Warangal
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| State : | Telangana | ||
| District : | Warangal | ||
| Sub-district : | Warangal | ||
| Location : | 17 ° 59 ′ N , 79 ° 37 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 270 m | ||
| Area : | 129.82 km² | ||
| Residents : | 704,570 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 5427 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | Warangal | ||
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Warangal ( Telugu : వరంగల్; also Varangal ) is a district capital in the Indian state of Telangana with about 700,000 inhabitants; Since August 18, 1994, the city has the status of a Municipal Corporation .
Location and climate
The city of Warangal is located in the state of Telangana in the southeast of the Indian subcontinent at an altitude of approx. 270 m . The megacity of Hyderabad is about 150 km to the southwest. The climate is tropical . Daytime temperatures in May can reach 40 ° C; Rain (approx. 975 mm / year) falls mainly in the summer monsoon season .
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published regularly since 1991; however, older figures are also available for Warangal. The population growth in recent decades is mainly due to the continued immigration of families from the surrounding area.
| year | 1901 | 1951 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 31,186 | 133,130 | 447,657 | 558.162 | 704.570 |
Almost 83.5% of the population are Hindus , almost 14.5% are Muslims and a good 1.5% are Christians ; other religions such as Jains , Sikhs etc. are numerically small minorities. The male and female proportion of the population are approximately the same. The main language spoken is Telugu .
Economy and Transport
Agriculture traditionally forms the basis of life in the city, which is home to one of the largest grain markets in Asia. The city is an important railway junction and transshipment point for agricultural products such as grain and oilseeds . The local businesses produce, among other things, carpets, blankets and silk products. With the National Institute of Technology, Warangal , the Kakateeya University and the Kakatiya Medical College , Warangal has three important universities.
history
Warangal already existed in the 8th century; it was then called Orukal . The city has been an important center in eastern India since the 11th century and is said to have had around 100,000 inhabitants as early as 1300. In the 12th to 14th centuries Warangal was the capital of a Hindu kingdom ruled by the Kakatiya dynasty ; Various monuments from this era have survived. In 1309, Ala ud-Din Khalji , the Sultan of Delhi , besieged the fort in vain for months. During the phase of the decline of the Kakatiyas, Warangal fell to the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in 1366 . They were followed from the early 16th century by the rulers of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, whose capital was initially in Golkonda and later in Hyderabad . In 1687 Aurangzeb (ruled 1658-1707) conquered the region and incorporated it as a province (subah) into the Mughal Empire . Under the British , the princely state of Hyderabad, founded in 1724 with the support of the Marathas , and the respective ruling nizams remained largely autonomous.
Attractions
The city itself has no sights of historical or cultural importance.
- Surroundings
- The main attraction is the fort with its temple ruins and four-pillar gates ( toranas ) , which is about 3 km southeast of Warangal and was built by the Kakatiya king Ganapati Deva and his daughter Rudramma Devi in the middle of the 13th century .
- The 1000-pillar temple in the neighboring city of Hanamkonda was built in 1163 in the Chalukya style; its three cellae ( garbhagrihas ) are dedicated to the Hindu deities Shiva , Vishnu and Surya .
- The Bhadrakali temple with a larger than life (approx. 2.70 m) black stone figure of the goddess Kali stands on a hill on the banks of an artificial lake between Hanamkonda and Warangal .
