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'{{Short description|Metropolitan city in Telangana, India}} {{other uses}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details --> {{Infobox settlement | name = Warangal | other_name = Orugallu, Ekashila Nagaram | settlement_type = [[City]] | image_skyline = WarangalMontage.jpg | image_alt = Montage of Warangal city images. | image_caption = Clockwise from top: City view as seen from Govindarajula hill, [[Kakatiya University]], [[Warangal Fort]], [[Thousand Pillar Temple]], [[Kakatiya Kala Thoranam]] | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Telangana#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|18.0|N|79.58|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Warangal district]] | nickname = [[Warangal Tri-City|Tri-City]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1163 AD | founder = [[Kakatiya dynasty]] | government_type = [[Municipal Corporation]] | governing_body = [[Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]]<br />[[Kakatiya Urban Development Authority|KUDA]] | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = [[Gundu Sudha Rani]] | leader_party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=Budget Estimates for the Year 2017–2018 and Revised Budget Estimates for the Year 2016–2017 |url=https://gwmc.gov.in/RTI%20pdfs/Chapter-XII.pdf |website=Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation |access-date=6 June 2019 |page=3}}</ref><ref name="metro">{{cite web|title=About Kakatiya Urban Development Authority|url=http://kuda.co.in/about.php|website=Kakatiya Urban Development Authority}}</ref> | total_type = [[City]] | area_total_km2 = 406.97 | area_metro_km2 = 1805 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 266 | population_total = 830,281 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = <ref name="aboutgwmc">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://gwmc.gov.in/aboutUs.aspx|website=[[GWMC]]|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="totalpop">{{cite web|title=STATEMENT SHOWING THE REVENUE VILLAGE WISE 2011 CENSUS POPULATION FIGURES IN WARANGAL DISTRICT|url=https://gwmc.gov.in/attachments/CENSUS-2011-POPULATION.pdf|website=[[GWMC]]|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="profile" /> | population_density_km2 = 2000 | population_metro = 1.3 million | population_rank = [[List of cities in Telangana by population|2nd (Telangana)]] | population_demonym = Warangalite, Kakatiyan | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 506001–506019 | area_code = [[Telephone numbers in India|+91–0870]] | area_code_type = Telephone code | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|TS-03<br />AP-36 (Former)]] | website = {{URL|http://www.gwmc.gov.in/}} | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Warangal''' ({{audio|Warangal.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a city in the [[India]]n state of [[Telangana]] and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of {{formatnum:830281}} per [[2011 Census of India]],<ref name="aboutgwmc" /><ref name="totalpop" /> and spreading over an {{convert|406|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="profile" /> Warangal served as the capital of the [[Kakatiya dynasty]] which was established in 1163. The monuments left by the Kakatiyas include fortresses, lakes, temples and stone gateways which, in the present, helped the city to become a popular tourist attraction. The [[Kakatiya Kala Thoranam]] was included in the [[emblem of Telangana]] by the state government and Warangal is also touted as the cultural capital of Telangana.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahender|first=Adepu|date=2018-08-25|title=Cultural capital of Telangana awaits State auditorium|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Warangal-Tab/2018-08-25/Cultural-capital-of-Telangana-awaits-State-auditorium/407555|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-telangana/Warangal-city-may-not-be-divided/article14625930.ece|title=Warangal city may not be divided|last=Rao|first=Gollapudi Srinivasa|date=2016-09-07|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of the eleven cities in the country to have been chosen for the [[Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana]] scheme by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hridayindia.in/warangal/|title=Warangal {{!}} Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)|website=hridayindia.in|access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref> It was also selected as a ''[[smart city]]'' in the "fast-track competition", which makes it eligible for additional investment to improve urban infrastructure and industrial opportunities under the [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Lucknow-Warangal-among-13-smart-cities-announced-by-govt./article14337157.ece|title=Lucknow, Warangal among 13 smart cities announced by govt.|date=2016-05-24|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108143347/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Lucknow-Warangal-among-13-smart-cities-announced-by-govt./article14337157.ece|archive-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> The three urban cities [[Kazipet]], [[Hanamkonda]] and Warangal are together known as [[Warangal Tri-City]]. The three cities are connected by National Highway 163 ([[Hyderabad]]–[[Bhuvanagiri, Telangana|Bhuvanagiri]]–Warangal–[[Bhopalpatnam]]). The major stations are Kazipet Junction railway station and Warangal railway station. == Etymology == During the 160 years of [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiya]] rule between 1163 - 1323, Warangal was referred with various names like ''Orugallu'', ''Ekasila Nagaram'', or ''Omatikonda'' all these means a 'single stone' referring to a huge granite boulder present in the Warangal fort.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hridayindia.in/warangal/ |title = HRI Day India}}</ref> When the Kakatiya dynasty was defeated by [[Delhi Sultanate]] in 1323, ruler Juna Khan conquered the city and renamed it as Sultanpur.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7ZZzk8cXh8C&q=warangal+named+as+sultanpur&pg=PA86 | title=Series-16 Indian History–Medieval India}}</ref> Later [[Musunuri Nayaks]] recaptured Warangal in 1336 A. D. and named it Orugallu again. == History == {{Main|Kakatiya dynasty}} {{multiple image | align = center | perrow = 2 | total_width = 400 | image1 = Warangal years ago.jpg | caption1 = Warangal years ago | image2 = Warangal ei1-63.jpg | caption2 = Sculptures at Warangal Fort | image3 = Kakatiyas well at warangal.jpg | caption3 = Kakatiyas well at Warangal }} Warangal was the ancient capital of Kakatiya dynasty.<ref>{{cite book |title=Historic Landmarks of the Deccan |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.106468 |last=Haig |first=Thomas Wolseley |author-link=Wolseley Haig |year=1907 |place=Allahabad |publisher=The Pioneer Press |page=66}}</ref> It was ruled by many kings such as Beta Raja I, Prola Raja I, Beta Raja II, Prola Raja II, [[Rudradeva]], Mahadeva, Ganapathideva, [[Prataparudra]] and [[Rani Rudrama Devi]] who is the only woman to rule over Telugu region. Beta Raja I is the founder of Kakatiya Dynasty and ruled the kingdom for 30 years and was succeeded by his son Prola Raja I who shifted his capital to [[Hanamkonda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Kakatiya Dynasty (Kakatiya Empire, Kakatiyas)| url=https://www.importantindia.com/9551/kakatiya-dynasty/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920063344/http://www.importantindia.com:80/9551/kakatiya-dynasty/| archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead |date=2013-12-13}}</ref> During the rule of Ganapathideva, the capital was shifted from Hanamkonda to Warangal.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/warangal/wa01.html | title=Ancient India| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130010224/http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/warangal/wa01.html| archive-date=30 November 2020}}</ref> Kakatiya Period Inscriptions praised Warangal as best city within all of Telugu region up to shores of the Ocean.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&q=warangal+best|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra|last=Cynthia|first=Talbot|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2001-09-20|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9|page=37}}</ref> The Kakatiyas left many monuments, including an impressive fortress, four massive stone gateways, the Swayambhu temple dedicated to [[Shiva]], and the [[Ramappa temple]] situated near Ramappa Lake. The cultural and administrative distinction of the Kakatiyas was mentioned by [[Marco Polo]]. After the defeat of [[Prataparudra II]], the [[Musunuri Nayaks]] united 72 Nayak chieftains and captured Warangal from [[Delhi Sultanate]] and ruled for fifty years. After the demise of the Nayaks, Warangal was part of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]] and then the Sultanate of [[Golconda]]. The [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]] conquered [[Golconda]] in 1687, and it remained part of the Mughal empire until the southern provinces of the empire split away to become the state of [[Hyderabad state|Hyderabad]] in 1724, which included the Telangana region and some parts of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Karnataka]]. Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948, and became an [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] called as Hyderabad state. In 1956 Hyderabad state was partitioned as part of the [[States Reorganisation Act]], and Telangana, the [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking region of Hyderabad state, which includes Warangal, became part of Andhra Pradesh. After the Telangana movement, Telangana state was formed on 2 June 2014, Warangal became part of Telangana State. == Geography and climate == {{stack begin}}{{climate chart |Warangal |16|30|15 |18|33|5 |22|37|5 |26|40|7 |28|42|15 |28|37|50 |25|32|85 |25|31|170 |23|33|160 |22|33|70 |18|31|10 |15|30|0 |source=[http://www.mustseeindia.com/Warangal-weather mustseeindia.com] |float=right }}{{stack end}} {{multiple image | align = center | total_width = 440 | image1 = Waddepally lake 13122015.jpg | caption1 = [[Waddepally Lake]] | image2 = Bhadrakali Lake, Warangal.JPG | caption2 = [[Bhadrakali Lake]] }} Warangal is located at {{Coord|18.0|N|79.58|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 266&nbsp;metres (873&nbsp;feet).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/e6s7/Warangal/|title = Warangal topographic map, elevation, relief}}</ref> It is settled in the eastern part of [[Deccan Plateau]] made up of granite rocks and hill formations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourism-of-india.com/deccan-plateau.html|title=Deccan Plateau, Andhra Pradesh – Things to do in Andhra Pradesh|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> which left the region barren making the cultivation dependent on seasonal rainfall. There are no major rivers flowing near the city, making it reliant on the [[Kakatiya Canal]] which originates from [[Sriram Sagar Project]] to meet the city's water requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Three-towns-in-the-grip-of-water-crisis/article16623715.ece|title=Three towns in the grip of water crisis|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=28 July 2015|date=2009-04-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204122821/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Three-towns-in-the-grip-of-water-crisis/article16623715.ece|archive-date=4 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nih.ernet.in/rbis/india_information/drinking.htm|title=Drinking Water|access-date=28 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702082705/http://nih.ernet.in/rbis/india_information/drinking.htm|archive-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Located in the semi-arid region of Telangana, Warangal has a predominantly hot and dry climate. Summer starts in March, and peak in May with average high temperatures in the {{convert|42|C|F}} range. The [[monsoon]] arrives in June and lasts until September with about {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts in October and lasts until early February, when there is little humidity and average temperatures in the {{convert|22|-|23|C|F}} range. Many hill rocks and lakes are located around warangal. Padmakshi hill, mettu gutta, hanumathgiri gutta, ursu gutta and [[Govinda Rajula Gutta]] are famous hills with temples.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.padmakshi.org/about|title=About – Welcome to Padmakshi Temple|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> [[Bhadrakali Lake]], [[Dharmasagar]] lake and [[Waddepally Lake]] are the three famous lakes which adds scenic beauty and also are the major sources of drinking water.<ref>{{cite document|url=https://www.academia.edu/2365607|title=Lake Water Quality and its Interaction with Aquifers in Warangal City|author=D. Thhatikkonda|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407114835/https://www.academia.edu/2365607/Lake_Water_Quality_and_its_Interaction_with_Aquifers_in_Warangal_City|archive-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> == Demographics == {{bar box |align=left |width=250px |barwidth=100px |title=Religions in Warangal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/398-warangal.html|title=Warangal City Population Census 2011 – Andhra Pradesh}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Hindu|Orange|83.41}} {{bar percent|Muslim|Green|14.39}} {{bar percent|Christian|Blue|1.65}} {{bar percent|Others†|Black|0.55}} |caption=†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s, [[Jainism|Jains]] </small> }} {{India census population |1901=31186 |1911=48342 |1921=46791 |1931=62119 |1941=92808 |1951=133130 |1961=160000 |1971=210040 |1981=338910 |1991=447657 |2001=530636 |2011=830281 |state= |title=Warangal city population |footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census 1951-61">{{cite book|title=Process of urban fringe development: A model|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buz5csyXFmwC|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=25|last=Gopi|first=K.N|year=1978|access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census Hyderabad">{{cite web|title=Economy, population and urban sprawl a comparative study of urban agglomerations of Banglore and Hyderabad, India using remote sensing and GIS techniques|url=http://www.cicred.org/Eng/Seminars/Details/Seminars/PDE2007/Papers/IYER_Neelakantan_paperNairobi2007-project.pdf|last1=Iyer|first1=Neelakantan Krishna|last2=Kulkarni|first2=Sumati|last3=Raghavaswam|first3=V.|page=21|date=13 June 2007|publisher=circed.org|access-date=10 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201030200/http://www.cicred.org/Eng/Seminars/Details/Seminars/PDE2007/Papers/IYER_Neelakantan_paperNairobi2007-project.pdf|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="greater Hyderabad">{{cite web|title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above, census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|page=11|year=2011|publisher=Government of India|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>}} {{As of|2011}} [[Census of India]], the city has population of {{formatnum:627449}}, which later increased to the present population of 830,281, including the expanded city limits.<ref name="aboutgwmc" /><ref name="totalpop" /><ref name="profile" /> The major religion in Warangal is [[Hinduism]], with 83% of the population adhering to it. [[Islam]] is the largest minority, at 14%. There are small communities of Christians, Jews, and Buddhists. == Government and politics == === Civic administration === {{Main|Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation}} [[File:WarangalCorporation.jpg|thumb|Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]] [[Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]] is the civic body of the city, which oversees the civic needs. