Koilakuntla

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Koilkuntla town
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 15°14′00″N78°19′00″E / 15.2333°N 78.3167°E / 15.2333; 78.3167
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Nandyal
Population
 • Total36,105
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
518134
Telephone code08510

Koilakuntla (also called as Kovelakuntla, Koyalakuntla, Koilkuntla) is a town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is Head quarter of Koilakuntla mandal. [1] It is in Dhone revenue division.

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Geography

Koilakuntla is located at 15°14′00″N78°19′00″E / 15.2334°N 78.3167°E / 15.2334; 78.3167 . [2] It has an average elevation of 185 meters (610 feet). 85 km south of Kurnool town. There is a famous temple called Panduranga Swamy Temple which is established by king Penukonda Rajullu in 1560-1570.It has pond in front of the temple. The lady named Koilla guided the king to build the temple and due to the pond in front of the temple, the town was named as Koilakuntla. There is a confluence of Kundu river and Juleru river near Sagameswara temple in east side and in west side mosque. And in the centre of Koilakuntla, the south side is having Sidheswara temple and in north side mosque. That is why they are called as union of two religions of Hindu and Muslim. In 1847 Narasimha Reddy fought against the British and he was hanged to death by the British emperor near taluka office in Koilakuntla. In 1870 Buda Vengal Reddy helped poor people, native of Uyyalawada thaluka near Koilakuntla, so, Queen Victoria gave swarna Kanakam to him. This happened in the year 1850–1870.

Demographics

Koilakuntla has a total population of 36,105 peoples. There are about 5,810 houses in Koilakuntla town. Nandyal is nearest big town to Koilakuntla which is approximately 39km away. Until 2008 Koilakuntla was headquarter of Koilakuntla Assembly Constituency, in 2008 by the delimination order by Central government new Constituency formed with Banaganapalle

Governance
DepartmentIncharge
LegislativeBanaganapalle MLA, Koilakuntla Sarpanch
ExecutiveDhone RDO, Koilakuntla MRO
JudiciaryHon'ble Koilakuntla Court Judge
Police Sub DivisionAllagadda DSP
HealthCHNC Koilakuntla
APSPDCL DivisionNandyal DE
APSRTC Bus ServiceKoilakuntla Depot
TransportNandyal RTO
Pincode518134

Transport

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Koilakuntla bus station with Koilakuntla Bus depot.

Distance to Major towns and cities

  1. Kurnool = 100 km
  2. Nandyal = 38 km
  3. Allagadda = 30 km
  4. Adoni = 145 km
  5. Banaganapalle = 14 km
  6. Bethamcherla =36
  7. Dhone = 63 km
  8. Jammalamadugu = 48 km
  9. Proddutur = 68 km
  10. Kadapa = 125 km
  11. Tirupati = 265 km
  12. Hyderabad = 305 km
  13. Bengaluru = 330 km
  14. Vijayawada = 360 km
  15. Chennai = 375 km
  16. TADIPATRI = 70 Km

Railways

Koilkuntla Railway Station is opened in 2016 as part of Nandyal - Yerraguntla Railway line. Now the line is fully electrified. The station have 3 platforms and currently running trains are

#Dharmavaram-Machilipatnam express ,

#Guntur-Tirupati express ,

#Nandyala-Renigunta Demu,

#Machilipatnam-Dharmavaram express,

#Tirupati-Guntur express,

#Renigunta-Nandyala Demu,

trains are Running

Airways

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Domestic Airport which is located in Orvakal-Kurnool is the nearest which is 70 km from Koilkuntla.

Tirupati International Airport-Tirupati Which is 252 km away

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport- Hyderabad which is 285 km away

Places of Interest

1. Yaganti-30 km 2. Ahobilam- 50 km 3. Belum Caves- 40 km 4. Mahanandi-52 km 5. Nandavaram- 22

Movie Theaters

1. SLVT

2. AVR

3. PR

Banks

1. SBI main branch (code : 0984) 2. sbi rtc road 3. Union bank of India 2 branches 4. Axis bank 5. HDFC Bank 6. KDCC 7. The Koilkuntla Cooperative Town Bank 8.Andra Pragathi Grameena Bank

Temples

  1. Sri Panduranga Vitaleswara Swami Temple
  2. Sri Vasavi Kanyakaparameswari Temple
  3. Shiridi Sai Temple
  4. Sri Astalakshmi Venkateswara Swami Temple
  5. Sri Chowdeswari Devi Temple
  6. Noorshavali Darga
  7. Masjid
  8. CSI church
  9. Nagalingeswara Temple
  10. Ayyappa Swami temple
  11. Ramalalayam
  12. Patimeedi Anjaneya Swami temple
  13. Sri Satyanarayana Swami temple
  14. Sri Saraswari Devi Temple
  15. Pedda baraimama peerla Chavidi

Regional Festivals

  1. Sri Panduranga Swamy Rathoshavam (Bramhostawams)
  2. Devi Sharannavaratrulu (Dasara)
  3. Vinayaka Chaviti
  4. Mohharam
  5. Sankrathi Paruveta
  6. Ugadi
  7. Christmas
  8. Ramzan
  9. Gurupoornima

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References

  1. ↑ "Mandal wise villages" (PDF). Revenue Department - AP Land. National Informatics Center. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Koilkuntla, India Page". Fallingrain.com. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
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