Kalwakurthy

Kalwakurthy is a town and revenue division in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, India. It is 80 km from Hyderabad on Srisailam highway as well as Kodada to Jadcherla highway. It is around 31.7 km from the district headquarters of Nagarkurnool.DemographicsAccording to The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Kalvakurti was a taluk in Mahbubnagar district, Hyderabad State. It contained 101 villages with an area of 583 square miles. The population in 1901 was 54,384 compared with 52,132 in 1891. The headquarters Kalvakurti had a population of 2,230.Kalwakurthy town has population of 35,146 with 18,126 men and 17,020 women as per 2001 Census.PoliticsIt is the home town of political leader Jaipal Reddy. Between 1969 and 1984 he was an MLA from Kalwakurthy. Former Andhra Pradesh State Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao was defeated in 1989 assembly elections in this constituency by Chittaranjan Das. Hyderabad state First elected Chief Minister Burgula Ramakrishna Rao was born in Padakallu village of Kalwakurthy Taluka. Current MLA is Challa Vamshichand Reddy. In Kalwakurthy, there are a number of educational institutions and other facilities which are not common in other towns of similar category.