Kalwakurthy is a city and revenue division in

Nagarkurnool district Nagarkurnool district is a district in the southern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The town of Nagarkurnool is the district headquarters. It was part of the Mahbubnagar district prior to re-organisation of districts in the state. The ...

of Telangana, India. It is the second largest town in Nagarkurnool district after

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by area.And also it is one of the major cities in combined mahbubunagar district.It is located 80 km from

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...

on the

Srisailam Srisailam is a census town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Srisailam mandal in Atmakur revenue division. It is located about from the district headquarters Nandyal, from Kurnool, and ...

highway as well as on the Kodada to Jadcherla highway. It is around 31.7 km from the district headquarters of Nagarkurnool.

Demographics

According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Kalvakurti was a taluk in

Mahbubnagar district Mahabubnagar district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Mahabubnagar is the district headquarters which is popularly known as Palamoor. The district shares boundaries with Narayanapet, Vikarabad, Rangareddy, Nagarkurnool, Wanap ...

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and ...

. 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 Kalwakurthy 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.

Villages in Kalwakurthy Mandal

Kalwakurthy Mandal data as per Census 2011 Year

Total Rural Population 64,095 Total Urban Population 36,035

Politics

Hyderabad state First elected Chief Minister

Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (13 March 1899 – 15 September 1967) was the second and last Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State. Prior to the independence of India and the political integration of the princely states into the Union ...

was born in Padakallu village of Kalwakurthy Taluka. Current MLA is Jaipal Yadav. In Kalwakurthy, there are a various 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.

ZPTC member

Transport

The National Highway 765 passes through the village, which connects

and Tokapalle road of

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. National Highway 167 also passes through the mid of the town which connects between Kodad and Jadcherla. Kalwakurthy is located just 70 kilometres from

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...

. Kalwakurthy has TSRTC bus depot which runs various types of buses to different places like

, Mahabubnagar,

Guntur Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. ...

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etc..

References

{{Mahbubnagar district Mandals in Nagarkurnool district Nagarkurnool district