Karimnagar is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Karimnagar district is in the northern Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Karimnagar District, located on the bank of river Manair, a tributary of river Godavari. It is the fourth largest and the most happening city in the Telangana region. It is located in the heart of the Telangana and situated 162 km north of Hyderabad city which is its state capital. It is one of the major business centres and also emerging as an education hub with two medical colleges, three engineering colleges and a pharmacy college.