Kalwakurthy is a city and revenue division in Telangana state, India. It is the largest town in Nagarkurnool district geographically by area. And also it is one of the major cities in combined Mahabubnagar district. The name of the city is derived from the word "Kavula Keerti" which means " The Pride of Poets". It was earlier known for its cultural heritage and poetical literature. It was once known for the presence of various poets. It is located 75 kms from

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on the

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highway and on new highway from Hyderabad to Tirupati as well as on the Kodada to Jadcherla highway.It is around 31.7 km from the district headquarters of Nagarkurnool. Kalwakurthy has been a developing city with educational institutions, hospitals and other infrastructural facilities. The city of Kalwakurthy has well developed transportation facilities connecting to all major surrounded cities and towns.

Demographics

According to

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, Kalvakurti was a taluk in

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

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. 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 a population of more than 50,000 as per the current estimations and may cross the count of 60,000 by the year 2029. People often visit Kalwakurthy from various villages and towns to taste the famous Mysore Bajji of Kalwakurthy style available only evening time. The city is famous for its flavoured raw mutton and people from Hyderabad and other cities prefer to buy mutton from Kalwakurthy.

Kalwakurthy Mandal data as per Census 2011 Year

Total Rural Population 15000 Total Urban Population 36,035

Politics

The assembly constituency is spread among three districts namely Ranga Reddy, Nagarkurnool and Mahabubnagar. Hyderabad state First elected Chief Minister

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was born in Padakallu village of Kalwakurthy Taluka. The city of Kalwakurthy stands for diversed, diverged and unexpected political verdicts in elections. Current MLA is Kasi Reddy Narayan Reddy. Kalwakurthy is a political home town for well known personalities like S.Jaipal Reddy, A.Revanth Reddy, Y.Kishta Reddy and others. Dr Chetamoni Pradeep Chandra Yadav alias agni is from this place.

Local Politics

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

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and Jadcherla. The new highway from Hyderabad to Tirupathi connects the city of Kalwakurthy. The city connects to 3 different highways. Kalwakurthy is located just 65 kilometres from

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

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Nagarkurnool Nagarkurnool is a town and is the district headquarters of Nagarkurnool district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located at nearly 120 km from the state capital, Hyderabad. The town has a great history and it was a district headqua ...

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, Kodada, Zaheerabad,

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References

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