Mahabubabad

MAHABUBABAD మహబూబాబాదు MANUKOTA మానుకోట
City of Fortress With Trees
—  municipality (upgraded on 8th sep 2011)  —
Mahbubabad Railway Station, Mahbubabad Railway Station (renovation January 2008)
MAHABUBABAD మహబూబాబాదు Location of MAHABUBABAD మహబూబాబాదు in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	17°37′00″N 80°01′00″E / 17.6167°N 80.0167°E / 17.6167; 80.0167Coordinates: 17°37′00″N 80°01′00″E / 17.6167°N 80.0167°E / 17.6167; 80.0167
Country	India
Region	Telangana
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Warangal
Speical Officer (Interim)	Special Officer (Interim, Commissioner elections are over due)
Member of Parliament	P Balram Indian National Congress (INC)
Member of Legislative Assembly	Kavitha Maloth Indian National Congress (INC)
Parliamentary constituency	Mahabubabad
Assembly constituency	Mahabubabad
Population	100,000 (2001[update])
Official languages	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 177 metres (581 ft)
Climate Temperature • Summer • Winter	semi-tropical (Köppen) •      26 °C (79 °F) •      42 °C (108 °F) •      12 °C (54 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 506 101 • Telephone • +08719 • Vehicle • AP36 S XXXX
Website	mahaboobaabaad.blogspot.com/

Mahbubabad or Mahabubabad mahabübäbäð, Telugu: మహబూబాబాదు, (commonly and informally known as Manukota Telugu: మానుకోట), is the official name of a place, which is a Municipality, Mandal and Revenue Division Head Quarters in Warangal District of Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh State of India. The city is located on the bank of the Pakala River, which is one of the tributaries to the River Krishna. The city is the second largest and second biggest revenue division in area and population respectively, after Warangal - Hanamkonda - Kazipeta triple cities in Warangal District. The city is upgraded to the level of municipality on 8th Sep 2011, by the state government. It is well-known for its prominent historical and traditional importance.

Demographics

The population of Mahabubabad is around 100,000. The male population is 50,889 (50.9%) and the female population is 48,931 (49.02%). The female to male ratio is 963:1000, which is above the national average 944:1000. The total literacy rate is 72.8%, more than national average 64.8%. Male literacy rate is 76.34%, which is more than national average of 75.3%, and female literacy rate is 54.7%, which is also more than national average 53.7%. Once it was the biggest Revenue Division in Andhra Pradesh state. Later it was divided into two divisions.

The languages spoken by the people here are Telugu as the main language (100%), and then Hindi (40%), and few people can speak Urdu (7%). The educated people can speak English (45%). The Telugu and English are used in official communications and media of instructions.

The majority of the villages and the hamlets including the city are the habitats of Scheduled Tribes S.T.'s (75%). The tribal community is Lambadi. Thus the majority of people of the city will also communicate in the special tribal language, Lambadi or Banjara (60%). This language is one among the officially recognised dialects by the Government of India. This language has no script but is sustained only on the orally spoken words.

History

Manukota comes from Mranukota. In Telugu the meaning of 'Mranu' is 'tree' and that of 'Kota' is 'fort'. In English it will translate into a fort made of trees. In earlier days Manukota used to be covered with plenty of trees like a fort. Later it happened to spell as Manukota.

Mahabubabad derived its name from one of its past rulers, Mahabub who is one of the officials, of H'ble Nizam. Before Independence, he once arrived at Manukota where he stayed outside the town in a place which is called Shikarkhana. The name of Manukota by the passage of the time, hence changed to Mahabubabad.

Present

The town's main streets are New Abad (Kotha Bazar) and Old Abad (Patha Bazar). The New Bazar is well planned and any construction here should meet the requirements as stated by the Village Secretariat.

The predominant activities are business, agriculture, service sector. The busiest places where people gather are Nehru Centre, Thorrur bus stand, railway station area, court area, by pass road, Bus Stand and Station Road Area.

