* Susheel
* Venkatrama
* Natraj
Hanamkonda
* Amrutha
* Ashoka
* Sridevi
* Vijaya
Kazipet
* MBT
Business and Industry
T/Software
4BrainZ Software Solutions Its first kind of Software development, Web design, development, domain registration and hosting company In Warangal district.
1. 4Brainz Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
2. Arkay Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
IT/ITES Hardware
In 2001 Software Technology Parks of India started its branch in NIT Warangal premises to issue single window facilities, fast track permissions to IT, ITES companies & hardware parks so that IT/ITES parks can be established easily. Some software companies like IBSS Software Solutions and LINUS InfoTech are planning to start their companies in Warangal because of the low living cost, low pollution and good infrastructure facilities.[citation needed]
IT SEZ is also being set-up by APIIC and K Raheja Group in Madikonda/Rampur area on the outskirts of Kazipet Town
Textiles
This district is famous for producing cotton. Cotton ginning is done here and supplied to places like Mumbai and Coimbatore.
* Nadikattu Cotton Industries - Warangal -India
Food processing
The district is home to the Regional Research Center of the Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University. This district is famous for red chilly exports. Most of the chilly exports go to Nagpur, Mumbai and Pune. Watermelon, Musk melon and Gherkins are grown in the district. Nekkonda, Dornakal, Torrur and Mahabubabad are known for Mango gardens. Vegetables are supplied to Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Vijayawada, Bangalore, Nagpur and Hyderabad .
Mandals at Warangal District
1. Cheriyal
2. Maddur(Warangal Dist.)
3. Narmetta
4. Bachannapet
5. Jangaon
6. Lingala Ghanpur
7. RaghunathaPalli
8. Ghanpur (Station)
9. Dharmasagar
10. Hasanparthy
11. Hanamkonda
12. Wardhannapet
13. Zaffergadh
14. Palakurthi
15. Devaruppula
16. Kodakandla
17. Raiparthy
18. Thorrur
19. Nellikudur
20. Narsimhulapet
21. Maripeda
22. Dornakal
23. Kuravi
24. Mahabubabad
25. Kesamudram
26. Nekkonda
27. Gudur
28. Kothagudem
29. Khanapur
30. Narsampet
31. Chennaraopet
32. Parvathagiri
33. Sangam
34. Nallabelly
35. Duggondi
36. Geesugonda
37. Atmakur
38. Shayampet
39. Parkal
40. Regonda
41. Mogullapalle
42. Chityal
43. Bhupalpalle
44. Ghanapur
45. Mulug
46. Venkatapur
47. Govindaraopet
48. Tadvai
49. Eturnagaram
50. Mangapet
51. Warangal
