Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Brief Information of Kothagudem City

This Information is taken from Wikipedia.

Kothagudem or Kottagudem is a small cosmopolitan 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.

Population - 79,720 

Area • 89 m (292 ft)

Industries in Kothagudem

Kothagudem heads the The Singareni Collieries Company Limited. 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 industries here. There is also a heavy water plant located nearby. Kothagudem has a branch office of National Geophysical Research Institute (N.G.R.I.) and Geological Survey of India(G.S.I.). It also 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. 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. It is also famous for its record high temperatures during summer, often crossing 50 Celsius mark.[2]. Kothagudem is located very near to the temple town of Lord Rama, known as Bhadrachalam. It is approx 40 km away from Bhadrachalam. Nearby suburbs include Ramavaram, Paloncha, 7 Incline, Rudrampur, etc. A small river(off River Godavari) flows the town and has claimed quite a few lives during rainy seasons.


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