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest urban local bodies in India.<ref name="profile" /> City planning is governed by the [[Kakatiya Urban Development Authority]] (KUDA), constituted in 1982 by the local government for the planning, development and management of the Kakatiya Urban Development Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kuda.in/profile.html|title=Kakatiy Urban Development Authority |publisher=Kuda.in |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> It has its jurisdictional area spread over {{Convert|1805|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}, covering 19 [[mandals]], 181 villages in the three districts of [[Warangal district]], [[Hanamkonda district|Hanamkonda]] and [[Jangaon district|Jangaon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=KUDA |url=http://www.kuda.in/Objectives.html |website=www.kuda.in |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, the corporation has bagged a total of eleven awards in various categories, such as conservation, sanitation, heritage, etc.<ref name="profile" />{{rp|6}}<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Warangal model for solid waste management |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/warangal-model-for-solid-waste-management/article4832289.ece |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=20 June 2013 |language=en-IN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205191224/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/warangal-model-for-solid-waste-management/article4832289.ece |archive-date=5 December 2020 }}</ref> For electoral purpose, the city is divided into 58 [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|electoral wards]], of which 50% are reserved for women. A total of thirty seats are reserved for [[Backward Class|BC{{'}}s]] (19), [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC{{'}}s (9) and ST{{'}}s (2)]] respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reservation of wards finalised in Warangal, Khammam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/reservation-of-wards-finalised-in-warangal-khammam/article8242821.ece |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=16 February 2016 |language=en-IN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205185037/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/reservation-of-wards-finalised-in-warangal-khammam/article8242821.ece |archive-date=5 December 2020 }}</ref> In October 2012, the corporation conducted ''Clean Cities Championship'', which invited professionals from 57 municipalities across the state for effective waste management and was won by [[Khammam Municipal Corporation]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Trash-driving/article15616669.ece|title=Trash driving|last=Acharya|first=Keya|date=2012-11-24|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205182319/https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Trash-driving/article15616669.ece|archive-date=5 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/making-waste-management-a-sport-in-india/|title=Making Waste Management a Sport in India|website=www.ipsnews.net|access-date=2019-04-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201150112/http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/making-waste-management-a-sport-in-india/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last1=Malhotra|first1=Meghna|last2=Baradi|first2=Manvita|last3=Centre -UMC|first3=Urban Management|title=Compendium Of Good Practices in Solid Waste Management, March 2015|url=https://www.academia.edu/22906452|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406141137/https://www.academia.edu/22906452/Compendium_Of_Good_Practices_in_Solid_Waste_Management_March_2015|archive-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> Following the event, Warangal became the first city in India to achieve 100% door-to-door [[Municipal solid waste|MSW collection]]. About 70% of households started practicing two-bin MSW segregation into wet and dry waste. 420 cement bins and 128 dumpsters were removed from locations across Warangal making it a no dump city.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Malhotra|first1=Meghna|last2=Baradi|first2=Manvita|last3=Centre -UMC|first3=Urban Management|title=Compendium Of Good Practices in Solid Waste Management, March 2015|url=https://www.academia.edu/22906452|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406141137/https://www.academia.edu/22906452/Compendium_Of_Good_Practices_in_Solid_Waste_Management_March_2015|archive-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> GWMC was able to reduce the MSW going to landfill by 30% to 40%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npcindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7.2-Annex-for-NPC-Warangal.pdf|title=National Productivity Council India: Clean Cities Championship Case Study}}</ref> and the dumpyard with significantly reduced load is, in phases, being converted into a nature park with [[vermicompost]]ing sheds.<ref name="auto1"/> === Law and order === [[File:WL police vehicle.jpg|thumb|Police patrol vehicle in Warangal]] The urban police district, which is responsible for maintaining law and order in city and agglomerated areas around Warangal was converted into a Police Commissionerate by the state government in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/jan/26/Warangal-to-Get-Police-Commissionerate-709761.html|title=Warangal to Get Police Commissionerate|work=The New Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129173751/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/jan/26/Warangal-to-Get-Police-Commissionerate-709761.html|archive-date=29 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/telangana/warangal-the-police-commissionerate-206818|title=వరంగల్.. ఇక పోలీసు కమిషనరేట్|access-date=28 July 2015|date=2015-01-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322183547/https://www.sakshi.com/news/telangana/warangal-the-police-commissionerate-206818|archive-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> Inspector General will be working as police commissioner who is also given magisterial powers. There are around 71 police stations present under [[Warangal Police Commissionerate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warangalpolice.gov.in/JurPS.aspx|title=Jurisdiction of Police Stations|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> === Healthcare === There are hospitals in the city for [[health care]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141029/nation-current-affairs/article/biomedical-wastes-pose-threat-lives|title=Biomedical wastes pose a threat to lives|work=deccanchronicle.com|date=2014-10-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309221731/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141029/nation-current-affairs/article/biomedical-wastes-pose-threat-lives|archive-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> The [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital]] is the largest hospital in the city, serving the patients from the [[Adilabad]], [[Khammam]] and [[Karimnagar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=MGM, A 'Super Specialty' Hospital Sans Specialists and Nurses |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/feb/23/MGM-A-Super-Specialty-Hospital-Sans-Specialists-and-Nurses-720641.html |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=23 February 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318233103/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/feb/23/MGM-A-Super-Specialty-Hospital-Sans-Specialists-and-Nurses-720641.html |archive-date=18 March 2020 }}</ref> == Economy == {{As of|2011}} [[census of India]], Warangal is one of the Indian cities that has seen rapid growth of urbanisation from 19%–28%, alongside cities such as [[Gandhinagar]], [[Kozhikode]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/high-growth-north-yet-to-match-spatial-spread-of-south-west/|title=High growth North yet to match spatial spread of South, West|work=The Indian Express|date=7 April 2014|access-date=15 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201093149/https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/high-growth-north-yet-to-match-spatial-spread-of-south-west/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Agriculture is the main economic activity with irrigation depending mainly on monsoon and seasonal rainfalls. Major crops are [[paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]], [[cotton]], [[mango]] and [[wheat]]. Warangal benefits from the Godavari lift irrigation scheme which is designed to lift water from the [[Godavari]] river to irrigate drought prone areas in the Telangana region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irrigation.cgg.gov.in/OngMaj/GodavariLiftIrrigationSchemeDetail.htm |title=Detailed Profile of the Project |publisher=Irrigation.cgg.gov.in |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326105439/http://irrigation.cgg.gov.in/OngMaj/GodavariLiftIrrigationSchemeDetail.htm |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city hosts second-biggest grain market of Asia, located in Enumamula.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiagrowing.com/Telangana/Warangal/Hanamkonda/Enumamula|title=Enumamula Village, Hanamkonda Mandal, Warangal |publisher=India Growing |access-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326103159/http://www.indiagrowing.com/Telangana/Warangal/Hanamkonda/Enumamula |archive-date=26 March 2014 }}</ref> [[Information Technology]] is another sector in which the city is making steady progress with its Incubation centre at [[Madikonda]]. Recently [[Tech Mahindra]] & [[Cyient]] have opened their development centres and many other IT majors like [[Mindtree]], quadrant resource will be opening their offices shortly.<ref>{{cite web|author=Special Correspondent |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-Telangana/stpiwarangal-woos-investors/article5647745.ece|title=STPI-Warangal woos investors|work=The Hindu|date=3 February 2014|access-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/it-incubation-centre-inaugurated-in-warangal-116021900844_1.html | title=IT Incubation Centre inaugurated in Warangal | work=Business Standard | date=19 February 2016 | access-date=5 July 2016 | author=Press Trust of India| url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307154831/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/it-incubation-centre-inaugurated-in-warangal-116021900844_1.html | archive-date=7 March 2020 }}</ref> == Transport == {{multiple image | align = right | width = 220 | direction = vertical | image1 = Warangaltraffic.jpg | caption1 = Traffic on Warangal roads | image2 = Main entrance Kazipet.JPG | caption2 = [[Kazipet Junction railway station|Kazipet railway station]] | image3 = Warangal railway station.jpg | caption3 = [[Warangal railway station]] }} === Roadway === The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road and railways. [[National Highway (India)|National]] and [[state highways]] that pass through the city are, [[National Highway 163 (India)(old numbering)|National Highway 163]], connecting [[Hyderabad]] and [[Bhopalpatnam]]; NH 563 connecting [[Ramagundam]] and [[Khammam]]; State highway 3. [[TSRTC]] operates buses to various destinations from Hanamkonda and Warangal bus stations of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations|url=http://www.tsrtc.telangana.gov.in/BusStations.php|website=[[TSRTC]]|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> Nearly 78 City buses run in various routes across the city and sub urban areas while 45 city buses run from city to nearby villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Guntur-still-awaits-city-RTC-services/articleshow/43761506.cms|title=Guntur still awaits city RTC services|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127040728/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Guntur-still-awaits-city-RTC-services/articleshow/43761506.cms|archive-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> === Railway === Warangal has two railway stations namely, [[Kazipet railway station|Kazipet]] and [[Warangal railway station|Warangal]] on the important [[New Delhi-Chennai main line]] of [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karimnzp.appr.gov.in/en/hidden/-/asset_publisher/di5XrVERUf8s/content/transport-information/|title=KARIMNAGAR-District Panchayat|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> They are administered under the jurisdiction of the [[Secunderabad railway division]] of [[South Central Railway zone]]. Kazipet Junction shelters both Electric and Diesel Loco sheds with a capacity of holding 175 and 142 locomotives.<ref>{{cite news|title=ELS / KZJ|url=http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?id=0,1,291,357,950,952|access-date=15 October 2016|work=South Central Railway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,357,950,951|title=South Central Railway|website=scr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> Kazipet town, Vanchanagiri, Pendial, [[Hasanparthy Road railway station]] are the other railway stations within the city limits. The construction of third railway line between Balharshah and Kazipet was sanctioned at an estimated cost of {{INRConvert|24.032|b|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-rail-line-between-Kazipet-and-Ballarshah/articleshow/53852215.cms|title=New rail line between Kazipet and Ballarshah – Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-10-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930161924/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-rail-line-between-Kazipet-and-Ballarshah/articleshow/53852215.cms|archive-date=30 September 2020}}</ref> === Airway === Warangal has an [[Warangal Airport|airport]] built by the Nizams at Mamnoor in 1930. It was largest airport in undivided India with 1,875 acres of land, a 6.6-km runway, a pilot and staff quarters, a pilot training centre and more than one terminal. Many cargo services and Vayudoot services were served. During the [[Sino-Indian War|Indo-China war]], it served as a hangar for government aircraft due to Delhi airport being a target in combat. It remained in service until 1981.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nizam-era-airport-lies-neglected/articleshow/9402208.cms|title=Nizam-era airport lies neglected – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2016-07-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020152607/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nizam-era-airport-lies-neglected/articleshow/9402208.cms|archive-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> This airport is currently being used as NCC Training Centre by No. 4(A) air squadron for gliding sorties, skeet shooting and aero-modeling.