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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Library in Hyderabad, Telangana, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox library<br />
| name = City Central Library Hyderabad<br />
| logo = <br />
| image = City Central Library.JPG<br />
| caption = City Central Library main building<br />
| country = India<br />
| location = [[Chikkadpally]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17.404280665832573|78.4927091776999}}<br />
| type = [[City library]]<br />
| num_branches = <br />
| established = 1960<br />
| items_collected = [[book]]s, [[Academic journal|journals]], [[newspaper]]s, [[magazine]]s, and [[manuscript]]s<br />
| collection_size = <br />
| legal_deposit = Yes<br />
| req_to_access = Open <br />
| budget = <br />
| director = <br />
}}<br />
The '''City Central Library''' ({{langx|te|నగర కేంద్ర గ్రంథాలయం}} ) is located in [[Chikkadpally]], [[Hyderabad]], and is the second largest library (after the [[State Central Library, Hyderabad|State Central Library]]), with 1000 students and 500 readers visiting the library every day. <br />
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== History ==<br />
It was established in 1960.<br />
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== Working Hours ==<br />
It works on all days (except public holidays and Mondays) from 8am to 8pm .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/hyderabad-city-central-library-chikadpally-4575337/|title=Day in the life of city central library ground at Chikadpally in Hyderabad: Silence, please|date=2017-03-19|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/to-an-era-of-timelessness-city-central-library/article20499263.ece|title=To an era of timelessness: City Central Library|last=Nadadhur|first=Srivathsan|date=2017-11-17|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-10|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Book Details == <br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;width:50%;"<br />
|+ Distribution of the 183,826 books present in the library as of 1.4.2004 based on language<ref>http://www.dli.ernet.in/UDL-Talks-May2004/Venkamma%20%20CCL.pdf.</ref><br />
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! Language !! Number of Books<br />
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| [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] || style="text-align:right;" |63801<br />
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| [[English Language|English]]|| style="text-align:right;" |67282<br />
|-<br />
| [[Urdu Language|Urdu]]|| style="text-align:right;" |15876<br />
|-<br />
| [[Hindi Language|Hindi]]|| style="text-align:right;" |24647<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]|| style="text-align:right;" |2954<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kannada Language|Kannada]]|| style="text-align:right;" |3515<br />
|-<br />
| [[Marathi Language|Marathi]]|| style="text-align:right;" |3226<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sanskrit]]|| style="text-align:right;" |2525<br />
|}<br />
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As of April 2010, 14,343 Telugu books are available in the digital library of India.<br />
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== Facilities ==<br />
It also has an auditorium to conduct motivational speeches and inspiring lectures from dignitaries in different field of expertise.<br />
<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396972895_Environmental_Awareness_Through_Public_Libraries_A_Case_Study_Of_City_Central_Library_Hyderabad</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:1960 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries established in 1960]]<br />
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