| Voice of Karimnagar
: Melleshem Shrimalla
Karimnagar
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 11823.0 Km2
Population in Karimnagar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 3811738
Male : 1897068
Female : 1914670
Under 6 Population
Total : 322897
Male : 166698
Female :156199
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 60650
In seeing : 29591
In speech : 5887
In hearing : 2889
In movement : 15255
Mental : 7028
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 297
Sex Ratio Rank : 505
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 101 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 457(Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Karimnagar District
Karimnagar District forms the part of theTelangana(Northern)
a region which finds mention in Hewitts's references in his "Ruling
Races of Pre-histric Times",giving an indication that this
part of South India was by no means unimportant in the ancient world.
The District derived its name 'Karimnagar' by Qiladar late Nizam
,Syed Karim Uddin.
The district lies on the northern part ofAndhra
Pradesh approximately between the latitudes 18 deg and 19 deg and
longitudes 78 deg. 30 mn and 80 deg 31 min. The district is bounded
on the north by Adilabad district,on the west by Medak District,on
the North West by Nizamabad on the South by Warangal District and
on the East by Godavari River.
Karimnagar District forms the part of theTelangana(Northern)
a region which finds mention in Hewitts's references in his "Ruling
Races of Pre-histric Times",giving an indication that this
part of South India was by no means unimportant in the ancient world.The
District derived its name 'Karimnagar' by Qiladar late Nizam ,Syed
Karim Uddin.
The district lies on the northern part ofAndhra
Pradesh approximately between the latitudes 18 deg and 19 deg and
longitudes 78 deg. 30 mn and 80 deg 31 min. The district is bounded
on the north by Adilabad district,on the west by Medak District,on
the North West by Nizamabad on the South by Warangal District and
on the East by Godavari River.
Forest
The forest in the district are grouped into two divisions viz. Karimnagar
East Division and Karimnagar West Division. The east division consists
of four ranges viz. Azamnagar, Bupalle, chintakani and mahadevpur
while the west forest conatins five ranges viz Jagitial, Raikal,
Koidmial,Manthani and Sircilla. The forest of this district fall
under Tropical dry deciduous and Tropical thorn forest types consisting
of mixed teak and miscellaneous type of corporation
Irrigation Project : Sreeeram Sagar Project
Medium Irrigation Projects : Shanigaram, Boggulavagu,
Kalvala Project
Tanks : 5,830
No.of holding :
No. of Marginal holding : 3,40,023
No. of Small holding : 1,10,971
No. of Medium holding : 80,147
No. of Large holding : 2,444
Area: Gross cropped
Area : 5,72,714 Hectors
Net cropped Area : 4,15,429 "
Gross irrigated Area : 4,19,920 "
Net irrigated Area : 2,92,454 "
Adminstrative Set Up:
On reorganization during 1986 the 14 revenue talks have
been divided into 56 Mandals.Recently Elagiad Mandal is
carved out taking some villages of sultanabad and some
villages of Julapally mandal making total number of
mandals to 57.
Revenue Divisions :-
There were 5 revenue divisions namely
Karimnagar
Jagtial
Peddapalli
Manthani
Siricilla
Tourism
VEMULAWADA
Vemulawada is situated at about 11 kms to the NorthEast
of Sirsilla and 36kms from the Karimnagar on the Karimnagar, KamaReddy
bus route. Buses ply regularly from Karimnagar, KamaReddy and Hyderabad.
This place owes its importance ti the sacred and famous temple of
Sri Rajarajeswara, an incarnation of Lord Siva. There is a Koneru
known as Dharmagundam, the waters of which have some curative properties
thousands of piligrims from all parts of the state congrgate here
especially during Mahasivaratri and Kalyanotsavam of the deity.
The income of the temple is said to exceed 3 to 4 lakhs of rupees
every year. A great part of it is derived during the course of these
festivals. The other shrines of importance are that of Anantha Padmanabha
Swamy, Bhimeshwara Swamy, Kodanda Ramaswamy, Kasi Visweswara and
Rajaswari. Apart from these there is a tomb of Muslim saint.
How far : 150 km from Hyderabad
What to see : Sri Rajarajeswara Swamy temple and
the Mosque inside the premises Vemulawada, located 150 km from Hyderabad
is known for Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple. It is one of the
very few temples devoted to Lord Siva. Popularly known as Dakshana
Kashi (Benaras of South India) the temple attracts lakhs of devotees
from all over the country. The Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple
is a fine example of communal harmony where both Hindus and Muslims
offer obeisance to Lord Siva and Allah. The temple at Vemulawada
is next only to Tirupati in terms of its revenues. The temple contributes
Rs. 8 lakhs anually to the gram Panchayat for developmental activities
in the pilgrim town. Special arrangements are made for the pilgrims
during the festival. Several cultural and social activities are
also organised by the authorities. Free boarding and lodging is
provided to the students. Besides, the temple also offers donations
for other small temples. On the Sivaratri day, a record three to
four lakh pilgrims through the sacred temple at Vemulawada. Special
poojas and darshans are held to mark the festivity. Mahalingarchana
is performed by about hundred archakas. At midnight Ekadasa Rudrabhishekham
is performed to the deity. The temple is brightly illuminated in
the night, presenting an aesthetic look.
LEGEND:
The puranic version has it that Lord Siva after
having stayed at Kashi, Chidambaram, Srisailam and Kedareswaram
chose to reside at Vemulawada. History records that Vemulawada was
ruled by successive dynasties - the Ikshwakus, the Satavahanas and
later by the Chalukyas who made it their state capital. The presiding
deity is Sri Raja Rajeswara Swamy, also called Rajanna. To the right
of the presiding deity is the idol of Sri Raja Rajeswari Devi and
to the left is the idol of Sri Laxmi Sahitha Siddi Vinayaka. In
the temple premises there is a holy tank called the Dharma Gundam.