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mamnoor airport to function only after 2030|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140921/nation-current-affairs/article/mamnoor-airport-function-only-after-2030|access-date=15 October 2016|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=21 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229085616/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140921/nation-current-affairs/article/mamnoor-airport-function-only-after-2030|archive-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> There is no scheduled commercial air service from this airport at present. == Educational institutes == [[File:Nitw 1.8k Hostel for Boys.jpg|thumb|[[National Institute of Technology, Warangal|NIT Warangal]], established in 1959]] [[File:KMC building cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Kakatiya Medical College]]]] Both government and private institutions has their presence in the city. ===Universities and colleges=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a University or college to this list if it already has its own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> * [[Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science]] * [[Kakatiya Medical College]] * [[Kakatiya University]] * [[Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences]] * [[National Institute of Technology, Warangal]] * [[SR Engineering College]] * [[SR University]] * [[Vaagdevi College of Engineering]] * [[Vaagdevi Engineering College]] ===Schools=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a school to this list if it already has its own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> * [[Delhi Public School, Warangal]] * [[Platinum Jubilee High School, Warangal|Platinum Jubilee High School]] * [[Srinivasa Ramanujan Concept School]] * [[St. Gabriel's High School]] == Culture == [[File:A few Tourist attraction spots in Warangal Tri-Cities.jpg|thumb|A few Tourist attraction spots in Warangal Tri-Cities]] The residents of the city are often referred as ''Warangalites''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paying tribute to new State in style|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/paying-tribute-to-new-state-in-style/article7273396.ece|access-date=15 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=2 June 2015|language=en-IN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204120730/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/paying-tribute-to-new-state-in-style/article7273396.ece|archive-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> The [[Warangal Fort]], [[Thousand Pillar Temple]] and the [[Ramappa Temple]] which was inscribed in the list of [[World Heritage sites]] recognised by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Centre|first1=UNESCO World Heritage|title=The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways – UNESCO World Heritage Centre|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5889/|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=28 June 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308083849/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5889/|archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> [[Bhadrakali Temple, Warangal|Bhadrakali Temple]], [[Padmakshi Temple]], Mettu Gutta, [[Govinda Rajula Gutta]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal]], [[Syed Shah Afzal Biabani|Kazipet Dargah]], Ursu Gutta, and Erragattu Gutta are the other notable destinations of various religions. Bhadrakali Lake, Waddepally Lake, and Dharmasagar Lake are the water bodies notable for tourism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regions ::: Visit Telangana – Official Tourism Information for Telangana|url=http://www.telanganatourism.gov.in/partials/destinations/regions/warangal.html|website=www.telanganatourism.gov.in|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> [[File:Badrakali Temple Warangal.jpg|thumb|Bhadrakali Temple in Warangal]] [[Bhadrakali Temple, Warangal|Bhadrakali Temple]] lake is being developed into the largest first Geo-Bio-Diversity cultural park in the country, with promenades, historic caves, suspension bridges, natural trails, nesting ground and ecological reserves.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/warangals-cultural-heritage-set-to-get-a-boost-under-hriday-project/article7507399.ece|title=Destination Warangal|date=2015-08-06|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125001733/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/warangals-cultural-heritage-set-to-get-a-boost-under-hriday-project/article7507399.ece|archive-date=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Not-Hyderabad-Warangal-now-tourism-hotspot/articleshow/49351037.cms|title=Not Hyderabad, Warangal now tourism hotspot &#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105180101/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Not-Hyderabad-Warangal-now-tourism-hotspot/articleshow/49351037.cms|archive-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> The [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Ministry of Tourism]] has awarded Warangal as the best heritage city, at the National Tourism Awards for the year 2014–2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/madhya-pradesh-received-award-for-comprehensive-development-of-tourism-2944373/|title=Madhya Pradesh receives award for comprehensive development of tourism|date=30 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201094808/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/madhya-pradesh-received-award-for-comprehensive-development-of-tourism-2944373/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> This is third time in a row for the city to get this award since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Warangal-wins-best-heritage-city-award/article14545178.ece|title=Warangal wins best heritage city award|date=1 August 2016|via=www.thehindu.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201065225/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Warangal-wins-best-heritage-city-award/article14545178.ece|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> '''Festivals''' Festivals in the city include, a floral festival of [[Bathukamma]] being celebrated by women of the city, worshiping the goddess with different flowers for nine days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-in-the-air/article6442465.ece|title=Bathukamma: Festivities in the air|author=Special Correspondent|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118143829/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-in-the-air/article6442465.ece|archive-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> The women carry their ''Bathukamma'' to the nearest temple of their locality, then they clap, sing and dance rhythmically around the Bathukamma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-to-begin-from-sept-24/article6432089.ece|title=Bathukamma festivities to begin from Sept. 24|author=Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229091519/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-to-begin-from-sept-24/article6432089.ece|archive-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> Along with Bathukamma, [[Bonalu]] is also declared as a state festival on 15 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Bonalu-Bathukamma-declared-state-festivals/articleshow/36677768.cms|title=Bonalu, Bathukamma declared state festivals|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228193000/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Bonalu-Bathukamma-declared-state-festivals/articleshow/36677768.cms|archive-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> Other festivals are, [[Sammakka Saralamma Jatara]] (Medaram Jatara), a popular religious congregation in the honour of Goddess at [[Medaram]] of [[Warangal district]]. '''Cuisine''' The cuisine of the city is mainly of Deccan dishes. The breakfast items include [[Chapati]], and [[Puri (food)|Puri]]. Rice with variety of curries including curd is taken as main food. == Notable people == <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> *[[Anandhi]], film actress *[[Tharun Bhascker]], film director *[[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]], music director *[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]], lyricist *[[Arjun Erigaisi]], Chess Grandmaster *[[Kothapalli Jayashankar]], professor *[[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]], cricketer *[[Nerella Venu Madhav]], impressionist and ventriloquist *[[Kaloji Narayana Rao]], poet *[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], former Prime Minister of India *[[Eesha Rebba]], film actress *[[Sandeep Reddy Vanga]], film director <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> == References == {{reflist}} == Further reading == *{{cite journal |title=From Delhi to the Deccan: Newly Discovered Tughluq Monuments at Warangal-Sult̤ānpur and the Beginnings of Indo-Islamic Architecture in Southern India |first1=Phillip B. |last1=Wagoner |first2=John Henry |last2=Rice |journal=Artibus Asiae |volume=61 |issue=1 |year=2001 |pages=77–117 |jstor=3249963|doi=10.2307/3249963 }} {{subscription required}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Wikivoyage-inline}} <!--Please DO ''not'' enter your personal details or your phone number. 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'{{Short description|Metropolitan city in Telangana, India}} {{other uses}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details --> {{Infobox settlement | name = Warangal | other_name = Orugallu, Ekashila Nagaram | settlement_type = [[City]] | image_skyline = WarangalMontage.jpg | image_alt = Montage of Warangal city images. | image_caption = Clockwise from top: City view as seen from Govindarajula hill, [[Kakatiya University]], [[Warangal Fort]], [[Thousand Pillar Temple]], [[Kakatiya Kala Thoranam]] | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Telangana#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|18.0|N|79.58|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Warangal district]] | nickname = [[Warangal Tri-City|Tri-City]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1163 AD | founder = [[Kakatiya dynasty]] | government_type = [[Municipal Corporation]] | governing_body = [[Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]]<br />[[Kakatiya Urban Development Authority|KUDA]] | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = [[Gundu Sudha Rani]] | leader_party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=Budget Estimates for the Year 2017–2018 and Revised Budget Estimates for the Year 2016–2017 |url=https://gwmc.gov.in/RTI%20pdfs/Chapter-XII.pdf |website=Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation |access-date=6 June 2019 |page=3}}</ref><ref name="metro">{{cite web|title=About Kakatiya Urban Development Authority|url=http://kuda.co.in/about.php|website=Kakatiya Urban Development Authority}}</ref> | total_type = [[City]] | area_total_km2 = 406.97 | area_metro_km2 = 1805 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 266 | population_total = 830,281 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = <ref name="aboutgwmc">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://gwmc.gov.in/aboutUs.aspx|website=[[GWMC]]|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="totalpop">{{cite web|title=STATEMENT SHOWING THE REVENUE VILLAGE WISE 2011 CENSUS POPULATION FIGURES IN WARANGAL DISTRICT|url=https://gwmc.gov.in/attachments/CENSUS-2011-POPULATION.pdf|website=[[GWMC]]|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="profile" /> | population_density_km2 = 2000 | population_metro = 1.3 million | population_rank = [[List of cities in Telangana by population|2nd (Telangana)]] | population_demonym = Warangalite, Kakatiyan | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 506001–506019 | area_code = [[Telephone numbers in India|+91–0870]] | area_code_type = Telephone code | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|TS-03<br />AP-36 (Former)]] | website = {{URL|http://www.gwmc.gov.in/}} | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Warangal''' ({{audio|Warangal.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a city in the [[India]]n state of [[Telangana]] and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of {{formatnum:830281}} per [[2011 Census of India]],<ref name="aboutgwmc" /><ref name="totalpop" /> and spreading over an {{convert|406|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="profile" /> Warangal served as the capital of the [[Kakatiya dynasty]] which was established in 1163. The monuments left by the Kakatiyas include fortresses, lakes, temples and stone gateways which, in the present, helped the city to become a popular tourist attraction. The [[Kakatiya Kala Thoranam]] was included in the [[emblem of Telangana]] by the state government and Warangal is also touted as the cultural capital of Telangana.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahender|first=Adepu|date=2018-08-25|title=Cultural capital of Telangana awaits State auditorium|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Warangal-Tab/2018-08-25/Cultural-capital-of-Telangana-awaits-State-auditorium/407555|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-telangana/Warangal-city-may-not-be-divided/article14625930.ece|title=Warangal city may not be divided|last=Rao|first=Gollapudi Srinivasa|date=2016-09-07|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of the eleven cities in the country to have been chosen for the [[Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana]] scheme by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hridayindia.in/warangal/|title=Warangal {{!}} Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)|website=hridayindia.in|access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref> It was also selected as a ''[[smart city]]'' in the "fast-track competition", which makes it eligible for additional investment to improve urban infrastructure and industrial opportunities under the [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Lucknow-Warangal-among-13-smart-cities-announced-by-govt./article14337157.ece|title=Lucknow, Warangal among 13 smart cities announced by govt.|date=2016-05-24|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108143347/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Lucknow-Warangal-among-13-smart-cities-announced-by-govt./article14337157.ece|archive-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> The three urban cities [[Kazipet]], [[Hanamkonda]] and Warangal are together known as [[Warangal Tri-City]]. The three cities are connected by National Highway 163 ([[Hyderabad]]–[[Bhuvanagiri, Telangana|Bhuvanagiri]]–Warangal–[[Bhopalpatnam]]). The major stations are Kazipet Junction railway station and Warangal railway station. == Etymology == During the 160 years of [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiya]] rule between 1163 - 1323, Warangal was referred with various names like ''Orugallu'', ''Ekasila Nagaram'', or ''Omatikonda'' all these means a 'single stone' referring to a huge granite boulder present in the Warangal fort.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hridayindia.in/warangal/ |title = HRI Day India}}</ref> When the Kakatiya dynasty was defeated by [[Delhi Sultanate]] in 1323, ruler Juna Khan conquered the city and renamed it as Sultanpur.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7ZZzk8cXh8C&q=warangal+named+as+sultanpur&pg=PA86 | title=Series-16 Indian History–Medieval India}}</ref> Later [[Musunuri Nayaks]] recaptured Warangal in 1336 A. D. and named it Orugallu again. == History == {{Main|Kakatiya dynasty}} {{multiple image | align = center | perrow = 2 | total_width = 400 | image1 = Warangal years ago.jpg | caption1 = Warangal years ago | image2 = Warangal ei1-63.jpg | caption2 = Sculptures at Warangal Fort | image3 = Kakatiyas well at warangal.jpg | caption3 = Kakatiyas well at Warangal }} Warangal was the ancient capital of Kakatiya dynasty.<ref>{{cite book |title=Historic Landmarks of the Deccan |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.106468 |last=Haig |first=Thomas Wolseley |author-link=Wolseley Haig |year=1907 |place=Allahabad |publisher=The Pioneer Press |page=66}}</ref> It was ruled by many kings such as Beta Raja I, Prola Raja I, Beta Raja II, Prola Raja II, [[Rudradeva]], Mahadeva, Ganapathideva, [[Prataparudra]] and [[Rani Rudrama Devi]] who is the only woman to rule over Telugu region. Beta Raja I is the founder of Kakatiya Dynasty and ruled the kingdom for 30 years and was succeeded by his son Prola Raja I who shifted his capital to [[Hanamkonda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Kakatiya Dynasty (Kakatiya Empire, Kakatiyas)| url=https://www.importantindia.com/9551/kakatiya-dynasty/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920063344/http://www.importantindia.com:80/9551/kakatiya-dynasty/| archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead |date=2013-12-13}}</ref> During the rule of Ganapathideva, the capital was shifted from Hanamkonda to Warangal.