Nandikotkur, natively known as Nandikotkuru, is a

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and capital of Nandikotkur mandal in

Nandyal district Nandyal district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with Nandyal as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant 26 districts. It is part of the Rayalaseema region. The district ...

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Geography

Nandikotkur is located at . It has an average elevation of 292 meters (961 feet). The nearest river is Krishna river. Nandikotkur is located 27 km from Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh. It serves as a major transit point connecting important cities including Kurnool and Guntur. The route to Srisailam from Kurnool also traverses through Nandikotkur. The legend says that Nandikotkur is surrounded by nine nandi statues (bulls) and hence this place was earlier called NavaNandikotkur and now this is called ''Nandi''kotkur. Handri Neeva Canal which provides irrigation water to Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa and Chittoor districts starts from Nadikotkur Mandal only. Sangamaheshwaram the place where seven rivers meet is located around 25 km from Nandikotkur. The population of Nandikotkur is 46,953 Nandikotkur Town Entrance Board

Transport

The

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Ne ...

operates bus services from Nandikotkur bus station.

Distance to Major towns and cities

# Kurnool = 30 km # Nandyal = 58 km # Yemmiganur = 100 km # Adoni = 130 km # Atmakur = 39 km # Guntur = 270 km # Kadapa = 190 km # Tirupati = 330 km # Hyderabad = 240 km # Bengaluru = 380 km # Vijayawada = 310 km # Srisailam = 150 km

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

References

Official Website of Nandikotkur www.nandikotkur.co

{{Nandyal district Cities and towns in Nandyal district