Kalwakurthy

Kalwakurthy
Town
Kalwakurthy
Location in Telangana, India
Kalwakurthy
Kalwakurthy (India)
Coordinates: 16°39′N 78°29′E / 16.65°N 78.48°E / 16.65; 78.48Coordinates: 16°39′N 78°29′E / 16.65°N 78.48°E / 16.65; 78.48
Country India
State Telangana
District Nagarkurnool
Talukas Kalwakurthy
Government
  Type Telangana
Elevation 16 m (52 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 28,060
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 509324
Telephone code 08549
Vehicle registration TS

Kalwakurthy is a town and revenue division in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, India. It is 80 km from Hyderabad on Srisailam highway as well as Kodada to Jadcherla highway. It is around 31.7 km from the district headquarters of Nagarkurnool.

Demographics

According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India,[1] Kalvakurti was a taluk in Mahbubnagar district, Hyderabad State. It contained 101 villages with an area of 583 square miles. The population in 1901 was 54,384 compared with 52,132 in 1891. The headquarters Kalvakurti had a population of 2,230.

Kalwakurthy town has population of 25,146 with 13,126 men and 12,020 women as per 2001 Census.[2]

Politics

It is the home town of political leader Jaipal Reddy. Between 1969 and 1984 he was an MLA from Kalwakurthy. Former Andhra Pradesh State Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao was defeated in 1989 assembly elections in this constituency by Chittaranjan Das. Hyderabad state First elected Chief Minister Burgula Ramakrishna Rao was born in Padakallu village of Kalwakurthy Taluka. Current MLA is Challa Vamshichand Reddy.[3] In Kalwakurthy, there are a number of educational institutions and other facilities which are not common in other towns of similar category. Dr Chetamoni Pradeep Chandra Yadav alias agni is from this place.

Transport

The National Highway 765 passes though the village, which connects Hyderabad and Tokapalle road of Andhra Pradesh.[4]

References

  1. Kalvakurti in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol 14, pp: 321.
  2. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/View_data/Village_Profile.aspx
  3. Congress bags Kalwakurthy assembly seat in Telangana
  4. "List of National Highways passing through A.P. State". Roads and Buildings Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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