Nagarkurnool Town Information
Region : Telangana
District Head Quarters : Nagarkurnool
Language : Telugu and Hindi, Urdu
Elevation / Altitude: 545 meters. Above Seal level
Nagarkurnool is a city in Telangana , India. It is the business and education center for the surrounding villages and towns. Nagarkurnool is located between 16.48 degrees northern longitude and 78.32 eastern latitude. The town is situated approximately 458.0 m above sea level. Nagarkurnool lies in a semi-arid tropical region.Recently it upgraded into nagarapanchayat
History of Nagarkurnool
Nagarkurnool has a history dating back more than 500 years. One version of the story says that Nagarkurnool was named after the Kings Nagana and Kandana, brothers who ruled the present day Nagarkurnool and surrounding area. The village Naganool (which was named after Nagana) still exists, approximately 1 km southeast of Nagarkurnool.
Around 110 or 120 years ago, Nagarkurnool was a main junction for transport and district headquarters for most of the south Telangana region. Farmers traveling in this area would buy and apply kandena (grease) for their carts. This story says the name of the town comes from the nameKandanool, meaning "he who sells kandena", which eventually became Kurnool and then Nagarkurnool.
Economy of Nagarkurnool
More than 70% of the people still earn a living farming. The main crops are castor, sorghum, rice, and maize.
Politics of Nagarkurnool
Up to June 2011, Nagarkurnool is a major gram panchayat (centre of local government). Now Andhrapradesh Govt. recognised the town as Municipality. It was the second fully computerized panchayat office in Andhra Pradesh, after Ramachandrapuram, Medak district. Elections are held every 5 years to elect the Sarpanch, who heads up the panchayat. in June 2012 it became the municipality. After turning to municipality the near locations(Uyalawada, Naganool and Endabetla) are include under Nagarkurnool municipality
The present member of the legislative assembly of Nagarkurnool is Dr. Janardhan Reddy Nagam, and the member of parliament is Dr M. Jagannadham. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Kuchukulla Damodar Reddy from nagarkurnool was elected chairperson of Mahabubnagar Zilla Parishad. Nagarkurnool is categorized as a Revenue division. There are 72 revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh.
Education In Nagarkurnool