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{{other uses|Kothapalle (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kothapally
| other_name = Kothapalle
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| settlement_type = [[Village]]
| image_skyline = Shree_RajaRajeshwara_Swamy_Temple_Latest.jpg
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| image_caption = Shree Rajarajeshwara Swamy Temple
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nizamabad district|Nizamabad]]
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s
| parts = [[Mupkal, Nizamabad|Mupkal]]
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| leader_title1 = [[Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name1 = [[Dharmapuri Arvind]]
| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name2 = [[Vemula Prashanth Reddy]]
| leader_title3 = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name3 = Vishnu Marelly
| unit_pref = Metric
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| 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 = 503218
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| area_code = 91-8463
| registration_plate = TS16
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 55.39%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1163/1000 [[female|♀]]/[[male|♂]]
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'''Kothapally''' is a village in the [[Mupkal, Nizamabad|Mupkal]] Mandal in the [[Nizamabad district|Nizamabad (Indhooru) district]] in the State of [[Telangana]] in India.<ref>[http://nizamabad.nic.in/ G.P. Sarpanch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506044210/http://nizamabad.nic.in/ |date=2015-05-06 }}</ref><ref>[http://villages.ws/india/andhra_pradesh/nizamabad/kothapalli_balkonda_0212181.htm "Villages in World"]</ref>

[[File:Kothapally_survey_map.jpg|thumb|left|Kothapally map of survey no.s]]
[[File:Concrete_Statue_of_Lord_Shiva_at_Night.jpg|thumb|right|Concrete statue of Lord Shiva]]
There are 709 households and 2,661 population is there in village as per 2011 [[Census]], in that 1,230 are male and 1,431 are female.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=606396 2011 census]</ref> The area of the village is about 8 km<sup>2</sup> including agricultural land. [[Godavari]] river is 4 km from the village. Mupkal, Nalloor, Mendora, Nagampet, Renjarla, Vannel-B and Vempalli are the names of nearby villages.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|+ Population Details(Growth)
|-
! Census !! Households !! Male !! Female !! Total !! Literates
|-
| 2001 || 673 || 1382 || 1469 || 2851 || -
|-
| 2011 || 709(+05.35%) || 1230(-11.00%) || 1431(-02.59) || 2661(-06.66%) || 1,474(55.39%)
|}

== History ==
[[File:Ruins_of_old_rock_temple.JPG|thumb|left|Ruins of old rock temple]]
The area which village is located under Asmaka janapada ([[Assaka]]).<ref>Raychaudhuri, Hemchandra (1972) ''Political History of Ancient India'', University of Calcutta, mumbai, p.80</ref> Of early Indian [[Vedic period]], later it is under part of the [[Satavahana dynasty]]. Estimated at 500 years old, this village is home to the ancient [[temple]] of [[Lord Shiva]]. The exact year of the temple's construction or foundation is not known (it may be hundreds of years old) but the current structure was built in 1996. There is the location in the village having statues of [[hero stone]] (veeragallu), this indicates that the village has a very prominent history. Present the hero stones are worshipping by the locals as the Mahadeva. Enugula Veeraswami a public servant in [[British India]] from [[Madras]] mentioned about the area and villages like [[Balkonda]], [[Mupkal, Nizamabad|Mupkal]], Dudgam which are near to the village in July 1830 in his book named 'Kashi Yatra Charicham' about his pilgrimage to [[Varanasi]]. The age of the typical home in the village ranges from 100 to 200 years old.

== Education ==
The village has a 55% literacy rate and there is one government school for primary education. Most of the students study at [[B.Tech.]] and obtain other [[academic degree|degree]]s in the cities of [[Hyderabad]] and [[Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh|Nizamabad]]. Many of government employees are there in this village and they have their own association for their activities. This village is famous in the district for being good in sports like [[cricket]], and mainly in [[kabaddi]] it won many prizes in state and national level tournaments, many tournaments are also conducting in village.

== Transportation ==
The village is located 7 km from [[Balkonda]]. The towns located nearest to this village are [[Armoor]] (21 km), [[Nirmal]] (23 km), [[Metpally]](40 km), [[Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh|Nizamabad]] (46 km), [[Adilabad]](107 km) and [[Hyderabad]] (194 km). [[Shamshabad International Airport]] is the nearest airport located in Hyderabad and Armoor has the nearest railway station. The Bus service travelling from Armoor to Elkutoor [[APSRTC]] passes through the village twice a day. There are private automobiles that travel from Mupkal, a nearby village, with access to [[National Highway 7 (India)]](New NH 44) and additional bus service between [[Hyderabad]], [[Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh|Nizamabad]], Adilabad, Nirmal and Armoor.

== Culture ==
[[File:Shree_RajaRajeshwara_Swamy_Temple_at_Night.jpg|thumb|left|Sree Rajarajeshwara Swamy Temple on night of [[Shivaratri]] 2017]]
There are several Hindu temples are there in village mainly Sree Rajarajeshwara swamy Temple, Mahadeva Sannidhi, Hanuman Temple, Venkateshwara Sannidhi and Sree Nrusimha swamy Temples.[[Ugadi]], [[Hanuman Jayanti]], [[Mrigasira karthi]], [[Ganesh Chaturthi]], [[Navrati|Dasara]] and [[Maha Shivaratri]] festivals are celebrated every year and Hindu and Islamic festivals are celebrated including village festivals. People belonging to different castes live peacefully together in the village. The main religions followed in the village are [[Hinduism]] 95%, Christianity 4% and [[Islam]] 1%. People belonging to different communities live together in friendship. Yearly in a specific season dramas are played for some days called [[Chindu Bhagavatham]]<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/chindu-bhagavatam-comes-of-age/article3839122.ece Chindu Bhagavatham]</ref> since many generations.

== Agriculture ==
Most of the people living in this village are farmers. The main crops cultivated are [[Rice]], [[Turmeric]] (pasupu), [[Sweetcorn]] (mokka jonna), [[Pearl millet]] (sajja), [[Jowar]] (Jonna), [[Soya bean]] and [[Peanut|Groundnut]]. The water resources for cultivation are bore wells, agricultural wells and canals. Lakshmi canal (sourced from the [[Sriram Sagar]] project reservoir) passes through this village. This village has its own large tank called Rajeshwara tank also have other small tanks like Rameshwara and Lingam tanks.

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Kothapally, Nizamabad}}

* [https://archive.org/details/kasiyatracharitr020670mbp Kashi Yatra Charitam]

[[Category:Villages in Nizamabad district]]

Kothapally, Nizamabad district - Revision history

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