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. It is in Banaganapalli revenue division.
Geography Koilakuntla is located at . 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 39 km away. Until 2008 Koilakuntla was headquarter of Koilakuntla Assembly Constituency, in 2008 by the delimination order by Central government new Constituency formed with Banaganapalle
+GovernanceDepartmentInchargeLegislativeBanaganapalle MLA, Koilakuntla SarpanchExecutiveDhone RDO, Koilakuntla MROJudiciaryHon'ble Koilakuntla Court JudgePolice Sub DivisionAllagadda DSPHealthCHNC KoilakuntlaAPSPDCL DivisionNandyal DEAPSRTC Bus ServiceKoilakuntla DepotTransportNandyal RTOPincode518134
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
Kurnool = 100 km Nandyal = 38 km Allagadda = 30 km Adoni = 145 km Banaganapalle = 14 km Bethamcherla =36 Dhone = 63 km Jammalamadugu = 48 km Proddutur = 68 km Kadapa = 125 km Tirupati = 265 km Hyderabad = 305 km Bengaluru = 330 km Vijayawada = 360 km Chennai = 375 km 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
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
Yaganti- 30 km Ahobilam- 50 km Belum Caves- 40 km Mahanandi- 52 km Nandavaram- 22 km Nayanalappa- 29 km
Temples Sri Panduranga Vitaleswara Swami Temple Sri Vasavi Kanyakaparameswari Temple Shiridi Sai Temple Sri Shivalayam Temple Sri Astalakshmi Venkateswara Swami Temple Sri Chowdeswari Devi Temple Sri Kapileswara swami Temple Sri Nagalingeswara swami Temple Sri Ayyappa Swami temple Sri Ramalalayam Sri Patimeedi Anjaneya Swami temple Sri Satyanarayana Swami temple Sri Saraswati Devi Temple Sri Nagulakatta Pedda baraimama peerla Chavidi Noor havali Darga Bijinavemula Chiwdeswari Devi Masjid CSI church
Regional Festivals Sri Panduranga Swamy Rathoshavam (Bramhostawams) Devi Sharannavaratrulu (Dasara) Vinayaka Chaviti Sankrathi Paruveta Sri Ramanavami Maha Sivaratri Ugadi Deepavali Vaikunta Yekadasi Sri Krishnastmi Hanuman Jayanti Ramzan Gurupoornima Mohharam Christmas
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