Kothagudem
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Kothagudem is an industrial town in the Khammam district
of Andhra Pradesh
, about 270 km from Hyderabad. It is also known as the coal
town of South India. Kothagudem and palvancha are the twin industrial towns in the state. Kothagudem is located at 17.55°N 80.618°E. It has an average elevation of 89 metres (295 ft) above seal level. The North of Kothagudem borders Chhattisgarh state which is approximately 120 km from the town.
Kothagudem heads the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, the coal producing company in South India. It produces 40 million tonnes of coal every year. The Kothagudem Thermal Power station (K.T.P.S.), Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys (N.B.F.A.), Sponge Iron India Limited(S.I.I.L.) are some of the other prominent industries here. It has the only mining school in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Kothagudem School of Mines (K.S.M.). The area is endowed with rich forests, industries and landscape. Kothagudem is located very near to the temple town of Lord Rama, known as Bhadrachalam
. It is approximately 40 km away from Bhadrachalam. The Railway station was originally named "Bhadrachalam Road", being the closest railway station to Bhadrachalam
, an important pilgrimage location of Rama
. The Kinnerasani Dam
is a popular picnic spot. A rivulet viz Murredu, which is a tributary of River Godavari flows through the town.
, Kothagudem had a population of 79,727. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kothagudem has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 63%. In Kothagudem, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. The estimated population of the twin towns viz., Kothagudem and Palvancha is around 5 lakhs (0.5 million)
In the recent years the temparature has regularly crossed 50 celsius mark.
There are quite a few Graduate and Post graduate Colleges and as many as Engineering Colleges located in and around
Kothagudem:
This is one of the oldest railway stations in Andhra Pradesh. The train route initially started here for transferring coal to different parts of Nizam state. Later they started passenger trains.
Trains to Hyderabad, Balharshah (Singareni Fast passenger), Vijayawada (Vijayawada passenger) connects the other towns. Prominent among the trains are Singareni fast passenger, one of the oldest passenger trains in the state. It covers all the coal-mining towns in the state. The 2008-'09 Railway budget has seen a promise of the station becoming a junction with introduction of new rail routes.
Some of the prominent trains are:
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NH221- connecting Vijayawada in AP and Jagdalpur in Chattisgarh passes through the heart of Kothagudem town.
Kothagudem Main Road connects to the Bus Stand and routes for Coal mines, Singereni Head Quarters, Govt. offices, courts, stadium and many other government buildings. This Road also connects the Major Shopping area of the town M.G Road, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is the costliest and most densely populated areas of the town. The Kothagudem Railway station is also on this road. This road has many shopping centers like Vasundara cloth stores, Sumangali silks, Sree Durga saree Center, Banks like SBI, SBH, ICICI, HDFC, ING VYSYA, Andhra Bank, Vijaya Bank etc. and many electronic show rooms like LG, SONY etc. and there are around 100 private Hospitals on either sides of the road in a stretch of half a kilometer. The sub roads connecting this road namely Chinna Bazar and Pedda Bazar are also the biggest shopping centers of wood, furniture, wedding goods and Iron for all the nearest villages and even towns like Palvoncha, Bhadrachalam and Yellandu.This road is connected to the Lakshmidevi pally road which gets divided, one leading to Yellandu and the other to Palvoncha and Bhadrachalam. All the major bike showrooms like Hero Honda, TVS, Yamaha, Honda, Bajaj and car show rooms like Varun Maruthi and Tata are on this road. State famous educational institutions like Triveni Talent School, Krishnaveni Junior College, Nalanda Junior College and 4 movie theatres are present on this road.
The Yellandu Club, known for its plush buildings, golf court, swimming pool,Indoor shuttle court and tennis court is situated on this road. Bigshots like the Board of Directors of Singerni reside here and V.I.P’s like CM’s, Minister’s make their stay here on days like Sri Rama navami, and Bhramotsavas of Lord Rama in Bhadrachalam.
Khammam district
Khammam District is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It had a population of 2,565,412 of which 19.81% were urban as of 2001 census. Khammam town is the district headquarters. The present name of Khammam is derived from the old name Kammamet. Later it was called Khammam Mettu and subsequently...
of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, about 270 km from Hyderabad. It is also known as the coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
town of South India. Kothagudem and palvancha are the twin industrial towns in the state. Kothagudem is located at 17.55°N 80.618°E. It has an average elevation of 89 metres (295 ft) above seal level. The North of Kothagudem borders Chhattisgarh state which is approximately 120 km from the town.
