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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kolakaluru
| settlement_type = Neighborhood
| image_skyline = File:Kolakaluru railway station signboard.jpg
| image_caption = Kolakaluru railway station signboard

| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label = 
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|16.3052|N|80.6182|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 

| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Tenali mandal|Tenali]]

| government_footnotes = <ref name="panchayat">{{cite web |title=Gram Panchayat Identification Codes |url=http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |website=Saakshar Bharat Mission |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173131/http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2017 |page=95 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]]
| governing_body = Kolakaluru [[gram panchayat]]
| leader_title = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name = Dr.Choppara Preethi

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook : Guntur|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_B_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner|access-date=13 May 2016|pages=14,408}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 250

| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=628957|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref>
| population_total = 15607
| population_density_km2 = auto

| 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 = 522307
| area_code_type = 
| area_code = +91–8644
| registration_plate_type =
| registration_plate = AP
}}

'''Kolakaluru''' is a neighborhood of Tenali city in [[Guntur district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is located in [[Tenali mandal]] of [[Tenali revenue division]].<ref name="census" /><ref>{{cite web|title=District Level Mandal wise List of Villages in Andhra Pradesh|url=http://www.ccla.ap.gov.in/CCLA/villageDirectoryView.ccla?mode=moveFiles&lvl=District&desc=Guntur&docs=Guntur.pdf|website=Chief Commissioner of Land Administration|access-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808144458/http://www.ccla.ap.gov.in/CCLA/villageDirectoryView.ccla?mode=moveFiles&lvl=District&desc=Guntur&docs=Guntur.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It forms a part of [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region]].<ref name="apcrda">{{cite web |title=Declaration of A.P. Capital Region |url=https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/GOSACTSRULES/CRDA/01~14002014MAUD_MS253.PDF |website=[[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority]] |publisher=[[Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Andhra Pradesh]] |access-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511092238/https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/GOSACTSRULES/CRDA/01~14002014MAUD_MS253.PDF |archive-date=11 May 2019 |page=4 |url-status=dead |date=30 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== History ==
The 13th and 14th century inscriptions related to [[Chola dynasty]], [[Prataparudra II]] on temples and excavation of ancient treasures, depicts the historical significance of the region around the village.<ref name="duggirala">{{cite book|title=A Manual of the Kistna District, in the Presidency of Madras: Compiled for the Government of Madras|date=1883|publisher=Lawrence Asylum Press|page=213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H74RAAAAYAAJ&dq=duggirala&pg=PA213|access-date=4 July 2016|language=en}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Canal at Kolakaluru.jpg|thumb|left|Canal at Kolakaluru]]

Kolakaluru is situated to the southeast of [[Tenali]],<ref name="village">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook : Guntur |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_A_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=31 May 2019 |pages=650–651 }}</ref> at {{Coord|16.3052|N|80.6182|E|}}. The village is spread over an area of {{Convert|25.58|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=census />

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], Kolakaluru had a population of 15,607. The population included 7,731 males and 7,876 females —a sex ratio of 1,019 females per 1000 males. 1,500 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 758 were boys and 742 girls. The average literacy rate stood at 70.89%, compared to the state average of 67.41%, with 10,001 literates in the village population.<ref name=population /><ref>{{cite web|title=Literacy of AP (Census 2011)|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/AP%20State%20Statistical%20Abstract%20May%202014/2%20AP%20Demography.pdf|publisher=Official Portal of Andhra Pradesh Government|access-date=5 September 2014|page=43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213923/http://www.ap.gov.in/AP%20State%20Statistical%20Abstract%20May%202014/2%20AP%20Demography.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Government and politics ==
[[File:Kolakaluru signboard.jpg|thumb|Kolakaluru signboard]]

Kolakaluru [[gram panchayat]] is the [[Local self-government in India|local self-government]] of the village.<ref name="panchayat" /> There are 16 wards, each represented by an elected ward member.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Body Elected Members of Kolakaluru |url=https://areaprofiler.gov.in/viewelectedmemberReport.do?stateCode=0&lbCode=200812&languageId=1 |website=Area Profiler |publisher=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] |access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref> The present [[sarpanch]] is ''Choppara Preeti'', elected by the ward members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN CAMPAIGN |url=https://gpdp.nic.in/sarpanchWithDetailsReport.html?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=TC4A-AQKL-1UJO-6PGR-6EIK-KTOP-7RDM-5J81 |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=gpdp.nic.in}}</ref> The village is administered by the ''Tenali Mandal Parishad'' at the [[Panchayat samiti (block)|intermediate level]] of [[Panchayati raj (India)|panchayat raj]] institutions.<ref name="village" />

Kolakaluru in [[Tenali mandal]] is represented by [[Tenali (Assembly constituency)|Tenali assembly constituency]] of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<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=22}}</ref> The present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing the constituency is Nadendla Manohar of [[Janasena Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Member's Report|url=http://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/member-s-information|website=Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly|access-date=12 October 2014|archive-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706122213/http://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/member-s-information|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[File:Kolakaluru road over bridge.jpg|thumb|Road over bridge at Kolakaluru on Guntur-Nandivelugu road]]
[[Guntur]]-[[Nandivelugu]] road passes through the village and connects it with the district headquarter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Traffic-restrictions-for-TDP-meet/article15335665.ece|title=Traffic restrictions for TDP meet|date=2008-11-05|access-date=2016-05-12|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Kolakaluru railway station]] is situated on the mutual [[Howrah-Chennai main line|Howrah-Chennai]] and [[New Delhi–Chennai main line]]s. It is administered under [[Vijayawada railway division]] of [[South Central Railway zone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolakalur railway station info|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/3378 |publisher=India Rail Info|access-date=30 July 2014}}</ref>

Kolakaluru Village is well connected to Tenali City. Tenali is the city that is much near to kolakaluru village at the distance of 10 km. According to 2011 in the Tenali City expansion the kolakaluru village was there. The Nearest railway station to the Village are kolakaluru railway station and Tenali junction railway station.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

== Education ==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=12 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319051231/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations-2/school-education/|title=The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal|website=www.ap.gov.in|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413205259/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations-2/school-education/|archive-date=13 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the village are 1,731.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Information Report|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do?mode=getVillageReportsList&mandalCode=281732&mandalName=TENALI|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Child info 2015–16, District School Education – Andhra Pradesh|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108154727/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do?mode=getVillageReportsList&mandalCode=281732&mandalName=TENALI|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are 15 schools which include, six private, eight Mandal Parishad and [[Zilla Parishad High School|ZPHS]], and other types of school as well.<ref>{{cite web|title=CSE|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls#|website=cse.ap.gov.in|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108154343/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls|archive-date=8 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DSE - Department of School Education|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.do?mode=getGovernmentSchoolsDetailsPrint1&code=281732012&acyear=2015-16|website=cse.ap.gov.in|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129072622/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.do?mode=getGovernmentSchoolsDetailsPrint1&code=281732012&acyear=2015-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of villages in Guntur district#T|Villages in Tenali mandal]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Villages in Tenali mandal}}

{{commons category}}

[[Category:Villages in Guntur district]]

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