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Warangal Municipality is one of the oldest Municipalites in A.P. It was constituted as major Municipality in 1344 Fasli. The first election
was held on adult franchees in 1952 under Hyderabad Municipal and Town Committees
Act, 1951 and a committee was constituted. It was upgraded as Special Grade Municipality
in July 1959 and into a Selection Grade Municipalitis in July 1960 and declared
as Municipal Corporation on August 18, 1994.
Warangal is the Headquarters of Dist. of the same
name and is situated between 9 latitude of 18'-4" north and of 79°-4'-28" cost langtitude
on the Chennai - Delhi sections of the South Sectral Railway at an altitude of about
900 Ft. above the sea level. Warangal city is a centre of Education both academic
and professional courses and a place of growing interest for a keen historian, an
enthusiastic Geologist, an ambitious archaeologist and a curious piligrim to explore
more and more the Historical movements, a variety of geological formations and the
ancient temples available in and around the city. The establishment of Dist. and
Regional Offices, Medical and Regional Engineering Collages, and Kakatiya University,
and also minor and major industries viz. Rice Mills, Oil mills , small scale industries,
Beedi Factories, A.J. Textile Mill, has made Warangal the second most important
and biggest city in Telangana region next to Hyderabad. (It is connected a link
by Rail of this ancient city to the other towns of the State the network of
roads laid and developed from time to time have added to it importance as a Commercial
Centre).
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As per the provisions of the A.P. Municipal Corporations Act, 1994
(Act No. 25 of 1994) the sanctioned strength of Ward members is 53 in Warangal Municipal
Corporation. The area of the Municipal Corporation is 68 sqkms. The population of
the city according to 1991 census is 4,47,450. The Present Population as per 2001
Census is 5.77 Lakhs. The entire city divided into 53 election wards.
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