Mahabubabad is one of the better-developed places in Warangal District. Mahabubabad should have been upgraded to the level of Municipality (Municipal Administration) at least 3 decades ago, during which time itself the population of this town crossed the mandatory 30,000 mark for a place to become Municipality. Though Mahabubabad has a constitutional seat for M.L.A. - State Assembly and for M.P. - Parliament, still it is being at the level of 'Major Village Secretariat' (Major Grama Panchayathi). Even, in the recent state level (May/June 2011) up-gradation of eligible places in the state to the level of Municipalities, Mahabubabad is overlooked by denying its up-gradation. If this place is upgraded to Municipality level where grants from centre and state would increase and can be utilised for its better development. However, with poor political representation and people's awareness demand is still pending in papers. People here are of the opinion that up-gradation to the level of Municipality would invite in raise of cost of living, land prices, taxes, properties prices and taxes on properties etc.., The major political parties and peoples' representatives staged agitations/dharnas and made various requests to the state government to upgrade the status of this town to Municipality. The state government after reconsidering the requests officially passed the orders on 8th Sep 2011 upgrading the town's status to Municipality from Major Gram Panchayathi.

Owing to the fact that Mahabubabad is an excellent place for business, establishment of numerous educational institutions, hospitals and service sector the boundaries of which are being increasing by the ever increasing settlements and immigrations seeking employment opportunities. Now that if the population of the adjacent hamlets and villages are annexed into it (as for example Greater Hyderabad, Greater Vishaka), the population of the city would increase manifolds.

Though Warangal district has active Naxal movements, Mahabubabad is little prone to them. Due to which it is considered one among Plain Areas and Peace Zones.

Weather

Climate

Mahabubabad
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     15   27 15     5   33 17     5   37 22     7   40 26     15   45 28     50   37 28     85   32 25     170   31 25     160   33 23     70   33 22     10   31 18     0   27 12 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [1]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.6   81 59     0.2   91 63     0.2   99 72     0.3   104 79     0.6   113 82     2   99 82     3.3   90 77     6.7   88 77     6.3   91 73     2.8   91 72     0.4   88 64     0   81 54 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

The city has a semi-tropical climate. Where the people from the city and its surroundings enjoy the pleasant climate. In summer, the temperatures of the city will soar to more than 45°C, and in winter temperatures range between 12°C and 27°C, which will be a pleasant weather to enjoy. The city also receives both the North-East and the South-West monsoon, from June to September, and from October to November respectively. The city mainly relies on the monsoons and rainfall. Live details of the weather are available at Mahabubabad Live Weather Report.

Water resources

The city has two major water bodies/resources. One is Nizam Lake located near the A.P.S.R.T.C. bus station and the other is a dam located towards East at Jamandlapalli. The gram panchayat of the town serves the water through public distribution pumps day after a day to individual houses. The city faces acute water crisis during summers starting from April until the onset of the monsoons which are expected at mid/end of June every year. During this time every year, people of the town face severe water problems wherein the civil authorities failed many number of times to contain the crisis. In this context plenty of times, the authorities cut the water supplies for indefinite times.

The name Nizam Lake is derived as it was dug up during Nizam's rule in order to harvest the water during his regime. The lake served as one of the major water resources to the city even long after independence. The lake helps for balancing the ground water table. During the tenure (1999-2004) of Mr. Ram Bhadraiah as M.L.A.; he assured the surroundings of this lake would be developed to replicate the Necklace Road located in Hyderabad. On the contrary, instead of development, today, the lake is being ruined by incoming drainage and sewage. Recently it was adversely affected by the encroachments, due to the real estate boom which caused the lake to shrink to the very minimum. Based on the current rate of encroachments, there are apprehensions that the lake would lose its identity very soon and would be occupied by the concrete jungle and the remains of drainage, dust and litter.