Kothagudem heads the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, the coal producing company in South India. It produces 40 million tonnes of coal every year. The Kothagudem Thermal Power station (K.T.P.S.), Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys (N.B.F.A.), Sponge Iron India Limited(S.I.I.L.) are some of the other prominent industries here. It has the only mining school in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Kothagudem School of Mines (K.S.M.). The area is endowed with rich forests, industries and landscape. Kothagudem is located very near to the temple town of Lord Rama, known as Bhadrachalam
Bhadrachalam
Bhadrachalam , a town known for the Sri Rama Temple constructed in the year 1674 A.D., is a Municipality in Khammam district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located east of state capital, Hyderabad. The Bhadrachalam Temple, where the presiding deity is Lord Rama, is an important site...
. It is approximately 40 km away from Bhadrachalam. The Railway station was originally named "Bhadrachalam Road", being the closest railway station to Bhadrachalam
Bhadrachalam
Bhadrachalam , a town known for the Sri Rama Temple constructed in the year 1674 A.D., is a Municipality in Khammam district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located east of state capital, Hyderabad. The Bhadrachalam Temple, where the presiding deity is Lord Rama, is an important site...
, an important pilgrimage location of Rama
Rama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
. The Kinnerasani Dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
is a popular picnic spot. A rivulet viz Murredu, which is a tributary of River Godavari flows through the town.
Etymology
Kothagudem is taken from two words "Kotha" meaning "New" and "gudem" ~ place. Palvancha is the industrial area of Kothagudem.Demographics
As of 2001 India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Kothagudem had a population of 79,727. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kothagudem has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 63%. In Kothagudem, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. The estimated population of the twin towns viz., Kothagudem and Palvancha is around 5 lakhs (0.5 million)
People
Even though Kothagudem biologically part of Telangana Region, You will see a mixed culture in this region. The People are soft, gentle and you will find neutral accent(Neither Telangala nor Andhra). There are few farmers in this region as majority of People are Employees in big industries(Singareni, KTPS, NBFA, Sponge Iron) in and around the town. Singareni Colleries itself is having approximately 30,000 employees and majority of them reside in Company Quarters located 10km from town.Temperatures
Kothagudem is known for its record high temperatures during summer, often crossing 48 Celsius mark. It also have two extreme temperatures in the state as it touches 10C during winters and 48C during summers.In the recent years the temparature has regularly crossed 50 celsius mark.
Educational institutions
Kothagudem is regarded as the educational hub of Khammam district. There is a Kothagudem University College of Engineering, aliased Kothagudem School of mines, Kakatiya University]. Besides these schools, the town has one of the oldest Government Polytechnic colleges in the state and Industrial Training Institutes in the state. There are many popular schools in this town:- Government Polytechnic college Rudrampur* St. Mary's Girls High School, Kothagudem
- Swarna bharathi high School Ramavaram
- St. Joseph's High School Rudrampur
- sr digi school
- Suryodaya School (Old Bus Depot)
- Singareni colleries High School (Head post office) boasts to have the best teachers nurturing the young minds.
- St. Mary's High School
- Govt high school(Ramavaram)
- Govt high school(cooli line)
- Govt high school(babu camp)
- Sri Sarada Vidyalaya
- Bharath Public School (Ramavaram)
- Sri Ramachandra boys High School
- Triveni Talent school
- Little Buds High school.
- Ravi Balaniketan High School(Medar Basti)
- Coolie Line High School(Coolie line)
- Sri Ramachandra Boys & Girls High School (Old Kothagudem)., Established in 1936.
- Sri Ramachandra Girls High School (Opp. Bus Station)
- NavaBharat High School(nav nagar)
- New Indira Priyadarshini School
- Siva sivani high school
- The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) has a Kothagudem Chapter and produced quite many accountants from here.
There are quite a few Graduate and Post graduate Colleges and as many as Engineering Colleges located in and around
Kothagudem:
- Sri Ramachandra Government Arts & Science College at Laxmidevi Pally
- K.Y,K.R.Y & B.N.Gouds. Government. College at Writer Basthi, Court side.