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/warangal/wa01.html | title=Ancient India| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130010224/http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/warangal/wa01.html| archive-date=30 November 2020}}</ref> Kakatiya Period Inscriptions praised Warangal as best city within all of Telugu region up to shores of the Ocean.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&q=warangal+best|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra|last=Cynthia|first=Talbot|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2001-09-20|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9|page=37}}</ref> The Kakatiyas left many monuments, including an impressive fortress, four massive stone gateways, the Swayambhu temple dedicated to [[Shiva]], and the [[Ramappa temple]] situated near Ramappa Lake. The cultural and administrative distinction of the Kakatiyas was mentioned by [[Marco Polo]]. After the defeat of [[Prataparudra II]], the [[Musunuri Nayaks]] united 72 Nayak chieftains and captured Warangal from [[Delhi Sultanate]] and ruled for fifty years. After the demise of the Nayaks, Warangal was part of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]] and then the Sultanate of [[Golconda]]. The [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]] conquered [[Golconda]] in 1687, and it remained part of the Mughal empire until the southern provinces of the empire split away to become the state of [[Hyderabad state|Hyderabad]] in 1724, which included the Telangana region and some parts of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Karnataka]]. Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948, and became an [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] called as Hyderabad state. In 1956 Hyderabad state was partitioned as part of the [[States Reorganisation Act]], and Telangana, the [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking region of Hyderabad state, which includes Warangal, became part of Andhra Pradesh. After the Telangana movement, Telangana state was formed on 2 June 2014, Warangal became part of Telangana State. == Geography and climate == {{stack begin}}{{climate chart |Warangal |16|30|15 |18|33|5 |22|37|5 |26|40|7 |28|42|15 |28|37|50 |25|32|85 |25|31|170 |23|33|160 |22|33|70 |18|31|10 |15|30|0 |source=[http://www.mustseeindia.com/Warangal-weather mustseeindia.com] |float=right }}{{stack end}} {{multiple image | align = center | total_width = 440 | image1 = Waddepally lake 13122015.jpg | caption1 = [[Waddepally Lake]] | image2 = Bhadrakali Lake, Warangal.JPG | caption2 = [[Bhadrakali Lake]] }} Warangal is located at {{Coord|18.0|N|79.58|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 266&nbsp;metres (873&nbsp;feet).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/e6s7/Warangal/|title = Warangal topographic map, elevation, relief}}</ref> It is settled in the eastern part of [[Deccan Plateau]] made up of granite rocks and hill formations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourism-of-india.com/deccan-plateau.html|title=Deccan Plateau, Andhra Pradesh – Things to do in Andhra Pradesh|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> which left the region barren making the cultivation dependent on seasonal rainfall. There are no major rivers flowing near the city, making it reliant on the [[Kakatiya Canal]] which originates from [[Sriram Sagar Project]] to meet the city's water requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Three-towns-in-the-grip-of-water-crisis/article16623715.ece|title=Three towns in the grip of water crisis|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=28 July 2015|date=2009-04-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204122821/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Three-towns-in-the-grip-of-water-crisis/article16623715.ece|archive-date=4 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nih.ernet.in/rbis/india_information/drinking.htm|title=Drinking Water|access-date=28 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702082705/http://nih.ernet.in/rbis/india_information/drinking.htm|archive-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Located in the semi-arid region of Telangana, Warangal has a predominantly hot and dry climate. Summer starts in March, and peak in May with average high temperatures in the {{convert|42|C|F}} range. The [[monsoon]] arrives in June and lasts until September with about {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts in October and lasts until early February, when there is little humidity and average temperatures in the {{convert|22|-|23|C|F}} range. Many hill rocks and lakes are located around warangal. Padmakshi hill, mettu gutta, hanumathgiri gutta, ursu gutta and [[Govinda Rajula Gutta]] are famous hills with temples.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.padmakshi.org/about|title=About – Welcome to Padmakshi Temple|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> [[Bhadrakali Lake]], [[Dharmasagar]] lake and [[Waddepally Lake]] are the three famous lakes which adds scenic beauty and also are the major sources of drinking water.<ref>{{cite document|url=https://www.academia.edu/2365607|title=Lake Water Quality and its Interaction with Aquifers in Warangal City|author=D. Thhatikkonda|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407114835/https://www.academia.edu/2365607/Lake_Water_Quality_and_its_Interaction_with_Aquifers_in_Warangal_City|archive-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> == Demographics == {{bar box |align=left |width=250px |barwidth=100px |title=Religions in Warangal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/398-warangal.html|title=Warangal City Population Census 2011 – Andhra Pradesh}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Hindu|Orange|83.41}} {{bar percent|Muslim|Green|14.39}} {{bar percent|Christian|Blue|1.65}} {{bar percent|Others†|Black|0.55}} |caption=†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s, [[Jainism|Jains]] </small> }} {{India census population |1901=31186 |1911=48342 |1921=46791 |1931=62119 |1941=92808 |1951=133130 |1961=160000 |1971=210040 |1981=338910 |1991=447657 |2001=530636 |2011=830281 |state= |title=Warangal city population |footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census 1951-61">{{cite book|title=Process of urban fringe development: A model|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buz5csyXFmwC|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=25|last=Gopi|first=K.N|year=1978|access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census Hyderabad">{{cite web|title=Economy, population and urban sprawl a comparative study of urban agglomerations of Banglore and Hyderabad, India using remote sensing and GIS techniques|url=http://www.cicred.org/Eng/Seminars/Details/Seminars/PDE2007/Papers/IYER_Neelakantan_paperNairobi2007-project.pdf|last1=Iyer|first1=Neelakantan Krishna|last2=Kulkarni|first2=Sumati|last3=Raghavaswam|first3=V.|page=21|date=13 June 2007|publisher=circed.org|access-date=10 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201030200/http://www.cicred.org/Eng/Seminars/Details/Seminars/PDE2007/Papers/IYER_Neelakantan_paperNairobi2007-project.pdf|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="greater Hyderabad">{{cite web|title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above, census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|page=11|year=2011|publisher=Government of India|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>}} {{As of|2011}} [[Census of India]], the city has population of {{formatnum:627449}}, which later increased to the present population of 830,281, including the expanded city limits.<ref name="aboutgwmc" /><ref name="totalpop" /><ref name="profile" /> The major religion in Warangal is [[Hinduism]], with 83% of the population adhering to it. [[Islam]] is the largest minority, at 14%. There are small communities of Christians, Jews, and Buddhists. == Government and politics == === Civic administration === {{Main|Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation}} [[File:WarangalCorporation.jpg|thumb|Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]] [[Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]] is the civic body of the city, which oversees the civic needs. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest urban local bodies in India.<ref name="profile" /> City planning is governed by the [[Kakatiya Urban Development Authority]] (KUDA), constituted in 1982 by the local government for the planning, development and management of the Kakatiya Urban Development Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kuda.in/profile.html|title=Kakatiy Urban Development Authority |publisher=Kuda.in |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> It has its jurisdictional area spread over {{Convert|1805|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}, covering 19 [[mandals]], 181 villages in the three districts of [[Warangal district]], [[Hanamkonda district|Hanamkonda]] and [[Jangaon district|Jangaon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=KUDA |url=http://www.kuda.in/Objectives.html |website=www.kuda.in |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, the corporation has bagged a total of eleven awards in various categories, such as conservation, sanitation, heritage, etc.<ref name="profile" />{{rp|6}}<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Warangal model for solid waste management |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/warangal-model-for-solid-waste-management/article4832289.ece |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=20 June 2013 |language=en-IN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205191224/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/warangal-model-for-solid-waste-management/article4832289.ece |archive-date=5 December 2020 }}</ref> For electoral purpose, the city is divided into 58 [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|electoral wards]], of which 50% are reserved for women. A total of thirty seats are reserved for [[Backward Class|BC{{'}}s]] (19), [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC{{'}}s (9) and ST{{'}}s (2)]] respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reservation of wards finalised in Warangal, Khammam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/reservation-of-wards-finalised-in-warangal-khammam/article8242821.ece |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=16 February 2016 |language=en-IN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205185037/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/reservation-of-wards-finalised-in-warangal-khammam/article8242821.ece |archive-date=5 December 2020 }}</ref> In October 2012, the corporation conducted ''Clean Cities Championship'', which invited professionals from 57 municipalities across the state for effective waste management and was won by [[Khammam Municipal Corporation]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Trash-driving/article15616669.ece|title=Trash driving|last=Acharya|first=Keya|date=2012-11-24|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205182319/https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Trash-driving/article15616669.ece|archive-date=5 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/making-waste-management-a-sport-in-india/|title=Making Waste Management a Sport in India|website=www.ipsnews.net|access-date=2019-04-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201150112/http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/making-waste-management-a-sport-in-india/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last1=Malhotra|first1=Meghna|last2=Baradi|first2=Manvita|last3=Centre -UMC|first3=Urban Management|title=Compendium Of Good Practices in Solid Waste Management, March 2015|url=https://www.academia.edu/22906452|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406141137/https://www.academia.edu/22906452/Compendium_Of_Good_Practices_in_Solid_Waste_Management_March_2015|archive-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> Following the event, Warangal became the first city in India to achieve 100% door-to-door [[Municipal solid waste|MSW collection]]. About 70% of households started practicing two-bin MSW segregation into wet and dry waste. 420 cement bins and 128 dumpsters were removed from locations across Warangal making it a no dump city.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Malhotra|first1=Meghna|last2=Baradi|first2=Manvita|last3=Centre -UMC|first3=Urban Management|title=Compendium Of Good Practices in Solid Waste Management, March 2015|url=https://www.academia.edu/22906452|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406141137/https://www.academia.edu/22906452/Compendium_Of_Good_Practices_in_Solid_Waste_Management_March_2015|archive-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> GWMC was able to reduce the MSW going to landfill by 30% to 40%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npcindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7.2-Annex-for-NPC-Warangal.pdf|title=National Productivity Council India: Clean Cities Championship Case Study}}</ref> and the dumpyard with significantly reduced load is, in phases, being converted into a nature park with [[vermicompost]]ing sheds.