Balkonda is a village and a Mandal

Subdivisions of India

The Administrative divisions of India are Indian subnational administrative units; they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision The Administrative divisions of India are Indian...

 in Nizamabad district

Nizamabad district

Nizamabad District is located in the north-western region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also known as Induru. Nizamabad is the current and official name of the district....

 in the state of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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 in India

India

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Geography

Balkonda is located at 18.8667°N 78.3500°E.Balkonda is also known as Allakonda with
36 villages. Mendora, Kissannagar, Pochampad, Kothapally

Kothapally

Kothapally in Telugu:,in Devanagari: is one of the villages in Balkonda mandal which is in the Nizamabad District in Andhra Pradesh State in India....

, Mupkal,Bussapur,Elkatur,
Renjarlla,
Vannel-B
are the major villages in the mandal.Very ancient ShivaLingam is there in RajarajeshvaraSwami temple in Kothapally

Kothapally

Kothapally in Telugu:,in Devanagari: is one of the villages in Balkonda mandal which is in the Nizamabad District in Andhra Pradesh State in India....

 village and big Uthsav(jathara) conducted for every Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivratri or Maha Sivaratri or Shivaratri or Sivarathri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month of Maagha or Phalguna...

 festival and this village is also famous for 'Kabaddi' game in district.Sriram Sagar

Sriram Sagar

The Sriram Sagar Project , also known as the Pochampadu Project is an Indian flood-flow project on the Godavari River. The Project is located in Nizamabad district, 3 km away from National Highway 7...

 Project reservoir was established by our first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Godavari river at Pochampad with 42 gates and height of 1091 feet water level.Identities of Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

army camps are found on hills in Balkonda. It is an assembly consistency with combination of Velpur,Morthad,Kammarpally mandals.Main water sources for cultivation in this mandal are Kakatiya and Lakshmi canals, bore wells, agricultural wells and lakes. Formers mainly cultivate rice, turmeric (pasupu), corne (mokka jonna), pearl millet(sajja),ground nut. Armur and Nirmal are the nearest towns to Balkonda.Present Balkonda MLA Anil Eeravathri he was elected in recent 2009 general elections from Prajarajyam party