Kosgi is a

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in Narayanpet

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state in

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. It has a population of 21,038 (Census 2001). It is a part of

Kodangal Kodangal is a Town and Tahsil, Mandal in Vikarabad district, Telangana, India. The town is also categorized as a Tahsil, Mandal, or Taluka, and constitutes 20 villages. The major mandals in the Kodangal Constituency area are: *Kosgi *Kodangal * ...

constituency of the Telangana state's Legislative Assembly. The notable towns nearby Kosgi are

Tandur Tandur is a town in ''Vikarabad District'' in the Indian State of Telangana. It is a municipality and first Municipality in India consisting of 36 wards, as well as the headquarters of Tandur Mandal in the Tandur Revenue Division. It is known ...

Mahabubnagar Mahabubnagar is a city in Mahabubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahabubnagar mandal in Mahabubnagar revenue division. The city is also the largest in the d ...

, Pargi and Narayanpet.

Kosgi Mandal

Kosgi is the headquarters of the Kosgi

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, which comprises 24 villages. The administration of this mandal is run from the Mandal revenue office in Kosgi. The villages which come under Kosgi Mandal are Amlikunta, Balabhadraipalle, Balwanpally, Bhakthimalla, Bhogaram, Bijjaram, Chandravancha, Chennaram, Hanuman pally, Gundmal, Kadampalle, Kosgi, Kothapalle, Malreddipally, Masaipally, Mirzapur, Mudireddipalle, Mungimalla, Mushrifa, Nacharam, Pothireddy Pally, Sampally, Sarjakhanpet, Thogapur and Lodhipur.

Education

There is at least one state government's school and/or the Zilla Parishad High Schools (ZPHS) in all the villages in Kosgi mandal. Most of these are primary schools. The major educational institutions in Kosgi mandal are: Schools in Kosgi are ZPHS, ZPHS (boys), ZPHS Girls (Urdu Medium), SriVani Vidya Mandir(EM),Shanthi Nikethan high school (EM), Govt. high school, Veda techno school, Rainbow high school, Krishnaveni Talent School, Panini High School, Govt. Junior college and Prajna junior college. Apart from these, the major schools in other parts of the mandal are ZPHS schools in Mirjapur, Gundumal, Mushrifa and Sarjkhan Pet. Higher secondary, Intermediate and higher education institutions are situated only in Kosgi town.

NGO support

Due to financial constraints the government of Telangana state has instituted a policy to actively seek private/NGO adoption of government schools. As part of this, the

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s like Asha for education and Bhumi are helping to improve the education in Kosgi mandal. The silicon valley chapter of Asha organization is funding one of such project named Balavikas in Kosgi. The ground work is taken up by Bhumi. This project aims to improve infrastructure, and teaching quality in selected educational institutions in Kosgi.'PVRMES' is one of the

primarily donated a school building to Govt. Upper Primary School in Pothireddypally (vill) and the school was renamed to "Pullangari Venkat Reddy Memorial upper primary school" in the year of 2004.'PVRMES' then concentrated on delivering basic infrastructure, needs of poor student's in the constituency.

Migration

The declining economic feasibility of agriculture, and increasing debts of the farmers in Kosgi mandal has forced them to migrate to the metropolitan cities like

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and especially

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, where they work mostly as laborer in construction work. The government's efforts, to restore the normal situation using projects like Self Help Groups and Food for Work program have been ineffective.

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{{Reflist Villages in Narayanpet district

Kosgi Mandal

Education

NGO support

Migration

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