<ref name="auto1"/> === Law and order === [[File:WL police vehicle.jpg|thumb|Police patrol vehicle in Warangal]] The urban police district, which is responsible for maintaining law and order in city and agglomerated areas around Warangal was converted into a Police Commissionerate by the state government in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/jan/26/Warangal-to-Get-Police-Commissionerate-709761.html|title=Warangal to Get Police Commissionerate|work=The New Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129173751/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/jan/26/Warangal-to-Get-Police-Commissionerate-709761.html|archive-date=29 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/telangana/warangal-the-police-commissionerate-206818|title=వరంగల్.. ఇక పోలీసు కమిషనరేట్|access-date=28 July 2015|date=2015-01-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322183547/https://www.sakshi.com/news/telangana/warangal-the-police-commissionerate-206818|archive-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> Inspector General will be working as police commissioner who is also given magisterial powers. There are around 71 police stations present under [[Warangal Police Commissionerate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warangalpolice.gov.in/JurPS.aspx|title=Jurisdiction of Police Stations|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> === Healthcare === There are hospitals in the city for [[health care]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141029/nation-current-affairs/article/biomedical-wastes-pose-threat-lives|title=Biomedical wastes pose a threat to lives|work=deccanchronicle.com|date=2014-10-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309221731/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141029/nation-current-affairs/article/biomedical-wastes-pose-threat-lives|archive-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> The [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital]] is the largest hospital in the city, serving the patients from the [[Adilabad]], [[Khammam]] and [[Karimnagar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=MGM, A 'Super Specialty' Hospital Sans Specialists and Nurses |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/feb/23/MGM-A-Super-Specialty-Hospital-Sans-Specialists-and-Nurses-720641.html |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=23 February 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318233103/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2015/feb/23/MGM-A-Super-Specialty-Hospital-Sans-Specialists-and-Nurses-720641.html |archive-date=18 March 2020 }}</ref> == Economy == {{As of|2011}} [[census of India]], Warangal is one of the Indian cities that has seen rapid growth of urbanisation from 19%–28%, alongside cities such as [[Gandhinagar]], [[Kozhikode]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/high-growth-north-yet-to-match-spatial-spread-of-south-west/|title=High growth North yet to match spatial spread of South, West|work=The Indian Express|date=7 April 2014|access-date=15 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201093149/https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/high-growth-north-yet-to-match-spatial-spread-of-south-west/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Agriculture is the main economic activity with irrigation depending mainly on monsoon and seasonal rainfalls. Major crops are [[paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]], [[cotton]], [[mango]] and [[wheat]]. Warangal benefits from the Godavari lift irrigation scheme which is designed to lift water from the [[Godavari]] river to irrigate drought prone areas in the Telangana region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irrigation.cgg.gov.in/OngMaj/GodavariLiftIrrigationSchemeDetail.htm |title=Detailed Profile of the Project |publisher=Irrigation.cgg.gov.in |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326105439/http://irrigation.cgg.gov.in/OngMaj/GodavariLiftIrrigationSchemeDetail.htm |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city hosts second-biggest grain market of Asia, located in Enumamula.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiagrowing.com/Telangana/Warangal/Hanamkonda/Enumamula|title=Enumamula Village, Hanamkonda Mandal, Warangal |publisher=India Growing |access-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326103159/http://www.indiagrowing.com/Telangana/Warangal/Hanamkonda/Enumamula |archive-date=26 March 2014 }}</ref> [[Information Technology]] is another sector in which the city is making steady progress with its Incubation centre at [[Madikonda]]. Recently [[Tech Mahindra]] & [[Cyient]] have opened their development centres and many other IT majors like [[Mindtree]], quadrant resource will be opening their offices shortly.<ref>{{cite web|author=Special Correspondent |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-Telangana/stpiwarangal-woos-investors/article5647745.ece|title=STPI-Warangal woos investors|work=The Hindu|date=3 February 2014|access-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/it-incubation-centre-inaugurated-in-warangal-116021900844_1.html | title=IT Incubation Centre inaugurated in Warangal | work=Business Standard | date=19 February 2016 | access-date=5 July 2016 | author=Press Trust of India| url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307154831/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/it-incubation-centre-inaugurated-in-warangal-116021900844_1.html | archive-date=7 March 2020 }}</ref> == Transport == {{multiple image | align = right | width = 220 | direction = vertical | image1 = Warangaltraffic.jpg | caption1 = Traffic on Warangal roads | image2 = Main entrance Kazipet.JPG | caption2 = [[Kazipet Junction railway station|Kazipet railway station]] | image3 = Warangal railway station.jpg | caption3 = [[Warangal railway station]] }} === Roadway === The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road and railways. [[National Highway (India)|National]] and [[state highways]] that pass through the city are, [[National Highway 163 (India)(old numbering)|National Highway 163]], connecting [[Hyderabad]] and [[Bhopalpatnam]]; NH 563 connecting [[Ramagundam]] and [[Khammam]]; State highway 3. [[TSRTC]] operates buses to various destinations from Hanamkonda and Warangal bus stations of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations|url=http://www.tsrtc.telangana.gov.in/BusStations.php|website=[[TSRTC]]|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> Nearly 78 City buses run in various routes across the city and sub urban areas while 45 city buses run from city to nearby villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Guntur-still-awaits-city-RTC-services/articleshow/43761506.cms|title=Guntur still awaits city RTC services|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127040728/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Guntur-still-awaits-city-RTC-services/articleshow/43761506.cms|archive-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> === Railway === Warangal has two railway stations namely, [[Kazipet railway station|Kazipet]] and [[Warangal railway station|Warangal]] on the important [[New Delhi-Chennai main line]] of [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karimnzp.appr.gov.in/en/hidden/-/asset_publisher/di5XrVERUf8s/content/transport-information/|title=KARIMNAGAR-District Panchayat|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> They are administered under the jurisdiction of the [[Secunderabad railway division]] of [[South Central Railway zone]]. Kazipet Junction shelters both Electric and Diesel Loco sheds with a capacity of holding 175 and 142 locomotives.<ref>{{cite news|title=ELS / KZJ|url=http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?id=0,1,291,357,950,952|access-date=15 October 2016|work=South Central Railway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,357,950,951|title=South Central Railway|website=scr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> Kazipet town, Vanchanagiri, Pendial, [[Hasanparthy Road railway station]] are the other railway stations within the city limits. The construction of third railway line between Balharshah and Kazipet was sanctioned at an estimated cost of {{INRConvert|24.032|b|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-rail-line-between-Kazipet-and-Ballarshah/articleshow/53852215.cms|title=New rail line between Kazipet and Ballarshah – Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-10-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930161924/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-rail-line-between-Kazipet-and-Ballarshah/articleshow/53852215.cms|archive-date=30 September 2020}}</ref> === Airway === Warangal has an [[Warangal Airport|airport]] built by the Nizams at Mamnoor in 1930. It was largest airport in undivided India with 1,875 acres of land, a 6.6-km runway, a pilot and staff quarters, a pilot training centre and more than one terminal. Many cargo services and Vayudoot services were served. During the [[Sino-Indian War|Indo-China war]], it served as a hangar for government aircraft due to Delhi airport being a target in combat. It remained in service until 1981.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nizam-era-airport-lies-neglected/articleshow/9402208.cms|title=Nizam-era airport lies neglected – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2016-07-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020152607/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nizam-era-airport-lies-neglected/articleshow/9402208.cms|archive-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> This airport is currently being used as NCC Training Centre by No. 4(A) air squadron for gliding sorties, skeet shooting and aero-modeling.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mamnoor airport to function only after 2030|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140921/nation-current-affairs/article/mamnoor-airport-function-only-after-2030|access-date=15 October 2016|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=21 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229085616/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140921/nation-current-affairs/article/mamnoor-airport-function-only-after-2030|archive-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> There is no scheduled commercial air service from this airport at present. == Educational institutes == [[File:Nitw 1.8k Hostel for Boys.jpg|thumb|[[National Institute of Technology, Warangal|NIT Warangal]], established in 1959]] [[File:KMC building cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Kakatiya Medical College]]]] Both government and private institutions has their presence in the city. ===Universities and colleges=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a University or college to this list if it already has its own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> * [[Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science]] * [[Kakatiya Medical College]] * [[Kakatiya University]] * [[Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences]] * [[National Institute of Technology, Warangal]] * [[SR Engineering College]] * [[SR University]] * [[Vaagdevi College of Engineering]] * [[Vaagdevi Engineering College]] ===Schools=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a school to this list if it already has its own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> * [[Delhi Public School, Warangal]] * [[Platinum Jubilee High School, Warangal|Platinum Jubilee High School]] * [[Srinivasa Ramanujan Concept School]] * [[St. Gabriel's High School]] == Culture == [[File:A few Tourist attraction spots in Warangal Tri-Cities.jpg|thumb|A few Tourist attraction spots in Warangal Tri-Cities]] The residents of the city are often referred as ''Warangalites''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paying tribute to new State in style|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/paying-tribute-to-new-state-in-style/article7273396.ece|access-date=15 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=2 June 2015|language=en-IN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204120730/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/paying-tribute-to-new-state-in-style/article7273396.ece|archive-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> The [[Warangal Fort]], [[Thousand Pillar Temple]] and the [[Ramappa Temple]] which was inscribed in the list of [[World Heritage sites]] recognised by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Centre|first1=UNESCO World Heritage|title=The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways – UNESCO World Heritage Centre|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5889/|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=28 June 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308083849/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5889/|archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> [[Bhadrakali Temple, Warangal|Bhadrakali Temple]], [[Padmakshi Temple]], Mettu Gutta, [[Govinda Rajula Gutta]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal]], [[Syed Shah Afzal Biabani|Kazipet Dargah]], Ursu Gutta, and Erragattu Gutta are the other notable destinations of various religions. Bhadrakali Lake, Waddepally Lake, and Dharmasagar Lake are the water bodies notable for tourism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regions ::: Visit Telangana – Official Tourism Information for Telangana|url=http://www.telanganatourism.gov.in/partials/destinations/regions/warangal.html|website=www.telanganatourism.gov.in|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> [[File:Badrakali Temple Warangal.jpg|thumb|Bhadrakali Temple in Warangal]] [[Bhadrakali Temple, Warangal|Bhadrakali Temple]] lake is being developed into the largest first Geo-Bio-Diversity cultural park in the country, with promenades, historic caves, suspension bridges, natural trails, nesting ground and ecological reserves.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/warangals-cultural-heritage-set-to-get-a-boost-under-hriday-project/article7507399.ece|title=Destination Warangal|date=2015-08-06|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125001733/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/warangals-cultural-heritage-set-to-get-a-boost-under-hriday-project/article7507399.ece|archive-date=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Not-Hyderabad-Warangal-now-tourism-hotspot/articleshow/49351037.cms|title=Not Hyderabad, Warangal now tourism hotspot &#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105180101/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Not-Hyderabad-Warangal-now-tourism-hotspot/articleshow/49351037.cms|archive-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> The [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Ministry of Tourism]] has awarded Warangal as the best heritage city, at the National Tourism Awards for the year 2014–2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/madhya-pradesh-received-award-for-comprehensive-development-of-tourism-2944373/|title=Madhya Pradesh receives award for comprehensive development of tourism|date=30 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201094808/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/madhya-pradesh-received-award-for-comprehensive-development-of-tourism-2944373/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> This is third time in a row for the city to get this award since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Warangal-wins-best-heritage-city-award/article14545178.ece|title=Warangal wins best heritage city award|date=1 August 2016|via=www.thehindu.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201065225/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Warangal-wins-best-heritage-city-award/article14545178.ece|archive-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> '''Festivals''' Festivals in the city include, a floral festival of [[Bathukamma]] being celebrated by women of the city, worshiping the goddess with different flowers for nine days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-in-the-air/article6442465.ece|title=Bathukamma: Festivities in the air|author=Special Correspondent|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118143829/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-in-the-air/article6442465.ece|archive-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> The women carry their ''Bathukamma'' to the nearest temple of their locality, then they clap, sing and dance rhythmically around the Bathukamma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-to-begin-from-sept-24/article6432089.ece|title=Bathukamma festivities to begin from Sept. 24|author=Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229091519/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bathukamma-festivities-to-begin-from-sept-24/article6432089.ece|archive-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> Along with Bathukamma, [[Bonalu]] is also declared as a state festival on 15 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Bonalu-Bathukamma-declared-state-festivals/articleshow/36677768.cms|title=Bonalu, Bathukamma declared state festivals|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228193000/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Bonalu-Bathukamma-declared-state-festivals/articleshow/36677768.cms|archive-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> Other festivals are, [[Sammakka Saralamma Jatara]] (Medaram Jatara), a popular religious congregation in the honour of Goddess at [[Medaram]] of [[Warangal district]]. '''Cuisine''' The cuisine of the city is mainly of Deccan dishes. The breakfast items include [[Chapati]], and [[Puri (food)|Puri]]. Rice with variety of curries including curd is taken as main food. == Notable people == <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> *[[Anandhi]], film actress *[[Tharun Bhascker]], film director *[[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]], music director *[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]], lyricist *[[Arjun Erigaisi]], Chess Grandmaster *[[Kothapalli Jayashankar]], professor *[[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]], cricketer *[[Nerella Venu Madhav]], impressionist and ventriloquist *[[Kaloji Narayana Rao]], poet *[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], former Prime Minister of India *[[Eesha Rebba]], film actress *[[Sandeep Reddy Vanga]], film director *[[Parvathaneni Venkata Krishna]], Senior Journalist <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> == References == {{reflist}} == Further reading == *{{cite journal |title=From Delhi to the Deccan: Newly Discovered Tughluq Monuments at Warangal-Sult̤ānpur and the Beginnings of Indo-Islamic Architecture in Southern India |first1=Phillip B. |last1=Wagoner |first2=John Henry |last2=Rice |journal=Artibus Asiae |volume=61 |issue=1 |year=2001 |pages=77–117 |jstor=3249963|doi=10.2307/3249963 }} {{subscription required}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Wikivoyage-inline}} <!