Kodumur

Kodumur
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Kurnool
Subdistrict(s)	Kodumur
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Kodumur is a village and a Mandal in Kurnool district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Geography

Kodumuru is located at [show location on an interactive map] 15.6833° N 77.7833° E.[1] It has an average elevation of 342 meters (1125 feet). It includes the village of Amadaguntla, and is 35 km from Kurnool. It is on the way to Mantralayam from Kurnool.

Gadwal Sarees are manufactured in Kodumuru. Recently the Indian Government has proposed to set up a handloom park in Kodumuru to save weavers from starvation and in the process help the survival of Gadwal sarees.

The STD code of Kodumur is 08525, and the postal code is 518464.

One speciality in Kodumur is the Venkateswara temple on the Konda rayudu hill, where the scorpions are offered (As Naivedya ) to Idol. Here is one more attraction and visiting place is VAALLEMMA TEMPLE. She is a powerful goddess in a small temple located at Hundri river bed.

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Kodumur mandal.

1) Amadaguntla 2) Anugonda 3) Gorantla 4) Kallaparri 5) Krishnapuram 6) Laddagiri 7) Mudumalagurthy 8) Pulakurthy 9) Pyalakurthy 10) Varkur 11) Venkatagiri 12) Yerradoddi

Education

In Kodumur there are several schools and colleges, Among those several government primary schools are there and one Z.P Boys High School, one Z.P Girls High School and a Govt Junior College.

There are 2 B.Ed colleges in Kodumur.

Recently One B.Ed college and a private Junior college have established in Kodumur

Business:

Kodumur is also well known for its unique text tile business. There are big cloth merchants like Sree Neela Kanteswara silk house, Sree Gopala Krishna silk house etc.., This is the center of the business for the people from the villages around the kodumur town to do retail business.