Koilkuntla town
Town
Koilakuntla Railway Station
Koilkuntla town Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Show map of Andhra Pradesh Koilkuntla town Koilkuntla town (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 15°14′00″N 78°19′00″E / 15.2333°N 78.3167°E / 15.2333; 78.3167
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nandyal
Population
• Total	26,278
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	518134
Telephone code	08510

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.^[1] in Dhone revenue division

Geography Koilakuntla is located at 15°14′00″N 78°19′00″E / 15.2334°N 78.3167°E / 15.2334; 78.3167.^[2] 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 23,859 peoples. There are about 5,810 houses in Koilakuntla village. Nandyal is nearest big town to Koilakuntla which is approximately 39km away.

Transport

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Koilakuntla bus station with Koilakuntla Bus depot.

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 Dharmavaram-Vijayawada express , Guntur-Tirupati express trains are Running

Airways

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Domestic Airport which is located in Orvakal-Kurnool is the nearest which is 70 km from Koilkuntla.

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

References