--Please DO ''not'' enter your personal details or your phone number. 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Warangal</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Orugallu, Ekashila Nagaram</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s):&#160;<div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_Tri-City" title="Warangal Tri-City">Tri-City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997900035">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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/>.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Warangal</b> (<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Warangal.ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><a href="/enwiki//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Warangal.ogg" class="internal" title="Warangal.ogg">pronunciation</a></span>&#160;<small class="metadata audiolinkinfo" style="cursor:help;">(<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Media help"><span style="cursor:help;">help</span></a>·<a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Warangal.ogg" title="File:Warangal.ogg"><span style="cursor:help;">info</span></a>)</small></span>) is a city in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> state of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 830,281 per <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-aboutgwmc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutgwmc-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-totalpop_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-totalpop-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> and spreading over an 406&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (157&#160;sq&#160;mi).<sup id="cite_ref-profile_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> Warangal served as the capital of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_dynasty" title="Kakatiya dynasty">Kakatiya dynasty</a> which was established in 1163. The monuments left by the Kakatiyas include fortresses, lakes, temples and stone gateways which, in the present, helped the city to become a popular tourist attraction. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_Kala_Thoranam" title="Kakatiya Kala Thoranam">Kakatiya Kala Thoranam</a> was included in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emblem_of_Telangana" title="Emblem of Telangana">emblem of Telangana</a> by the state government and Warangal is also touted as the cultural capital of Telangana.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>It is one of the eleven cities in the country to have been chosen for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Heritage_City_Development_and_Augmentation_Yojana" title="Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana">Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana</a> scheme by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> It was also selected as a <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Smart_city" title="Smart city">smart city</a></i> in the "fast-track competition", which makes it eligible for additional investment to improve urban infrastructure and industrial opportunities under the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Smart_Cities_Mission" title="Smart Cities Mission">Smart Cities Mission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The three urban cities <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazipet" title="Kazipet">Kazipet</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hanamkonda" title="Hanamkonda">Hanamkonda</a> and Warangal are together known as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_Tri-City" title="Warangal Tri-City">Warangal Tri-City</a>. The three cities are connected by National Highway 163 (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>–<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhuvanagiri,_Telangana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhuvanagiri, Telangana">Bhuvanagiri</a>–Warangal–<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhopalpatnam" title="Bhopalpatnam">Bhopalpatnam</a>). The major stations are Kazipet Junction railway station and Warangal railway station. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Geography_and_climate"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geography and climate</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Government_and_politics"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Government and politics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Civic_administration"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Civic administration</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Law_and_order"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Law and order</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Healthcare"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Healthcare</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Transport"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Transport</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Roadway"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Roadway</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Railway"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Railway</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Airway"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Airway</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Educational_institutes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Educational institutes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Universities_and_colleges"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Universities and colleges</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Schools"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Schools</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Notable_people"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Notable people</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Etymology">Etymology</span></h2> <p>During the 160 years of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_dynasty" title="Kakatiya dynasty">Kakatiya</a> rule between 1163 - 1323, Warangal was referred with various names like <i>Orugallu</i>, <i>Ekasila Nagaram</i>, or <i>Omatikonda</i> all these means a 'single stone' referring to a huge granite boulder present in the Warangal fort.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> When the Kakatiya dynasty was defeated by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a> in 1323, ruler Juna Khan conquered the city and renamed it as Sultanpur.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> Later <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Musunuri_Nayaks" class="mw-redirect" title="Musunuri Nayaks">Musunuri Nayaks</a> recaptured Warangal in 1336 A. D. and named it Orugallu again. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_dynasty" title="Kakatiya dynasty">Kakatiya dynasty</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096954695/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:392px;max-width:392px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:200px;max-width:200px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:139px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Warangal_years_ago.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Warangal_years_ago.jpg/198px-Warangal_years_ago.jpg" decoding="async" width="198" height="139" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="424" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Warangal years ago</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:188px;max-width:188px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:139px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Warangal_ei1-63.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Warangal_ei1-63.jpg/186px-Warangal_ei1-63.jpg" decoding="async" width="186" height="140" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Sculptures at Warangal Fort</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:390px;max-width:390px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:129px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Kakatiyas_well_at_warangal.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Kakatiyas_well_at_warangal.jpg/388px-Kakatiyas_well_at_warangal.jpg" decoding="async" width="388" height="129" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="525" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Kakatiyas well at Warangal</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Warangal was the ancient capital of Kakatiya dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> It was ruled by many kings such as Beta Raja I, Prola Raja I, Beta Raja II, Prola Raja II, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rudradeva" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudradeva">Rudradeva</a>, Mahadeva, Ganapathideva, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prataparudra" title="Prataparudra">Prataparudra</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rani_Rudrama_Devi" class="mw-redirect" title="Rani Rudrama Devi">Rani Rudrama Devi</a> who is the only woman to rule over Telugu region. Beta Raja I is the founder of Kakatiya Dynasty and ruled the kingdom for 30 years and was succeeded by his son Prola Raja I who shifted his capital to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hanamkonda" title="Hanamkonda">Hanamkonda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>During the rule of Ganapathideva, the capital was shifted from Hanamkonda to Warangal.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> Kakatiya Period Inscriptions praised Warangal as best city within all of Telugu region up to shores of the Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup> The Kakatiyas left many monuments, including an impressive fortress, four massive stone gateways, the Swayambhu temple dedicated to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>, and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ramappa_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramappa temple">Ramappa temple</a> situated near Ramappa Lake. The cultural and administrative distinction of the Kakatiyas was mentioned by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marco_Polo" title="Marco Polo">Marco Polo</a>. After the defeat of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prataparudra_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Prataparudra II">Prataparudra II</a>, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Musunuri_Nayaks" class="mw-redirect" title="Musunuri Nayaks">Musunuri Nayaks</a> united 72 Nayak chieftains and captured Warangal from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a> and ruled for fifty years. After the demise of the Nayaks, Warangal was part of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bahmani_Sultanate" title="Bahmani Sultanate">Bahmani Sultanate</a> and then the Sultanate of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Golconda" class="mw-redirect" title="Golconda">Golconda</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> emperor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a> conquered <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Golconda" class="mw-redirect" title="Golconda">Golconda</a> in 1687, and it remained part of the Mughal empire until the southern provinces of the empire split away to become the state of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hyderabad_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad state">Hyderabad</a> in 1724, which included the Telangana region and some parts of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>. Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948, and became an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">Indian state</a> called as Hyderabad state. In 1956 Hyderabad state was partitioned as part of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="States Reorganisation Act">States Reorganisation Act</a>, and Telangana, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>-speaking region of Hyderabad state, which includes Warangal, became part of Andhra Pradesh. 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It has an average elevation of 266&#160;metres (873&#160;feet).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> It is settled in the eastern part of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan Plateau</a> made up of granite rocks and hill formations<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">&#91;16&#93;</a></sup> which left the region barren making the cultivation dependent on seasonal rainfall. There are no major rivers flowing near the city, making it reliant on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_Canal" title="Kakatiya Canal">Kakatiya Canal</a> which originates from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sriram_Sagar_Project" title="Sriram Sagar Project">Sriram Sagar Project</a> to meet the city's water requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup> Located in the semi-arid region of Telangana, Warangal has a predominantly hot and dry climate. Summer starts in March, and peak in May with average high temperatures in the 42&#160;°C (108&#160;°F) range. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> arrives in June and lasts until September with about 550&#160;mm (22&#160;in) of precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts in October and lasts until early February, when there is little humidity and average temperatures in the 22–23&#160;°C (72–73&#160;°F) range. Many hill rocks and lakes are located around warangal. Padmakshi hill, mettu gutta, hanumathgiri gutta, ursu gutta and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Govinda_Rajula_Gutta" title="Govinda Rajula Gutta">Govinda Rajula Gutta</a> are famous hills with temples.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">&#91;19&#93;</a></sup> </p><p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhadrakali_Lake" title="Bhadrakali Lake">Bhadrakali Lake</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dharmasagar" title="Dharmasagar">Dharmasagar</a> lake and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Waddepally_Lake" title="Waddepally Lake">Waddepally Lake</a> are the three famous lakes which adds scenic beauty and also are the major sources of drinking water.