- http://www.singareniwomenscollege.org Singareni Womens College, opp: Municipality Office
- Singareni Collieries Women's Junior College, Kothagudem. one of the best college in the Khammam Dist
- Priyadarshini College,Opp;Bus Stand
- Vivekavardhini College, at Laxmidevi Pally
- Abdul Kalam Institute of Technological Sciences, vepalagadda
- Margadarshini College
- Krishnaveni College
- Sri Chaitanya Haritha Jr College
- Nalanda College
- Adams Engineering College, Seetarama patnam, Palvancha
- Anu Bose Institute of Science & Technology, Palvancha.
- Abul Kalam Engineering College,Kothagudem
- KLR Engineering college,Palvancha
- Kavitha Engineering College
- SMART Consultants (recruiters for MBBS in China), 15-1-10, Ramavaram. [www.china-doctor.blogspot.com]
Road
The National Highway# 221 passes through Kothagudem. Kothagudem bus depot is one of the oldest bus depots in the district. Buses ply to various parts of the state.Rail
Kothagudem Railway Station is referred as "Bhadrachalam Road" (Railway Code : BDCR).This is one of the oldest railway stations in Andhra Pradesh. The train route initially started here for transferring coal to different parts of Nizam state. Later they started passenger trains.
Trains to Hyderabad, Balharshah (Singareni Fast passenger), Vijayawada (Vijayawada passenger) connects the other towns. Prominent among the trains are Singareni fast passenger, one of the oldest passenger trains in the state. It covers all the coal-mining towns in the state. The 2008-'09 Railway budget has seen a promise of the station becoming a junction with introduction of new rail routes.
Some of the prominent trains are:
| Train No. | Train Name | Origin | Dep.Time | Destination | Arr.Time | Days Of Run | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||||||
| 12751 | Manugur-Secunderabad Express | MANUGUR | 22:50 | SECUNDERABAD JN | 03:45 | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| 12752 | Secunderabad-Manugur Express | SECUNDERABAD JN | 23:45 | MANUGUR | 04:20 | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
| 57626 | Kakatiya Fast Passenger | MANUGUR | 23:45 | SECUNDERABAD JN | 09:25 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 57625 | Kakatiya Fast Passenger | SECUNDERABAD | 18:40 | MANUGUR | 03:00 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 17050 | Link/MACHILIPATNAM EXPRESS | SECUNDERABAD JN | 22:45 | BHADRACHALAM RD | 04:50 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 17049 | Link/SECUNDERABAD EXPRESS | BHADRACHALAM RD | 22:15 | SECUNDERABAD JN | 04:45 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 57323 | Singareni express/Fast Passenger | BHADRACHALAM RD | 05:45 | SIRPUR TOWN | 14:10 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 57322 | Singareni express/Fast Passenger | SIRPUR TOWN | 15:15 | BHADRACHALAM ROAD | 22:55 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 57353 | Vijayawada Passenger | BHADRACHALAM ROAD | 13:50 | VIJAYAWADA Jn | 19:20 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 57354 | Bhadrachalam Road Passenger | VIJAYAWADA Jn | 08:00 | BHADRACHALAM ROAD | 12:40 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Redundant information
http://indiarailinfo.com/search/2649/836
Kothagudem Roads
Kothagudem has a good road system.There are road connections to Bhadrachalam khammam, Yellandu, Warangal, Sathupalli, Vijayawada, from the town in all the directions. The temple town Bhadrchalam is just 40 km from here and many other places like mothugudem water falls, Sileru dam, kinnerasani dam are within a 100 k.m radius.NH221- connecting Vijayawada in AP and Jagdalpur in Chattisgarh passes through the heart of Kothagudem town.
Kothagudem Main Road connects to the Bus Stand and routes for Coal mines, Singereni Head Quarters, Govt. offices, courts, stadium and many other government buildings. This Road also connects the Major Shopping area of the town M.G Road, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is the costliest and most densely populated areas of the town. The Kothagudem Railway station is also on this road. This road has many shopping centers like Vasundara cloth stores, Sumangali silks, Sree Durga saree Center, Banks like SBI, SBH, ICICI, HDFC, ING VYSYA, Andhra Bank, Vijaya Bank etc. and many electronic show rooms like LG, SONY etc. and there are around 100 private Hospitals on either sides of the road in a stretch of half a kilometer. The sub roads connecting this road namely Chinna Bazar and Pedda Bazar are also the biggest shopping centers of wood, furniture, wedding goods and Iron for all the nearest villages and even towns like Palvoncha, Bhadrachalam and Yellandu.This road is connected to the Lakshmidevi pally road which gets divided, one leading to Yellandu and the other to Palvoncha and Bhadrachalam. All the major bike showrooms like Hero Honda, TVS, Yamaha, Honda, Bajaj and car show rooms like Varun Maruthi and Tata are on this road. State famous educational institutions like Triveni Talent School, Krishnaveni Junior College, Nalanda Junior College and 4 movie theatres are present on this road.