The city is located on the banks of the Pakala River which is a non perennial tributary to the River Krishna. The main catchment areas of this tributary lies in the forest areas located at higher lattitudes near Eturunagaram and Narsampet. This canal serves as another water resource to the city. During the rainy season the canal flows at its fullest and soon it gets emptied with the offset of the rainy season. Very meagre amount of water is stored every year in a small older dam located across the canal at Jamandlapalli, which was constructed decades back to cater the water needs to the then amount of population. However, the present population of the city increased manifolds and the storage always falls short to serve to the demand from increased domestic population and industrial needs. In addition to that, even the stored water gets wasted due to the improper management of the dam and the amount of ever accumulated silt. There is a demand from the denizens and the civil authorities since longer time, for constructing a bigger dam in place of the present small dam, of at least 2 tmcft storage capacity. This will enable to store the water during the rainy season and would serve the water-needs during off seasons and summer. However, owing to the poor govt and civil authorities' initiatives the demand is in pending state even today.

In view of the water crisis and to benefit from the critical situations, today a lot of Mineral Water Plants were mushroomed in and around the city, claiming to provide treated water in cans/bottles of 20 litres each. The plants acquire water from the bore pumps and wells that are located in the farm lands of nearby villages. The uncapitalised pumping of the water further resulting in depletion of the city's and neighbouring areas' ground water table. Each can/bottle with water is sold at Rs 20, which can only be affordable by the 'rich'. One of the sad thing to mention here is; though the mineral water plants claim selling treated water, majority of them even do not have the mandatory ISI certification. The revenue authorities keep seizing such plants regularly. All this is due to poor initiatives by the established municipal bodies in maintaining watersheds and water distribution, however to the fact that citizens are charged with regular Municipal Taxes every year.

Educational institutions and knowledge centres

There are many educational institutions serving education for denizens of this town right from K.G. to P.G. with full-fledged infrastructure for faculty, own buildings and transport facilities. There are more than 30 schools located here, as well as around 12 junior colleges, 5 Degree Colleges, 2 P.G. colleges, 1 Engineering College, 1 College of Education. People from not only within the city but also from the nearby villages about a radius of more than 20 km will commute daily in order to pursue their education.

Among them the most prominent institutions category wise are:

Schools

1. Fathima High School: English Medium school, from K.G. to X standard, run by Christian Missionaries, Secunderabad. A student from 1999 X batch secured state 3rd rank at the Board of Secondary Education Examination, 1999. This school owns a sprawling campus with strength of 1500, Run three buses with three trips for shuttling pupils from their homes to school and vice-versa daily. This is located on the outskirts of the town towards Thorruur.
2. Twinkle Star High School: This school established in 1991. Classes run from K.G. to X standard, run by Oxford educational society. This school has a residential campus with 300 students and around 500 day school students. This school has 2 acres land. The day school campus and residential campus divided separately. This is located near old bus stand towards Kesamudram.
3. Maharshi Vidhyalaya: English Medium school, Residential and semi-residential, from Nursery to X standard, run by Integrated resources development society. It has a sprawling campus on the other end of the town, towards Kesamudram. It is well maintained and the total strength of the institution is around 1000. It shuttles 10 buses for carrying pupils both from within the city and also covering a distance of 15 k.m. from the city. This is the first school to introduce Smart Class program whereby teaching is done by audio-visual methods by Educom software services.
4. The Other English Medium schools are Gadhe Rukma Reddy Memorial (K.G. to X.), Panini Public school (K.G. to X) Holy Angels School (K.G. to 7th), Oxford School (K.G. to 7th). The other prominent Telugu medium schools are Nethaji Memorial, Aravindha School, Saraswathi Vidhya Mandhir, Pragathi Vidhyalayam (EM & TM), Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalayam, Vidya Bharathi High School etc..,
5. In addition, there are ample number of Government run schools. Among them the Government School for both boys and girls, located at the heart of the city with a huge and sprawling campus. Another is Kankara Board School.

