Coordinates: 17°58′00″N 79°30′00″E / 17.96667°N 79.50000°E / 17.96667; 79.50000

Kazipet

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Kazipet
Main entrance Kazipet.JPG
A view of the main entrance of Kazipet Railway Station
Kazipet is located in Telangana
Kazipet
Kazipet
Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°58′00″N 79°30′00″E / 17.96667°N 79.50000°E / 17.96667; 79.50000
Country India
StateTelangana
MetroWarangal Metropolitan
Founded1856
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyGreater Warangal Municipal Corporation
Area
 • Total43.4 km2 (16.8 sq mi)
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN Code
506003 [1]
Telephone code+91–870
Vehicle registrationTS–03
Websitetelangana.gov.in

Kazipet a is the major educational and transport hub in Warangal city, Telangana, India. It's also city in Warangal Tri-City, It is also a mandal in Warangal urban district. it falls under Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation.


Earlier Kazipet is a Separate city in Warangal. The three urban cities Kazipet, Hanamkonda and Warangal are together known as Warangal Tri-City. The three cities are connected by National Highway 163. The major stations are Kazipet Junction railway station and Warangal railway station.[2]

Localities in Kazipet[]

The areas in Kazipet

  • Somidi
  • Ammavaripet
  • Madikonda
  • Shayampet
  • Tharalapalli
  • Rampur
  • Kadipikonda
  • Kothapalli
  • Bapuji Nagar

Railway Junction[]

Platforms 1 and 2 and 3 at Kazipet Junction Railway Station

Kazipet railway station is one of the important railway stations of Indian Railways that connects North and South India,[3] and locomotive (largely diesel) maintenance division in Telangana. A wagon manufacturing unit has been proposed by the central government.[4]

Some streets in the town include Bapuji Nagar, Bhavani Nagar, Balaji Nagar, Diesel Colony, Prasanth Nagar, Rahmath Nagar, Siddhartha Nagar, Somidi, Venkatadri Nagar, Vidhyanagar Vishunupuri and Jublee Market. All are well established and good facility availed locations in the town.

Culture[]

Syed Shah Afzal Biabani (1795 – 1856 A.D / 1210 – 26 Safar, 1272 AH) was a Sufi from Warangal, Hyderabad State (now Kazipet 132 km from Hyderabad, India). He was appointed as Kazi of Warangal during the reign of Nizam Ali Khan (Asaf Jah II). Thus the name Kazipet. His dargah is among the pilgrimage centers of Warangal, Telangana.[5]

The word "Biabani" indicates a type of rural area in Persian and Urdu. He received this nickname because he spent 12 years in Tasawwuf (a form of Sufi meditation) in the caves located in the forest of Battupalli near Kazipet.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.indiapost.gov.in/imo_offices.aspx
  2. ^ "Warangal city may not be divided - TELANGANA". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Railway Budget: time for public representatives to act". The Hindu. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  4. ^ Production of Railway Parts at Kazipet
  5. ^ Warangal 360°: The Kazipet Dargah
  6. ^ "Hundreds of devotees throng Dargah". The Hindu. 19 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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