The Yellandu Club, known for its plush buildings, golf court, swimming pool,Indoor shuttle court and tennis court is situated on this road. Bigshots like the Board of Directors of Singerni reside here and V.I.P’s like CM’s, Minister’s make their stay here on days like Sri Rama navami, and Bhramotsavas of Lord Rama in Bhadrachalam.
In and around the town
Kothagudem have had city buses after only Hyderabad, Vizag,Vijayawada and Warangel in the state. These were a big hit from the 1970s until the late 1990s. Owing to ultra-urbanization and convenience, people started hiring auto-rickshaws these days. There are few city buses today while close to 10,000 auto-rickshaws ply in twin-towns of Kothagudem and Palvancha.Where to stay
There are three star hotels viz Hotel Lepakshi, Thatipalli Residency and Surya Palace are a prominent few.Sports and recreation
Kothagudem stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in the country. Eminent Cricket players of repute viz Mohd. Azharuddin, Arun lal, Shivlal Yadav etc. played here through Ranji Trophy. The stadium also hosted several national tournaments including volleyball, Kabbadi etc. under the aegis of Sports council of the state.Radio
The All India Radio(AIR) has one of its AIR stations here transmitting FM. The AIR, Kothagudem is quite famous, providing news to its neighboring districts.Parks and clubs
Kothagudem has had two major parks viz Children's park, one of the oldest parks, maintained by Singareni Colleries in the town and "Town park" near hanuman basthi. Kothagudem Club, Singareni club, KCOA and RCOA Club are quite big clubs in the state. Social service clubs include 5 Lions Clubs, Dist 324 C9 Lion Dist. Governer Lion Koneru Nageswara Rao, EX Minister Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, one of the best club LIONS CLUB OF KOTHAGUDEM SINGARENI, Please Contact: Chief Editor Dist Directory : Lion Shaik Moulana, Mob : 9440600290, Rotary club of Kothagudem , Lions club, Vasavi Club. Rotary, Kothagudem has had a privilege to distribute several calipers for the poor-handicapped.Kothagudem Theatres
There are 8 theatres in Kothagudem with in a half kilometer distance.-
- Sri Durga Kala Mandir A/C D.T.S
- Parameswari A/C D.T.S Lakshmidevi Pally
- Poorna Picture Palace A/C D.T.S Lakshmidevi Pally
- Viswaroopa Theatre A/C D.T.S Dolby Lakshmidevi Pally
- Maheswari Theatre A/C D.T.S Palakendram
- Rama Talkies (now closed)
- Nageshwara Talkies Vidya Nagar Colony (now closed)
- Sri Lakshmi Ramavaram (now closed)
Places of interest
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- ST. Andrews church ( biggest church in Andhra Pradesh)
- ST. Thomas church ( Ramavaram)
- ST. Josephs School (District's biggest school)
- Open-cast and underground mines (Special permission from SCCL to be sought)
- Thrimatha panchayatana Kshetram (Three Goddess Temple), only the first of its kind in India.
- Kinnerasani Dam, Sanctuary and wild life.
- Nava Bharat Balaji Temple, a unique temple constructed with marble stone.
- Peddamma Temple, Palvancha
- Sri Venkateshwara Temple, 7-incline (now abandoned)
- Garimellapadu forests
- Wildlife sanctuary through the forests connecting twin towns - Kothagudem and Palvancha
- There are 5 theaters in a row(with in 1/2 Kilometer) in Lakshmi Devi Palli, Kothagudem. All the latest films are released here.
- Kothagudem has good shopping centers which serves twin towns Kothagudem & Paloncha and all the nearby villages.
- Sai Baba temple, Lakshmi Devi Palli
- Murredu Bridge over murredu vagu,
- Ganesh temple in main road.