Junior colleges

1. Government Junior college for both boys and girls: This is a government run institution with a huge campus and good infrastructure. It is located right at the heart of the city. It has a large ground capable to accommodate more than 20,000 people will be used for many meetings more often. On the eve of both Independence day and Republic day all the institutions run by Government and Private education institutions will assemble here. The Honourable R.D.O. will hoist the flag and pupil will march for the ceremony.
   

   Govt. Junior College Campus Entrance
2. Vikas Junior College: Established a decade ago, run by Excellent Education Society have a good faculty and ample student strength. It paved way for many students for pursuing their higher education from its well teaching and training.
3. Vignana Bharathi Junior College: Established two decades ago, has two 3 storey buildings. Runs buses for shuttling its students.
4. Samaikya Junior College: Medium of Instruction is Telugu. Located at Kanakara Board, has good faculty and ample student strength.

Higher education

1. Government Degree College: Located in the outskirts of the city, has its alumni in reputed positions now. It has good faculty and sprawling campus.
2. Vikas Degree College: Established recently by Excellent Education Society.
3. Vignana Bharathi Degree College: Run by Vignana Bharathi Junior college administration.
4. P.G. colleges: Vignana Bharathi Degree & P.G. College, Government P.G. college.
5. Mother Theressa College of Education etc., are the other prominent Educational Institutions which offers courses in Bachelor of Education degree.

Technical institutes

1. Owing to the fact of the availability of numerous tile industries, numerous technical institutes ITI's are established in the city for training the group 3 & 4 level personnel to meet the required industrial needs.
2. Since the start of the IT boom, many private run computer training institutes were mushroomed in the city starting from the year 1997. Few of them include Softech and UNICTECH Computersmore info etc..,

Universities

Owing to the fact that the neighbouring four districts viz. Khammam, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nalgonda & the home district Warangal and including in and around the city are home to large percentage of tribal population (around 40%), recently the M.P. and the M.L.A. of Mahabubabad constituency made proposals with the state and the central governments for the establishment of a Tribal University in Mahabubabad.

The concept of the proposed Tribal University is to provide residential type quality education from elementary level to the level of university in all fields exclusively for benefitting the indigenous Scheduled Tribes of the five districts.

The reason behind choosing the city for the establishment of the proposed university is due to the following ideal reasons;

1. Government can easily provide the required land at cheaper cost (at least 1000 acres).
2. Majority of the population is Scheduled Tribes, S.T's.
3. Frequent & easy rail and road connectivity to every place of the 5 subject districts.
4. Its ideal and proximal geographical location becoming near to the cities & places like Khammam (40 KM), Warangal (60 KM), Vijayawada (150 KM), Hyderabad (200 KM), Karimnagar (150 KM), Kothagudem (70 KM), Bhadrachalam (105 KM), Yellandu (35 KM), Nalgonda (75 KM) etc..,
5. In order to uplift the development in the far reach areas of the Telangana region in the state, while simultaneously creating employment opportunities.
6. Availability of well trained faculty & labour at cheaper costs, stationery shops for books, clothes & any articles.
7. Peaceful & pollution free environment etc..,

Library facilities

A government run District General Library called Mahabubabad Grama Panchayithi Grandhalayamu maintained by the Village Secretariat is located in the new bazaar adjacent to south side of the railway station at vegetable market. This library contains various books and printed materials on epics, entertainment, weekly magazines, literature, novels, stories, puzzles etc.., Also the library has references, guides & question banks on various competitive examinations. In addition to all of these, leading Telugu and English daily news papers are available here.

The library is open to all the general public. After a mere subscription fee of Rs 5/- a person is issued a library card. This card enables the subscribed person to borrow a book for a maximum of 15 days, after which he is penalised with NP 75/day in possession. A person can be given any number of cards upon paying the subscription fees. Note: Magazines and competitive exams guides and questions banks are not issued through the library cards and can be accessed only at the library alone.