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">&#91;20&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Demographics">Demographics</span></h2> <div class="barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:250px; background: white;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; 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There are small communities of Christians, Jews, and Buddhists. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Civic_administration">Civic administration</span></h3> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greater_Warangal_Municipal_Corporation" title="Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation">Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:WarangalCorporation.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/WarangalCorporation.jpg/220px-WarangalCorporation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="90" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="143" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:WarangalCorporation.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation</div></div></div> <p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greater_Warangal_Municipal_Corporation" title="Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation">Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation</a> is the civic body of the city, which oversees the civic needs. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest urban local bodies in India.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> City planning is governed by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_Urban_Development_Authority" title="Kakatiya Urban Development Authority">Kakatiya Urban Development Authority</a> (KUDA), constituted in 1982 by the local government for the planning, development and management of the Kakatiya Urban Development Area.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">&#91;25&#93;</a></sup> It has its jurisdictional area spread over 1,805&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (697&#160;sq&#160;mi), covering 19 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mandals" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandals">mandals</a>, 181 villages in the three districts of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_district" title="Warangal district">Warangal district</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hanamkonda_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanamkonda district">Hanamkonda</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jangaon_district" title="Jangaon district">Jangaon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">&#91;26&#93;</a></sup> As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Warangal&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, the corporation has bagged a total of eleven awards in various categories, such as conservation, sanitation, heritage, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 6">&#58;&#8202;6&#8202;</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">&#91;27&#93;</a></sup> For electoral purpose, the city is divided into 58 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ward_(electoral_subdivision)" title="Ward (electoral subdivision)">electoral wards</a>, of which 50% are reserved for women. A total of thirty seats are reserved for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Backward_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="Backward Class">BC<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s</a> (19), <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">SC<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s (9) and ST<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s (2)</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">&#91;28&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In October 2012, the corporation conducted <i>Clean Cities Championship</i>, which invited professionals from 57 municipalities across the state for effective waste management and was won by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khammam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Khammam Municipal Corporation">Khammam Municipal Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-29">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">&#91;30&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-31">&#91;31&#93;</a></sup> Following the event, Warangal became the first city in India to achieve 100% door-to-door <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Municipal_solid_waste" title="Municipal solid waste">MSW collection</a>. About 70% of households started practicing two-bin MSW segregation into wet and dry waste. 420 cement bins and 128 dumpsters were removed from locations across Warangal making it a no dump city.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">&#91;32&#93;</a></sup> GWMC was able to reduce the MSW going to landfill by 30% to 40%.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">&#91;33&#93;</a></sup> and the dumpyard with significantly reduced load is, in phases, being converted into a nature park with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vermicompost" title="Vermicompost">vermicomposting</a> sheds.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-31">&#91;31&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Law_and_order">Law and order</span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:WL_police_vehicle.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/WL_police_vehicle.jpg/220px-WL_police_vehicle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:WL_police_vehicle.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Police patrol vehicle in Warangal</div></div></div> <p>The urban police district, which is responsible for maintaining law and order in city and agglomerated areas around Warangal was converted into a Police Commissionerate by the state government in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> Inspector General will be working as police commissioner who is also given magisterial powers. There are around 71 police stations present under <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_Police_Commissionerate" title="Warangal Police Commissionerate">Warangal Police Commissionerate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">&#91;36&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Healthcare">Healthcare</span></h3> <p>There are hospitals in the city for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health care</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup> The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_Memorial_Hospital" title="Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital">Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital</a> is the largest hospital in the city, serving the patients from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Adilabad" title="Adilabad">Adilabad</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khammam" title="Khammam">Khammam</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karimnagar" title="Karimnagar">Karimnagar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">&#91;38&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span></h2> <p>As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Warangal&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Census_of_India" title="Census of India">census of India</a>, Warangal is one of the Indian cities that has seen rapid growth of urbanisation from 19%–28%, alongside cities such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gandhinagar" title="Gandhinagar">Gandhinagar</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">&#91;39&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Agriculture is the main economic activity with irrigation depending mainly on monsoon and seasonal rainfalls. Major crops are <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paddy_(unmilled_rice)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy (unmilled rice)">paddy</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mango</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>. Warangal benefits from the Godavari lift irrigation scheme which is designed to lift water from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Godavari" class="mw-redirect" title="Godavari">Godavari</a> river to irrigate drought prone areas in the Telangana region.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">&#91;40&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The city hosts second-biggest grain market of Asia, located in Enumamula.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">&#91;41&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Information Technology">Information Technology</a> is another sector in which the city is making steady progress with its Incubation centre at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Madikonda" title="Madikonda">Madikonda</a>. Recently <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tech_Mahindra" title="Tech Mahindra">Tech Mahindra</a> &amp; <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cyient" title="Cyient">Cyient</a> have opened their development centres and many other IT majors like <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mindtree" title="Mindtree">Mindtree</a>, quadrant resource will be opening their offices shortly.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Transport">Transport</span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1096954695/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"/><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Warangaltraffic.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Warangaltraffic.jpg/220px-Warangaltraffic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="400" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Traffic on Warangal roads</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Main_entrance_Kazipet.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Main_entrance_Kazipet.JPG/220px-Main_entrance_Kazipet.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" data-file-width="2213" data-file-height="1757" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazipet_Junction_railway_station" title="Kazipet Junction railway station">Kazipet railway station</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Warangal_railway_station.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Warangal_railway_station.jpg/220px-Warangal_railway_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" data-file-width="2873" data-file-height="1553" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_railway_station" title="Warangal railway station">Warangal railway station</a></div></div></div></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Roadway">Roadway</span></h3> <p>The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road and railways. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Highway_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway (India)">National</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/State_highways" class="mw-redirect" title="State highways">state highways</a> that pass through the city are, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Highway_163_(India)(old_numbering)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 163 (India)(old numbering)">National Highway 163</a>, connecting <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhopalpatnam" title="Bhopalpatnam">Bhopalpatnam</a>; NH 563 connecting <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ramagundam" title="Ramagundam">Ramagundam</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khammam" title="Khammam">Khammam</a>; State highway 3. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/TSRTC" class="mw-redirect" title="TSRTC">TSRTC</a> operates buses to various destinations from Hanamkonda and Warangal bus stations of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">&#91;44&#93;</a></sup> Nearly 78 City buses run in various routes across the city and sub urban areas while 45 city buses run from city to nearby villages.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">&#91;45&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Railway">Railway</span></h3> <p>Warangal has two railway stations namely, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazipet_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazipet railway station">Kazipet</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_railway_station" title="Warangal railway station">Warangal</a> on the important <a href="/enwiki/wiki/New_Delhi-Chennai_main_line" class="mw-redirect" title="New Delhi-Chennai main line">New Delhi-Chennai main line</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">&#91;46&#93;</a></sup> They are administered under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Secunderabad_railway_division" title="Secunderabad railway division">Secunderabad railway division</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Central_Railway_zone" title="South Central Railway zone">South Central Railway zone</a>. Kazipet Junction shelters both Electric and Diesel Loco sheds with a capacity of holding 175 and 142 locomotives.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">&#91;47&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">&#91;48&#93;</a></sup> Kazipet town, Vanchanagiri, Pendial, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hasanparthy_Road_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasanparthy Road railway station">Hasanparthy Road railway station</a> are the other railway stations within the city limits. The construction of third railway line between Balharshah and Kazipet was sanctioned at an estimated cost of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>24.032 billion</span> (US$300&#160;million).<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">&#91;49&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Airway">Airway</span></h3> <p>Warangal has an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_Airport" title="Warangal Airport">airport</a> built by the Nizams at Mamnoor in 1930. It was largest airport in undivided India with 1,875 acres of land, a 6.6-km runway, a pilot and staff quarters, a pilot training centre and more than one terminal. Many cargo services and Vayudoot services were served. During the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Indo-China war</a>, it served as a hangar for government aircraft due to Delhi airport being a target in combat. It remained in service until 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-timesofindia.indiatimes.com_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofindia.indiatimes.com-50">&#91;50&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>This airport is currently being used as NCC Training Centre by No. 4(A) air squadron for gliding sorties, skeet shooting and aero-modeling.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">&#91;51&#93;</a></sup> There is no scheduled commercial air service from this airport at present. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Educational_institutes">Educational institutes</span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Nitw_1.8k_Hostel_for_Boys.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nitw_1.8k_Hostel_for_Boys.jpg/220px-Nitw_1.8k_Hostel_for_Boys.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="433" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Nitw_1.8k_Hostel_for_Boys.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Warangal" title="National Institute of Technology, Warangal">NIT Warangal</a>, established in 1959</div></div></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:KMC_building_cropped.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/KMC_building_cropped.jpg/220px-KMC_building_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="92" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1358" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:KMC_building_cropped.