Warangal district



For the Warangal city, see .

Warangal is a district in, India. The administrative seat is.

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. The district is bounded by to the north,  to the east and southeast,  to the southwest, and  to the west. Warangal is well known for its quarries (notably the black and brown varieties) and as a market for, , , and.

The Warangal district headquarter is city. This city is also called as tri-city, as it includes, and  cities. It is the biggest city in 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, 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.

is a freedom fighter and a well known writer from Telangana.

Transportation
between -   runs through the district. Warangal city is surrounded with small towns like Bhoopalpally (Indrasena Reddy/Dasharatha Ram Reddy), 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.
 * Road Transport

Warangal is about 150 km distant by road from (capital of Andhra Pradesh).

The city has a major railway junction called.
 * Rail transport

is about 3 ½ hours by road from Warangal city. This district has a small airport, Mamnoor, which could accommodate small aircraft like the.
 * Airport

Education
Some of the major educational institutions in this district are: There are several engineering colleges situated around the city, producing thousands of engineering students every year.
 * Educational institutions
 * 1) ( Official Website )
 * 2)  (formerly REC Warangal — An engineering education institute)
 * 3)  – A medical education institute which has a 1000 bed general hospital attached to it.
 * 4) Kakatiya  Institute of Technology    and   Science engineering college established in 1980.

Schools
1. St. Gabriel's high school:

The Society of Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel is part of a world wide religious society founded by a French priest by name of St. Louis Marie de Montfort (1673-1716) in France in the early years of 18th century. It became an autonomous society in 1842. Ever since, it has been a pioneer in the field of general education, vocational education and the education of the deaf and blind. Today, The brothers of St. Gabriel work in 31 countries in all the continents of the world. The brothers arrived in India in 1903. After a century, there are six provinces in India institutions. These institutions provide general and vocational education, training for the deaf, the blind, the aged and the orthopedically handicapped, fighting for the rights and developed of tribals, dalits and urban poor and creating harmony and peace among religious and social groups. The brothers are guided by the motto of its founder St. Louis Marie de Montfort: God Alone. for more information log on to located at Fatimanagar, Kazipet.

2. Fatima Girls High School

3. Kakatiya High School

4. Warangal Public School

5. Tiny Tots High School

6. Oasis Public School

7. St. Thomas High School

Basic Amenities
has a 500 MW (expandable to 1000MW in future) super thermal power plant in the Bhupalpally area. has a 500 MW (expandable to 1000MW in future) super thermal power plant in the Oglapur village in Atmakur mandal.This is under construction.
 * Power Sector

The Devadula lift irrigation project supplies the entire district with water.
 * Water supply

Theatres
*MBT
 * Warangal
 * Ram Lakshman
 * Gemini
 * Gemini Mayuri
 * Devi
 * Kakatiya 35MM
 * Kakatiya 70MM
 * Ramakrishna
 * Sitarama
 * Sunil
 * Radhika
 * Hanamkonda
 * Amrutha
 * Ashoka
 * Sridevi
 * Vijaya
 * Kazipet

Business and Industry
In 2001 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.
 * IT/ITES Hardware

This district is famous for producing cotton. Cotton ginning is done here and supplied to places like and.
 * Textiles

The district is home to the Regional Research Center of the. This district is famous for exports. Most of the chilly exports go to, Mumbai and. , and s are grown in the district. Nekkonda, Dornakal, Torrur and Mahabubabad are known for gardens. Vegetables are supplied to, , , , Nagpur and Hyderabad. APGENCO has a 500 MW (expandable to 1000MW in future) super thermal power plant in the Oglapur in Atmakur mandol.
 * Food processing

Mandals

 * 1.  	     18.        Thorrur  	35.  	Duggondi
 * 2. Maddur 	    19. 	Nellikudur 	36. 	Geesugonda
 * 3. Narmetta 	    20. 	Narsimhulapet 	37.
 * 4. Bachannapeta    21. 	 	38. 	Shayampet
 * 5. 	    22. 	 	39.
 * 6. Lingala Ghanpur 23. 	Kuravi 	        40. 	Regonda
 * 7. Raghunatha Palle 24. 	Mahabubabad 	41. 	Mogullapalle
 * 8. Ghanpur(Stn)    25. 	Kesamudram 	42.
 * 9.      26. 	Nekkonda 	43. 	Bhupalpalle
 * 10. 27. 	 	44.
 * 11.  28. 	 	45.
 * 12.Wardhannapet    29. 	Khanapur 	46. 	Venkatapur
 * 13.Zaffergadh 	    30. 	 	47. 	Govindaraopet
 * 14.  31. 	 	48.
 * 15.Devaruppula     32. 	Parvathagiri 	49. 	Eturnagaram
 * 16.Kodakandla 	    33. 	Sangam 	        50. 	Mangapet
 * 17.Raiparthy 	    34. 	Nallabelly 	51.