Timings of the library: Sunday to Saturday: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Closed on Fridays and Public Holidays.

Transport facilities

Mahabubabad is well connected with both road and rail routes to every other place of the state and the nation as well.

Bus facilities

Busy Center & Bus Stop At Railway Station, Looking Towards Bus-Stand Road

Busy Center & Bus Stop At Railway Station, Looking Towards Station Road

Mahabubabad has a Bus Depot of APSRTC of 100 bus capacity. It ply many services for catering the needs of the citizens. It falls on the main route of Warangal-Bhadrachalam. Nearly 20,000 people ply from this city daily to and fro through the bus facilities. In addition, apart from the main Bus Stand, to meet the needs of the passengers there exists at various locations, Kuravi bus stand, Thorruur bus stand, Pusalapalli bus stop, and also many seven-seater autorickshaws and Commander Jeeps ply connecting the nearby villages.

Train facilities

Mahabubabad has one of the busiest Railway stations in the Kazipet-Vijayawada route. Nearly as many as 4000 passengers travel through this system daily. People here will prefer rail route than to bus route in order to reach distant destinations. The Mahabubabad railway station had been graded as 'B1-Category Railway Station' by the South Central Railway from 2004. Train Reservation booking facility is available here, on Platform no. 1 during 8 am to 2 pm.

Mahabubabad Railway Station Circular Board

The list of famous trains which halt at this station includes Charminar Express, Padmavati Express, Satavahana Express, Intercity Express, Simhapuri Express, Golconda Express, Navjivan Express, Dakshin Express, Gowtami Express, Gomati Sagar Express, Andaman Express, East Coast Express, Krishna Express, Machilipatnam Express, Manmad Express, etc.

It is located 61 km (towards west) from Warangal, and 47 km (towards east) from Khammam.

Platforms Of Mahabubabad Railway Station, (Under Renovation During Jan'08)

Details of the trains at Mahabubabad Railway Station, are available at Trains Particulars At Mahbubabad Railway Station.

Air connectivity

The nearest airport is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, 200 km, and the nearest aerodromes are at Warangal 60 km, (This is being under upgrade to the level of airport, by the joint participation of AAI and Govt. of A.P..) and at Gannavaram 150 km near Vijayawada.

Festivals and places of worship

Every festival is celebrated here in spirit. The famous festivals are Vinayaka Chavithi, Dassera, Bathukamma, Deepawali, Sankranthi, Shivaratri, Sri Rama Navami, Ugadi and Holi. During Sree Rama Navami, the Lord's solemnisation will takes place in huge possession.

A woman drawing Muggu (Coloured Patterns) in front of their home during Sankranthi Festival

During Bathukamma, a special nine days festival only celebrated by the Telangana people in Andhra Pradesh before the Vijaya Dasami, women adore Goddess Bhadrakali while preparing special Bathukammas made from combining various flowers, fruits & leaves. People offer prayers to them and then merge them into the Nizam Cheruvu (Nizam Lake). A Telangana Thalli (Mother Telangana) statue is located near Nizam Cheruvu, which is also adored and offered prayers on this occasion. On the Vijaya Dasami day people from all over the city gather at northeast corner of the city to have a glimpse at Pala Pitta (Indian Roller bird) which is believed by the people that watching this bird on this auspicious day will bring good fortunes for the entire year. At the same occasion which is organised by the Arya Vysya Community, the Goddess Kanaka Durga is adored in special robes, and special prayers are offered, which will be made successful by large gathering of the denizens. The Shami Leaves are distributed, which are believed to bring good to those who possess them.

Sri Veerabhadra Swami Temple [2], is located 10 km away from here at Kuravi towards south. This famous Shivite temple was established by the rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty during A.D. 1000.

