Kothaguda
Mandal
Kothaguda Location in Telangana, India Show map of Telangana Kothaguda Kothaguda (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 17°54′48″N 80°03′17″E / 17.91333°N 80.05472°E / 17.91333; 80.05472
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Mahabubabad district
Talukas	Narsampet
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	506135
Telephone code	08718
Vehicle registration	TS 03
Website	telangana.gov.in

Kothaguda is an agency mandal in Mulugu Constituency of Mahabubabad district of the Indian state of Telangana.^[1]

Geography

Kothaguda has an average altitude of 225 meters. It is a historical place. Before Independence, the administrative unit of Narsampet was officially known as Pakhal Taluka because of its proximity to the area's lifeline - Pakhal lake, the largest lake in the region, built by the Kakatiya rulers. Over the years the village has grown into a town inhabited by around 30,000 people.

The growth of Kothaguda absorbed neighbouring hamlets such as Mylaram and Gandhinagar. The town's growth received a boost around ten years ago in the form of a public investment to develop it as a model town. This resulted in improvements in infrastructure, particularly roads, drains and water supply. The town became more livable following the arrival of fresh Pakhal water to the entire village. The village grown primarily via migration from nearby villages. The town's businesses are dominated by these migrants.

Administration

The village under this mandal are Kothapally, Mylaram, Gunjedu, Burgu Gumpu, Polaram, krishtapuram, and Rautupally.

Geography

Nearby village Gunjedu is 3 km towards Mahaboobad. It is a new attraction of Gunjedu Musalamma Jatara like Medaram famous for Tribes and surrounding people, due to its serene nature of the village and surrounded by pond and its decent infrastructure and its people who are now famous for their good education.

A lake was built in 1213 by Kakatiya king, Ganapathideva, by harnessing a small tributary of the Krishna River. It is located 50 km from Warangal and spreads over 30 km.

In 2009 the town experienced a decrease in purchasing power as a local drought ravaged the harvests.

Agriculture

Most cultivation is done using Kothaguda Lake and Pakhal Lake in this area. Major crops are paddy, cotton, maize, grams and some seasonal crops. Due to the fertile lands the people grow 2 crops/year.

Education

Kothaguda has two Ashram high schools, residential, social welfare school and 3 private education schools .

• AP Tribal Welfare Residential School (for Girls)
• Ashrama T.W.High School (Boys and Girls)
• APSW School & Hostel (Boys)
• Sun Rise Shishu Mandir, Gandhinagar
• Alluri e-techno School(EM), Ganghinagar
• Prathaprudra Degree college(TM)co-Education, Ganghinagar
• Mpps kothaguda
• Govt junior college
• vivekananda junior college
• Ambedhkar Educational Institutions

Transport

• Pakhala rampur bus service (5 tims per day):- Narsampet to rampur vai Ashoknagar, kothaguda,pegadapally,govindapuram,edullapally, yerraram,ramggapagudem.
• Ottai Tanda bus service:- Narsampet via kothaguda, pogallapally, ottai.

• Saddireddipalle bus service:- Narsampet to saddireddipalle vai Ashoknagar, kothaguda, konapur,enchaguda,mondtaigudem,mokallapally.

• Musmi bus service:- Narsampet to Musmi vai Ashoknagar, kothaguda pegadapally, ladaigadda ,bothavanigudem,laxmipur.

• Mahabubabad to kothaguda via gunjed.

Pachayats of Kothaguda

• Kothaguda
• Komatlagudem
• Marrigudem
• SadireddyPally
• Punugondla
• Madagudem
• Gangaram
• Musmi
• Edullapally
• Karlai
• Otaai
• Pogullapally
• Velubelly
• Bathulapally
• Jangavanigudem
• Gundampally
• Thati vari vempally

References