Kodad is a town in

Suryapet district Suryapet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of its eponymous district. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformat ...

of the

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Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and ...

. It is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

and the mandal headquarters of

Kodad mandal Kodad mandal is one of the 23 mandals in Suryapet district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is under the administration of Kodad revenue division with its headquarters at Kodad. The mandal is located on the banks of Paler river and is bound ...

Kodad revenue division Kodad revenue division (or Kodad division) is an administrative division in the Suryapet district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is one of the 2 revenue divisions in the district which consists of 9 mandals under its administration. Kod ...

. It lies on the National Highway 65 between

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and

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. It is 44 km away from the district headquarters

Suryapet Suryapet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of its eponymous district. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformat ...

Climate

Kodad summer highest day temperature is in between 35 °C to 48 °C . Average temperatures of January is 24 °C, February is 26 °C, March is 29 °C, April is 33 °C, May is 36 °C .

Transport

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

operates several buses from Kodad to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Demographics

According to Census of India, 2011, population of Kodad town is 65,234 of which 32,010 are male and 33,224 are female. The literacy rate of the town is 96.7%. Sex ratio is 1060 females to 1000 males. Child sex ratio is 1100 girls to 1000 boys. Kodad Mandal has a population of 134,130, of which 66,604 are male and 67,526 are female. The literacy rate is 94.33%.

Governance

Civic administration

Kodad Municipality is the civic administrative body of the town which was constituted in the year 2011. It is spread over an area of with 30 wards. The present municipal commissioner is ''L.Balojinaik'' and the chairman is ''vanaparthi sirisha''.

Politics

Kodad town under Kodad mandal falls under Kodad (Assembly constituency) of

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian commu ...

. B.Mallaiah Yadav is the present MLA of the constituency from

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References

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