A temple for Lord Venkateshwara Swamy was recently reconstructed at Anantharam which is 2 km away from the Railway Station towards East. In addition, there are numerous other temples viz. Lord Shiva temple, Venugopala Swamy Temple, Sri Venkateshwara Swami Temple, Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple are located at numerous locations crisscross the city.

Gandhi Park located adjacent to Railway station towards west, with nearly 3 acres of land, is the Govt. owned place where large meetings/gatherings are held. The festival Sri Rama Navami is celebrated here with full adoration and glory.

Spiritual centres

Brahma Kumaris, Arya Samaj and few voluntary organisations established here for serving Spiritual education and knowledge, which try to build spiritual strength among the denizens.

Administration

Constitutional administration

Mahabubabad has one seat for state Assembly constituency. Kavitha Maloth Indian National Congress (INC) was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly in the 2009 general elecitons. It has a village secretariat headed by Sarpanch. The R.D.O. and M.R.O. will look after the revenue administration. The Mahabubabad though has Major Gram panchayath status, but it has to be upgraded to municipality long back. Earlier Hanamkonda and Warangal were two Lok Sabha Constituencies located in the same area but recently the Election Commission of India based on the Population sensus has shifted Warangal Lok Sabha Constituency to Mahabubabad. Mr. P Balram Indian National Congress (INC) was elected as Member of Parliament from here in 2009.

Judiciary

1. Courts

Mahabubabad has a Court Complex right at the heart of the city, which include the following five different courts:

1. 1. VI Additional Dist and Sessions Court (III FTC)
   2. Senior Civil Judge Court
   3. Principal Junior Civil Judge Court
   4. Judicial First Class Magistrate Court
   5. Special Judicial Magistrate of Second Class
2. Jails

Recently, in October 2007, a model sub-jail has been constructed at a cost of Rs 2 crore (20 million). The DGP of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Basith, inaugurated the sub-jail and police quarters constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 45 lakh (4.5 million) by the AP Police Housing Corporation. The residential complex has 12 quarters for police constables. The sub-jail is located in the North-West corner of the city, with a prisoner strength of more than 150.

Police stations

Mahabubabad has two police stations namely Mahabubabad town & Mahabubabad Rural. It has the offices of D.S.P., Circle Inspector of Police and one Fire station.

Media

Mahabubabad, has both print media and entertainment media to cater to the needs of the denizens.

Print media

Various leading news papers viz. Sakshi, Eenadu, Vaartha, Andhra Jyothi, Prajasakti, Andhra Bhoomi, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, are available. Sirachukka is the local tabloid printed here and circulated weekly. And the leading Telugu news papers has their regional centres here for updating the news. Various weekly and bi-weekly magazines viz. Swathi, Competition Success Review, CSC etc., are also available.

Entertainment services

Mahabubabad has five theatres, which play daily shows. They are:

1. Surya Theatre, A/C DTS
2. Lakshmi Theatre, A/C DTS
3. Mukund Theatre, A/C DTS
4. Venkatrama Theatre, A/C DTS
5. Sreenivasa Theatre, A/C DTS,

The "Siti Cable" and "Incable" are the two dish connection network providers Master Signal Operators's who provide dish connections to the house hold television sets in and around the city. These two providers are fiercly competitive and frequently try to increase the monthly connection charges, due to which they often enter into feud. Because of this, they often fails in their basic work in providing qualitative network. By the arrival of DTH services in India and also presence of private players in the field, various TV-broadcastings are being beamed by the DTH facilities in addition to the existing Cable TV operators.

Telephone and internet facilities

Owing to the developments in the Telecom Sector, in India, various telephone and internet service providers viz. BSNL and various other private players RIL, Idea, Airtel provide telephone and internet services to the domestic customers. Also, to provide services to the seasonal customers, various telephone booths and internet cafes were mushroomed. The Telephone Exchange (STD Code: 08719), located here is the biggest and busiest one in the nearby proximity places.