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_Medical_College" title="Kakatiya Medical College">Kakatiya Medical College</a></div></div></div> <p>Both government and private institutions has their presence in the city. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Universities_and_colleges">Universities and colleges</span></h3> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_Institute_of_Technology_and_Science" title="Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science">Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_Medical_College" title="Kakatiya Medical College">Kakatiya Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakatiya_University" title="Kakatiya University">Kakatiya University</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kaloji_Narayana_Rao_University_of_Health_Sciences" title="Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences">Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Warangal" title="National Institute of Technology, Warangal">National Institute of Technology, Warangal</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/SR_Engineering_College" title="SR Engineering College">SR Engineering College</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/SR_University" title="SR University">SR University</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vaagdevi_College_of_Engineering" title="Vaagdevi College of Engineering">Vaagdevi College of Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vaagdevi_Engineering_College" title="Vaagdevi Engineering College">Vaagdevi Engineering College</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Schools">Schools</span></h3> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delhi_Public_School,_Warangal" title="Delhi Public School, Warangal">Delhi Public School, Warangal</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_High_School,_Warangal" title="Platinum Jubilee High School, Warangal">Platinum Jubilee High School</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan_Concept_School" title="Srinivasa Ramanujan Concept School">Srinivasa Ramanujan Concept School</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/St._Gabriel%27s_High_School" title="St. Gabriel&#39;s High School">St. Gabriel's High School</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Culture">Culture</span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:A_few_Tourist_attraction_spots_in_Warangal_Tri-Cities.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/A_few_Tourist_attraction_spots_in_Warangal_Tri-Cities.jpg/220px-A_few_Tourist_attraction_spots_in_Warangal_Tri-Cities.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:A_few_Tourist_attraction_spots_in_Warangal_Tri-Cities.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>A few Tourist attraction spots in Warangal Tri-Cities</div></div></div> <p>The residents of the city are often referred as <i>Warangalites</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">&#91;52&#93;</a></sup> The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_Fort" title="Warangal Fort">Warangal Fort</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thousand_Pillar_Temple" title="Thousand Pillar Temple">Thousand Pillar Temple</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ramappa_Temple" title="Ramappa Temple">Ramappa Temple</a> which was inscribed in the list of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/World_Heritage_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage sites">World Heritage sites</a> recognised by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">&#91;53&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhadrakali_Temple,_Warangal" title="Bhadrakali Temple, Warangal">Bhadrakali Temple</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Padmakshi_Temple" title="Padmakshi Temple">Padmakshi Temple</a>, Mettu Gutta, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Govinda_Rajula_Gutta" title="Govinda Rajula Gutta">Govinda Rajula Gutta</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Warangal" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal">Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Syed_Shah_Afzal_Biabani" class="mw-redirect" title="Syed Shah Afzal Biabani">Kazipet Dargah</a>, Ursu Gutta, and Erragattu Gutta are the other notable destinations of various religions. Bhadrakali Lake, Waddepally Lake, and Dharmasagar Lake are the water bodies notable for tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">&#91;54&#93;</a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Badrakali_Temple_Warangal.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Badrakali_Temple_Warangal.jpg/220px-Badrakali_Temple_Warangal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="911" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Badrakali_Temple_Warangal.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Bhadrakali Temple in Warangal</div></div></div> <p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhadrakali_Temple,_Warangal" title="Bhadrakali Temple, Warangal">Bhadrakali Temple</a> lake is being developed into the largest first Geo-Bio-Diversity cultural park in the country, with promenades, historic caves, suspension bridges, natural trails, nesting ground and ecological reserves.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">&#91;56&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Ministry of Tourism</a> has awarded Warangal as the best heritage city, at the National Tourism Awards for the year 2014–2015.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">&#91;57&#93;</a></sup> This is third time in a row for the city to get this award since 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup> </p><p><b>Festivals</b> </p><p>Festivals in the city include, a floral festival of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bathukamma" title="Bathukamma">Bathukamma</a> being celebrated by women of the city, worshiping the goddess with different flowers for nine days.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> The women carry their <i>Bathukamma</i> to the nearest temple of their locality, then they clap, sing and dance rhythmically around the Bathukamma.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup> Along with Bathukamma, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bonalu" title="Bonalu">Bonalu</a> is also declared as a state festival on 15 June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">&#91;61&#93;</a></sup> Other festivals are, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sammakka_Saralamma_Jatara" title="Sammakka Saralamma Jatara">Sammakka Saralamma Jatara</a> (Medaram Jatara), a popular religious congregation in the honour of Goddess at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medaram" title="Medaram">Medaram</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_district" title="Warangal district">Warangal district</a>. </p><p><b>Cuisine</b> </p><p>The cuisine of the city is mainly of Deccan dishes. The breakfast items include <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chapati" title="Chapati">Chapati</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Puri_(food)" title="Puri (food)">Puri</a>. Rice with variety of curries including curd is taken as main food. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_people">Notable people</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anandhi" title="Anandhi">Anandhi</a>, film actress</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tharun_Bhascker" title="Tharun Bhascker">Tharun Bhascker</a>, film director</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chakri_(composer)" title="Chakri (composer)">Chakri</a>, music director</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chandrabose_(lyricist)" title="Chandrabose (lyricist)">Chandrabose</a>, lyricist</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arjun_Erigaisi" title="Arjun Erigaisi">Arjun Erigaisi</a>, Chess Grandmaster</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kothapalli_Jayashankar" title="Kothapalli Jayashankar">Kothapalli Jayashankar</a>, professor</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nand_Kishore_(cricketer,_born_1970)" title="Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)">Nand Kishore</a>, cricketer</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nerella_Venu_Madhav" title="Nerella Venu Madhav">Nerella Venu Madhav</a>, impressionist and ventriloquist</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kaloji_Narayana_Rao" title="Kaloji Narayana Rao">Kaloji Narayana Rao</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. 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Narasimha Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pothana" title="Pothana">Pothana</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rudrama_Devi" title="Rudrama Devi">Rudrama Devi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population" title="List of cities in India by population">List of cities in India by population</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles nomobile"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1061467846"/></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&amp;#124;border_&amp;#124;alt=&amp;#124;link=_State_of_Telangana" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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districts of Telangana">Districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Adilabad_district" title="Adilabad district">Adilabad</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Komaram_Bheem_Asifabad_district" title="Komaram Bheem Asifabad district">Komaram Bheem</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bhadradri_Kothagudem" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhadradri Kothagudem">Bhadradri</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hanamkonda_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanamkonda district">Hanamkonda</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hyderabad_district,_India" title="Hyderabad district, India">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jagitial_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Jagitial district">Jagitial</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jangaon_district" title="Jangaon district">Jangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jayashankar_Bhupalpally_district" title="Jayashankar Bhupalpally district">Jayashankar Bhupalpally</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jogulamba_Gadwal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jogulamba Gadwal">Jogulamba</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamareddy_district" title="Kamareddy district">Kamareddy</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karimnagar_district" title="Karimnagar district">Karimnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khammam_district" title="Khammam district">Khammam</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mahabubabad_district" title="Mahabubabad district">Mahabubabad</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mahabub_Nagar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabub Nagar district">Mahabub Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mancherial_district" title="Mancherial district">Mancherial</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medak_district" title="Medak district">Medak</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medchal%E2%80%93Malkajgiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Medchal–Malkajgiri">Medchal–Malkajgiri</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mulugu_district" title="Mulugu district">Mulugu</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nagarkurnool_district" title="Nagarkurnool district">Nagarkurnool</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nalgonda_district" title="Nalgonda district">Nalgonda</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Narayanpet_district" title="Narayanpet district">Narayanapet</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nirmal_district" title="Nirmal district">Nirmal</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nizamabad_district" title="Nizamabad district">Nizamabad</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Peddapalli_district" title="Peddapalli district">Peddapalli</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rajanna_Sircilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajanna Sircilla">Rajanna Sircilla</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ranga_Reddy_district" title="Ranga Reddy district">Ranga Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sangareddy_district" title="Sangareddy district">Sangareddy</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Siddipet_district" title="Siddipet district">Siddipet</a></li> <li><a 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title="Khammam Police Commissionerate">Khammam</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nizamabad_Police" title="Nizamabad Police">Nizamabad</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ramagundam_Police_Commissionerate" title="Ramagundam Police Commissionerate">Ramagundam</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Siddipet_Police_Commissionerate" title="Siddipet Police Commissionerate">Siddipet</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_Police_Commissionerate" title="Warangal Police Commissionerate">Warangal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Telangana" title="List of cities and towns in Telangana">Major cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Warangal</a></li> <li><a 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title="Shyampet">Shyampet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Telangana_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Telangana by population">Cities</a> and<br /> towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hanamkonda" title="Hanamkonda">Hanamkonda</a> <small>(district headquarters)</small></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazipet" title="Kazipet">Kazipet</a></li> <li>‡<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Warangal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aknoor" title="Aknoor">Aknoor</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bheemadevarpalle" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electoral<br /> constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha#Telangana_.2817.29" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Warangal_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)">Warangal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a 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href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedda_Korpole" title="Pedda Korpole">Pedda Korpole</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Punnelu" title="Punnelu">Punnelu</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rajapalle" title="Rajapalle">Rajapalle</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rayaparthy" title="Rayaparthy">Rayaparthy</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seetharampoor" title="Seetharampoor">Seetharampoor</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sthambampally" title="Sthambampally">Sthambampally</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thimmampet" title="Thimmampet">Thimmampet</a></li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wardhannapet" title="Wardhannapet">Wardhannapet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡Warangal is split between Warangal and Hanamkonda districts</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles nomobile"><link 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Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
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Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
'1661459684'