Karimnagar

DISTRICT PROFILE

Total Geographical Area       :  11,823 Sq.Kms

Total Population              :  34,91,822

       Male                    :  17,47,968

       Female                  :  17,43,854     

       SC Population           :   6,50,246

       ST Population           :     90,636

Irrigation Project            :  Sreeeram Sagar Project

Medium Irrigation Projects    :  Shanigaram, Boggulavagu, 

                                   Kalvala Project

Ø                          Irrigation Projects Under 

                    Progress  :   Sripada Sagar Project, Flood Flow Canal

Tanks                         :   5,353

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

Agriculture Area:

Gross cropped Area             :      6,94,000 Hectors

Net cropped Area              :       4,98,000   "

Gross irrigated Area          :       4,84,000   "

Net irrigated Area             :      3,17,000   "

Revenue Divisions       :     5

1.Karimnagar 

2.Jagtial 

3.Peddapalli 

4.Sirsilla  

5.Manthani

Mandals                        :       57

Muncipalities                  :        6

No. of Habitations             :    2,201

Source: Hand Book of Statistics – Karimnagar –  2005-06

zAdminstrative 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

POLITICAL SCENARIO :

        No. of  M.P Constituentices             - 2

        No. of Assembly constituencies         - 13

MINISTERS:

       1.  Sri.D.Sridhar Babu,MLA  ,Minister for Civil Supplies

Member of Parliament :

S.No.	P.C code	Constituency Name	Name of the Minister	Cell No.
1.	3	Karimnagar	Sri.Ponnam Prabhakar Goud(INC)	9490610999
2.	2	Peddapalli(S.C)	Dr..G.Vivekanand(INC)	9490700870

Members of Legislative Assembly:

S.No.	A.C code	Assembly Constituency Name	Name of theMember	Cell No
1.	20	Korutla	Sri.K.Vidyasagar Rao(TRS)	9440071179
2.	21	Jagtial	Sri.L.Ramana (TDP)	9848046723
3.	22	Dharmapuri(SC)	Sri.Koppula Eswar(TRS)	9949588444
4.	23	Ramagundam	Sri. S.Satyanarayana(IND)	9849256672
5.	24	Manthani	Sri.D.Sridhar Babu(INC)	9949044559 9440825555
6.	25	Peddapalli	Sri.Ch.Vijayaramana Rao(TDP)	9349064767 9989989977
7.	26	Karimnagar	Sri.G.Kamalakar(TDP)	9866194229
8	27	Choppadandi(SC)	Sri.Suddala Devaiah(TDP)	9440087799
9.	28	Vemulawada	Sri.Ch. Ramesh(TDP)	9440469763
10.	29	Sircilla	Sri.K.T.Rama Rao(TRS)	9490866666
11.	30	Manakondur(SC)	Sri Arepalli Mohan(INC)	9885579193
12.	31	Huzurabad	Sri.Etala Rajender(TRS)	9849224411
13.	32	Husnabad	Sri. A.Praveen Reddy(INC)	9848037630 9440800650

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 .

Details about Lower Manair Dam

Catchment Area of River	6,475 sqkm	2500sq miles
Flood discharge(max)Observed	9,910 cumecs�	3.50 lakhs cusec
Design discharge	14,158 cumecs	5.00 lakhs cusecs
Length of Earth dam	10.10 kms	33.156 �� ft
Max. Height of Earth dam	26.822 mt	88� ft
Top width of Earth dam	7.315 mt	24�ft
Full Reservoir Level	280.416 mt	+ 920.00 �� ft
Top level of Bund	+284.378mt	+933.00 �� ft
Full Capacity of Reservoir	0.68 Tm. Cumecs	24.00 tm.cft
Water Spread area @+920.00	81.024 sq kmt	31.284 m
No & Size of gates	20 gates	50 � * 24