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Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Karimnagar District

District in the Warangal Division of the Hyderabad State, formerly known as Elgandal. It is bounded on the north by Adilabad ; on the east by the Bastar State of the Central Provinces ; on the south by Warangal ; and on the west by Medak and Niza.ma.bad. In consequence of the changes made in 1905, its area has been reduced to 5,369 square miles, including jagirs. A range of hills extends in a north-easterly direction between Gurrapalli and Jagtial, terminating at Vemalkurti near the Godavari. A second range, running parallel to the former, stretches from Sunigram to Mallangtir. A third range starts in the south-western corner of the District from the valley of the Maner river, runs in a north-easterly direction, and, after inter- secting the Sunigram range, passes beyond Ramglr and terminates near the Godavari. The principal river is the Godavari, which flows through the northern portion, forming the northern and eastern boundary, and partially separating the District from Adilabad in the north and from Bastar in the east. The next important river is the Maner, a tributary of the Godavari, which traverses the District from west to east as far as Karlagunta, and thence flows due north, till it falls into the Godavari in the Mahadeopur taluk. The Peddavagu and Chelluvagu are minor tributaries of the Godavari.

The geological formations are the Archaean gneiss, and the Cuddapah, Sullavai, and Gondwana series. Gneiss occupies most of the District, the remaining formations occurring in the east. The flora of the District includes teak, mango, custard-appb, tamarind, ebony, black- wood, satin-wood, tarvar (Cassia auriculata), babul (Acacia arabica), nallamaddi (Terminalia tonientosa), and eppa Karlmnagar is covered with a large extent of jungle and forest, which give cover to tigers, leopards, bears, hyenas, wolves, wild hog, and wild dogs, while in the plains sdmbar, spotted deer, and nilgai are met with everywhere.

With the exception of Mahadeopur and parts of Sirsilla and Jagtial, the District is healthy. The temperature at Karlmnagar and Jamikunta in May rises to no , and in the remaining taluks it ranges between ioo° and 105 . In December it falls to 6o°. The annual rainfall averages about 33 inches.

The population of the area of the present District in 1901 was 861,833. It comprises seven taluks : Karimnagar, Jamikunta, Sultanabad, Jagtial, Sirsilla, Mahadeopur, and Parkal. The chief towns are Jagtial, Manthani, Koratla, Karlmnagar, and Vemalwada. About 96 per cent, of the population are Hindus ; 90 per cent, speak Telugu, and 6 per cent. Urdu. The land revenue demand of the District as at present constituted is about 22-6 lakhs.