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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 Dhone revenue division.
Geography
Koilakuntla is located at 15.2334°N 78.3167°E / 15.2334; 78.3167. 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
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,
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
Sri Panduranga Vitaleswara Swami Temple
Sri Vasavi Kanyakaparameswari Temple
Shiridi Sai Temple
Sri Astalakshmi Venkateswara Swami Temple
Sri Chowdeswari Devi Temple
Noorshavali Darga
Masjid
CSI church
Nagalingeswara Temple
Ayyappa Swami temple
Ramalalayam
Patimeedi Anjaneya Swami temple
Sri Satyanarayana Swami temple
Sri Saraswari Devi Temple
Pedda baraimama peerla Chavidi
Regional Festivals
Sri Panduranga Swamy Rathoshavam (Bramhostawams)
Devi Sharannavaratrulu (Dasara)
Vinayaka Chaviti
Mohharam
Sankrathi Paruveta
Ugadi
Christmas
Ramzan
Gurupoornima