Koilkuntla is located at 15.2333°N 78.3167°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 185 meters (610 feet).85 km south of Kurnool town. Koilkuntla is famous for ghee. It is located on the banks of river Kundu (a tributary of river Penna).The word Kundu is derived from Kumudwathi. Since historical days there is a saying about Kundu that one who drinks the water of this river can get enormous courage to
challenge and fight ferociously with enemies.[2] Farmers cultivate rice and Bengal gram in this region. During the British period, a famous freedom fighter 'Uyyalawada Narashimha reddy' was hanged by the British at Koilakuntla on the banks of river Jurreru which is a tributary to Kundu. He is considered to be the first ever freedom fighter in India (10 years earlier than 1857)
The name kovelakuntla refers kovela + kuntla . In ancient days there was a dancer named Kovela. one night lord Panduranga Swamy appeared in her dream and said Iam in the pond in front of temple, bring me out and build a temple(now that pond is infront of temple). So She went to the king and said about her dream. The king also had a same dream last night. Then that king built the temple to Lord Panduranga.So that village name came from dancer Kovela, called as Kovelakuntla That name became as koilkuntla. Current population of Koilkuntla is 25,000
• Pincode • 518134
• Telephone • +08510
• Vehicle • AP21
Transport:
The town has APSRTC bus depot with approx 69 busses plying to various villages, towns and cities. This depot is most profitable depot among all depots in rayalaseema region. Depot stood first place since 2008 The town has well connected to nearest towns like nandyal, kurnool,banaganapalli,allagadda,jammalamadugu,proddatur,tadipatri and kadapa.There are frequent busses to Hyderabad and kurnool
New Railway Line: New Railway Line is under construction. The line is from Yerraguntla to Nandyal. It is passes through Koilkuntla Town. It will take approx 1 year to ply the trains through this line. Banking
1)State Bank of India(Branch code 0984 with Online banking) 2)State Bank of Hyderabad(code 21416) 3)Andhra Bank 4)Koilkuntla Cooperative Town Bank 5)KDCC bank 6)Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank
Distance to major towns
1) Hyderabad --- 300 km 2) Kurnool --- 85 km 3) Nandyal --- 35 km 4) Kadapa ---- 110 km 5) Tirupathi -- 260 km 6) Bangalore --- 310 km 7) Ananthapur --- 120 km 8) Vijayawada----- 300 km
