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Siricilla (also spelled as Sircilla/Sirsilla) is a town and the district headquarters of Rajanna Siricilla district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located on the banks of Manair river in the Siricilla mandal of Siricilla revenue division. It is popularly known as Textile Town due to the presence of large number of power looms, textile processing and dyeing units. It is the biggest textile hub in the state of Telangana with over 40,000 power looms. Siricilla, along with Warangal is proposed to be developed as a mega textile zone by the Telangana government. The first Visalandhra Mahasa

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Siricilla
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Telugu
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Sircilla, Sirisilla, Sirisala,
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Town
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Sircilla, Telangana.jpg
Settlement.nickname
Textile Town
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India Telangana#India
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right
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Location in Telangana, India
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Country
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India
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State
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District
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Telangana
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Rajanna Sircilla
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Municipal Council
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Sircilla Municipal Council
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Population
65314
Area
12.5
Elevation
322
Households
20780
Dialing code
8723
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postal code
505301
male population
41525
female population
41661
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Siricilla (also spelled as Sircilla/Sirsilla) is a town and the district headquarters of Rajanna Siricilla district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located on the banks of Manair river in the Siricilla mandal of Siricilla revenue division. It is popularly known as Textile Town due to the presence of large number of power looms, textile processing and dyeing units. It is the biggest textile hub in the state of Telangana with over 40,000 power looms. Siricilla, along with Warangal is proposed to be developed as a mega textile zone by the Telangana government. The first Visalandhra Mahasabha in Telangana was held at Siricilla during the Visalandhra movement. Scenes from the 2023 Telugu fulm Veera Simha Reddy were also shot here.

== Geography == The town is located at . It has an average elevation of 322 metres (1056 feet). By road, it is located 120 km north of Secunderabad, 40 km west of Karimnagar, 30 km north of Siddipet and 56 km east of Kamareddy. It is 10 km away from the famous Vemulawada temple.

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