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Kodad or Kodada (Telugu: కోదాడ) is a town and Mandal headquarters in the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It lies on the National Highway 9 between Hyderabad and Vijayawada.

Located as it is on the border of Telangana and Andhra regions, Kodad has a mixture of Andhra and Telangana culture. It was formerly the biggest Grama Panchayat In india. Now, upgraded to Municipality . It is a town with Great resources and population density . It is a place of trade and education . It is place with all high end resources available for a common man. Place with good water facility. NH9 passes through the midst of the town. Has highest Number of Engineering Colleges (19) in Nalgonda District.

Kodad is 100 km from the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir.

Geography [link]

Kodad is located on NH9.

Points of interest [link]

• Ranganadha Swami Temple (Ananthagiri Road)
• Ramalayam
• Sri Vinayaka Temple (Sai Krishna Theatre Lane)
• Shree Shirdi Sai Baba Temple (Beside SANA Engg College)
• Sri Pothuloori Veera Brahmendra Swamy gari temple
• Sri Sai Baba Temple (Near Mahila Mandal)

Education [link]

With nineteen engineering colleges and around 160 schools, Kodad is a regional destination for education.

Economy [link]

Kodad's natural resources include limestone.

Its industries include cement factories, para -boiled rice mills, and tractor mechanical parts. Nearly 20 cement factories are located around Kodad:

• Jaypee Balaji Cement (JAYPEE Group)
• MAHA Cement (My Home Industries Ltd)
• Priya Cement (Rain Commodities Ltd)
• Bheema Cement
• Raasi Cement. (India Cements Ltd)
• Vishnu Cement (Ital Cementi Group)
• Anjani Cement (Anjani Portland Cement Ltd)
• Suvarna Cement (Keerti Industries)
• Monagadu Cement (Nagarjuna Group)
• Sagar Cement (Sagar Group)
• Hemadri Cement
• Lalitha Cement Limited
• Ramco Cement Limited (Madras Cements)
• KCP Cement Limited
• Kakatiya Cements
• Viswam Cements Ltd
• Amareshwari Cements (Sagar Group)

Hospitals [link]

• Doctor Subba Rao Hospital
• Tirumala Multi Spcieality Hospital (Dr. NVMG Krishna - deceased)
• Prameela Hospital (Sree Venkateswara Nursing Home)
• Siddhartha Children Hospital (Dr. A Siva Prasad Reddy)
• Raghava Rao Hospital (Pediatrician)
• Abhaya Hospital
• Amrutha Multi Speciality Hospital
• Akshara clinic (Near Varthaka Sangam.9866393590)
• Mother Theresa Orthopedic Clinic (Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Maddineni)

Cinema Thatres [link]

• Srinivasa A/C dts
• Krishnapriya A/C dts (erstwhile Swathi Theatre, formerly Rajadhani Theatre)
• Ranga A/C dts
• Venkateshwara A/C dts
• Shakunthala A/C dts
• Sai Krishna A/C dts (formerly SAI BABA Theatre)
• Balaji Theatre (now defunct)

media [link]

Print Media: All major newspapers are circulated in the city. Some local newspapers are published within the city.

Notable Personalities [link]

• Venu Madhav (Actor,Comedian)

Coordinates: 17°00′N 79°58′E / 17°N 79.967°E / 17; 79.967