| Karimnagar district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Telangana |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Karimnagar |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Karimnagar |
| Parts Type: | Mandalas |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 16 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,128 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 1005711 |
| Population Urban: | 30.72% |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 69.16% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 993 |
| Leader Title: | District collector |
| Leader Name: | RV Karnan |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Registration Plate: | TG–02[1] |
Karimnagar district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar city is its administrative headquarters.[2] The district shares boundaries with Peddapalli, Jagityal, Sircilla, Siddipet, Jangaon, Hanamkonda district and Jayashankar Bhupalapally districts.
Karimnagar was originally called Elagandala.[3] Later Kannada kingdoms such as Western Chalukyas ruled it. It was part of the great Satavahana Empire. Later, the ruling Nizams of Hyderabad changed the name to Karimnagar, derived from the name of Shahenshah E Karimnagar Syed Kareemullah Shah Quadrii nithinvasi.
After the districts re-organisation in October 2016, 3 new districts were carved out from the erstwhile Karimnagar district to form three new districts of Jagtial district, Peddapalli district and Rajanna Sircilla district.[4] Few mandals were merged into other newly formed districts of Warangal Urban, Siddipet, Jayashankar Bhupalpally.
The district is spread over an area of 2128km2. Karimnagar is the fifth smallest district in Telangana by area. Karimnagar shares it boundaries with Jagtial to its north, Peddapalli district on north-east, Hanamkonda district towards South, Siddipet district on south-west, Rajanna Sircilla to the West and Jayashankar Bhupalapally on East.
Census of India, the district has a population of 10,05,711. Karimnagar has a sex ratio of 993 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.16%. 89,079 (8.86%) were under 6 years of age. Total urban population of the district is 3,08,984, (30.72%) of total population. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 186,648 (18.56%) and 12,779 (1.27%) of the population respectively.[5] It has a single municipal corporation (Karimnagar) and four municipalities under the new municipalities act (Huzurabad, Jammikunta, Choppadandi and Kothapalli). The population of the Satavahana Urban Development Authority has a population of over 4,80,000 in Karimnagar and its urban agglomeration.
At the time of the 2011 census, 90.44% of the population in residual Karimnagar district spoke Telugu and 7.94% Urdu as their first language.[6]
The district is divided into two revenue divisions of Karimnagar and Huzurabad. These are sub-divided into sixteen mandals. There are 210 revenue villages and 276 Gram-Panchyats in the district. R.V Karnan is the present collector of the district.[7]
The below table categorizes 16 mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:[8]
| S.No. | Karimnagar revenue division | Huzurabad revenue division | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kothapalli | Veenavanka | |
| 2 | Karimnagar | V.Saidapur | |
| 3 | Karimnagar (rural) | Shankarapatnam | |
| 4 | Manakondur | Huzurabad | |
| 5 | Timmapur | Jammikunta | |
| 6 | Ganneruvaram | Ellanthakunta | |
| 7 | Gangadhara | ||
| 8 | Ramadugu | ||
| 9 | Choppadandi | ||
| 10 | Chigurumamidi |
Granite industry of the district include, Tan Brown and Maple Red variety of granite. In Karimnagar district, there are over 600 stone quarries spread over several mandals such as Karimnagar, Manakondur, Mallial, Kesavapatnam etc.
In 2006, the Indian government named undivided Karminagar district as one of the country's 250 most impoverished districts (out of 640). It is one of the nine earlier integrated districts in Telangana currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[9]