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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kodad
| native_name =
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Telangana#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India
| coordinates = {{coord|16|59|52|N|79|57|55|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Suryapet district|Suryapet]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 2011
| founder = Babu Arunmuchi
| government_type = [[Municipal council]]
| governing_body = Kodad Municipality
| leader_party =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader_name1 = Amarender Reddy
| leader_title2 = Chairman
| leader_name2 = vanaparthi sirisha
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="civicbody"/>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 31.19
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Elevation for Pedakurapadu |url=http://veloroutes.org/elevation/?location=Kodad&units=m|publisher=Veloroutes|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m = 114
| population_total = 65234
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-telangana.php|website=Citypopulation.de |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 508 206
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|Telephone code]]
| area_code = +91–8683
| registration_plate = TS-29
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 74.12%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Bollam Mallaiah Yadav]]
| website = {{URL|telangana.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kodad''' is a town in [[Suryapet district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]]. It is a [[municipality]] and the mandal headquarters of [[Kodad mandal]] in [[Kodad revenue division]].<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Nalgonda|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2808_PART_B_DCHB_NALGONDA.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=15 February 2016|page=13,476|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="district">{{cite web|title=Suryapet district|url=http://newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in/uploads/gos-circulars/1476130644554246.Suryapet.pdf|website=New Districts Formation Portal|access-date=11 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011225153/http://newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in/uploads/gos-circulars/1476130644554246.Suryapet.pdf|archive-date=11 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It lies on the [[National Highway 65 (India)|National Highway 65]] between [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and [[Vijayawada]]. It is 44 km away from the district headquarters [[Suryapet]]

== Climate ==
Kodad summer highest day temperature is in between 35 °C to 48 °C .
Average temperatures of January is 24 °C, February is 26 °C, March is 29 °C, April is 33 °C, May is 36 °C .

==Transport ==

[[TSRTC]] operates several buses from Kodad to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

== Demographics ==
According to Census of India, 2011, population of Kodad town is 65,234 of which 32,010 are male and 33,224 are female. The literacy rate of the town is 96.7%. Sex ratio is 1060 females to 1000 males. Child sex ratio is 1100 girls to 1000 boys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=616720 |title=Census of India: Search Details |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in }}</ref>

Kodad Mandal has a population of 134,130, of which 66,604 are male and 67,526 are female. The literacy rate is 94.33%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=615120 |title=Census of India: Search Details |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in }}</ref>

==Governance==

===Civic administration===

Kodad Municipality is the civic administrative body of the town which was constituted in the year 2011. It is spread over an area of {{convert|31.90|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} with 30 wards.<ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipality|url=http://kodadamunicipality.in/basic-information-of-municipality-2/|website=Official website of Kodad|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref> The present municipal commissioner is ''L.Balojinaik'' and the chairman is ''vanaparthi sirisha''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chairman Contact|url=http://kodadamunicipality.in/chairman-contact-3/|website=Official website of Kodad municipality|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commissioner Contact|url=http://kodadamunicipality.in/chairman-contact-2/|website=Official website of Kodad municipality|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref>

===Politics===

Kodad town under Kodad mandal falls under [[Kodad (Assembly constituency)]] of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]. [[Bollam Mallaiah Yadav|B.Mallaiah Yadav]] is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency from [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MLA|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/|publisher=AP State Portal|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071101/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/|archive-date=8 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf
|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=11 October 2014|page=14,29|format=PDF}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Suryapet district}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Suryapet district]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Suryapet district]]

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