Three mandapas were constructed on it and the statue of Lord Eshwara
resides in the middle. The Lord is seen in a meditation posture
with five lingas surrounding the holy tank. The lighting of the
holy lamp or Ganda Deepam is also considered auspicious by the devotees
visiting the shrine. Although devotees make offerings to the presiding
diety in different ways, the most important one is Kode Mokku (offering
of bull to God). The devotees who bring the bull take them round
the temple and tie it somewhere in the temple complex. The significance
of this ritual is that devotees will be cleansed of their sins and
they can beget children. This temple attracts followers of both
Vaishnavism (worshippers of Vishnu), and Saivism (worshippers of
Siva), and is also being frequented by Jains and Buddists. The sculptures
on the temples also depict the cultures of Jainism and Buddhism.
A unique feature of the temple at Vemulawada is that it also houses
a 400 year old mosque inside its premises. It is believed that the
mosque was built as a tribute to a muslim devot
DHARMAPURI
Dharmapuri is situated at a distance of about 48kms. from Jagityal
town and 51 Kms. from Peddapalle railway station on the Kazipet_Balharsha
Section of the south Central Railway. Dharmapuri attained religious
importance owing to the existence of the shrine dedicated to Narasimhaswamy,
an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Siva With Dakshinamurthy, Vinayaka
and Sapitha Mathrukas carved on a single slab of stone and Mahishasuramardhani,
the sixty pillared temple, Mahalakshmi temple and Akkapalle Rajanna
temple are the other temples of importance that heighten the sancity
of the places of tourist interest in the State and the kalyanotsavam
of Lakshminarasimhaswamy celebrated during February-March attracts
nearly a lakh of piligrims.
KALESWARAM
(Mahadevpur Mandal)
This village lies in thick forest surroundings, at a distance of
16kms from Mahadevapuram and 32kms from Manthani at a picturesque
spot where the river Godavari receives into its stream another small
river called the Pranahitha. The place is considered to be sacred
not only on account of it being a confluence but also due to the
existence of many ancient temples. Among these temples, the one
dedicated to "Mukteswara Swamy"is the mostimportant. special
signi ficance attatched to these shrine owing to the eistence of
two Sivalingams on one Panivattam. The Sivalingam in this place
is considered to be one of the three Jyothirlingams of Lord Siva
which constitued the three corners of the Andhra Desha, the other
two being at Srisailam in Kurnool and in Draksharama in East Godavari
districts. There is also a temple dedicated to Brahma here, a rather
uncommon feature. Mahasivarathri festival cele brated here for two
days during 'Magha' attracts a very large number of devotees.
KOTHAKONDA
(Bheemadevarpalle Mandal)
This village is situated at a distance of 35kms from Huzurabad.
As it surrounded on all sides by hills,the only means of convayance
to the village is by bullock-cart.On a hillrock at the place,there
are ruins of big fort with huge gateways bearing beatiful architecture
resembling that of the Kakatiyas. There are five ponds on the top
of the spacious hill.Of these, two are reported to contain water
even under severe drought conditions.The temple of Veerabadraswamy
at the foot of the Kalyanotsavam celebrated in honour of the deity
for 10 days from Pushya Bahula Panchami attaccts about 50,000 pilgrims.
ELGANDAL FORT
(Karimnagar Mandal)
It is situated on the banks of the Manair river amidst palm groves
at a distance of 10kms from Karimnagar on the KamaReddy road. This
place is historically important because 5 important dynamic sites
ruled over this place. The antiquities of the place worth mentioning
are 1.A fort on a hill.2.Brindavan tank on the outside of the eastern
gateway of the fort by Zafar-ud-Doula in 1754 A.D. with minarets
that oscillate when shaken and toms of the Muslim saints like syed
Shah Munawar Quadri saheb, Doola Shah saheb, syed Maroof Saheb,
Shah Talib Bismilla Saheb and Vali Hyder saheb. On the 11th and
12th days of Moharram, and annual Urs of these saint's is celebrated
by the Muslims and Hindus alike with great reverence and people
from far off places participate in it. Besides, there are temples
of Nelakantha Swamy and Narasimha Swamy.
UJJWALA PARK
Ujjwala Park is one among the tourist places in Karimnagar. This
was inagurated in the year 2001 by . Ujjawal Park has an excellent
atmosphere. George Fernandes has visited the Ujjawala Park and has
given the mesails of the war ---
LOWER MANAIR DAM
Lower Manair Dam Situated at Karimnagar District .LowerManairDam
Works will started in1974 and ending of manair dam in 1985. In Manair
Dam area at katiya Canal 146.00 km to 234 km. And Distributaries
D 84 to D 94. And D.B.M 1 to D.B.M 29. Lower Manair Dam Water will
goes up to 2,62,326 ac’s .
INDUSTRIES
There are 228 small scale industries in the district.
The bulk of the industries is based on agriculture, engineering,
forest and mineral sectors and animal husbandry employing more than
3000 people. These units are mostly consisting of rice mills, saw,
oil, dhall and other grain mills, seed and other processing mills.
Some important small sector industries are of general jobbing and
engineering, like sizing of Yaukhadhl, manufacture of paper and
tiles, stone dressing and crushing, cement concrete pipes, repairing
of motor vehicles etc. The major industries in the district are
based on production of chemicals like urea and ammonia for manufacturing
urea liquid, nitrogen, argon gas, liquid argon anf liquid oxygen.
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