Postal services

The post office (PIN: 506101) of Mahabubabad has a stature of Head Post Office. It is regarded as the biggest post office next to the Warangal District Post Office in the district. In order to meet the demand and to cater better services, there exists another sub-post office located in new bazaar. Various private postal agencies or courier services viz. DTDC, Sanchar Courier, Professional Courier etc., has their centres in the nook and corner of the city for facilitating postal services round the clock, as against regular Govt. Post Office timings.

Business and activities

The main occupation of the denizens is business and the people nearby villages is Agriculture. The other major activities include service sectors like Educational Institutes, Hospitals and govt. offices.

Markets

1. Grain Market: The people from the nearby villages come here to sell their produce at the grain market. The grain market is one of the largest market in the Telangana region. This grain market is run by the state and central governments, which is officially called the Mahabubabad Grain & Agriculture Market. This market is responsible for purchasing the crops produce from the farmers during the Rabi and Kharif seasons with MSP, while storing the purchased crops in the FCI godowns which are available here near the railway station (old) and at Anantharam (new). The main crops produced here are paddy, cotton, pulses, jowar, chilli, vegetables etc.
2. Vegetable Market: There are two large vegetable markets available;
   1. Near Thorrur Bus Stand, New Bazaar.
   2. Infront of Govt. Girls Junior College, Bus Stand Road, Old Bazar.
3. Fish Market : A Fish Market is available adjacent to the vegetable market in Old Bazaar. Here varieties of acqua foods are available.
4. Two private run Cold Storage buildings are available near By Pass Road for preserving the agricultural products for longer durations of time.

Hospitals and medical facilities

The city has good number of hospitals in order to cater the medical needs of the denizens, where there are good facilities for performing some major operations also. Many specialist doctors serve here for this purpose. The most prominent hospital is Area Hospital located at the heart of the city, which is considered as the next biggest hospital to M.G.M. hospital Warangal, in the District. Many super speciality facilities are now available in the city. Many general and dental hospitals are mushrooming by the day. The 108 service introduced by the A.P. state government recently, enables 24X7 ambulance services in the city including the surrounding villages/hamlets in case of medical emergencies. For this dedicated ambulance services are available with the Area Hospital. Also, Lion's club of Mahabubabad provides Ambulance services to the needy patients.

Numerous Medical Shops are available across the city 24X7.

Banks

The branch offices of various national and co-operative banks are established in the city. The prominent list of the banks include, Andhra Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Kakatiya Gramina Bank, State Bank of India, State Bank of Hyderabad, HDFC Bank ,State Bank of Hyderabad etc. ATM facilities of State Bank and Andhra Bank are available at M.R.O Office and at Andhra Bank, near Nehru Centre respectively. The chit fund companies like Shri Ram Chits, Kapil Chit Funds, etc., have their branch offices located here.

Industries

1. Owing to the large scale crops sold here, there are numerous rice mills available which refines paddy into rice.
2. Numerous Tile Industries are available in and around the city, particularly towards Yellandu direction. These tile industries manufacture bricks and tiles made from mud/clay and cement which are useful for both domestic and industrial needs.
3. A few numbers of Small Scale Industries are established here which include Cotton Spin Mills, Ice Making etc..,

Politics

There are regional cum branch offices of each leading state political parties viz. TDP, INC, TRS, CPI and CPM are established here.

Notable people

• J. Janardhan Reddy (Late), ex-M.L.A.
• Telugu Music Director Chakri, born and brought up here.
• Journalist Subhash Chander Kondapally (late) run News Weekly Sathya from here.
• Dasarathi Rangacharyulu, a writer & freedom fighter.
• Dasarthi Venkatramaiah, a freedom fighter.
• K. Keshava Rao is a senior most politician.
• Dasarathi Latha (film director), born and brought up here.

External links

• Warangal District website.