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Kothapally in Telugu:( కొత్తపల్లి ),in Devanagari:( कोत्तपल्लि ) is one of the villages in Gambhiraopet mandal which is in the Karimnagar District in Andhra Pradesh State in India. Rajpet, Gambhiraopet, Lingannapet, Kollamaddi, Srigada, Shilajinagar and Mucharla are the surrounding villages to this village.

Education
62% of literature is there in village. From a decade there is a good response in the village for education. Literacy rate has been improved a lot. Girl education is encouraged in the village. There are 2 Mandal parishad primary schools, 1 Zilla Parishad High School, 4 Anganwadi centres and 2 english medium schools (Saraswathi school and SVS shool) are there. People prefer colleges in Hyderabad, kamareddy and Karimnagar for higher studies. Hundreds of people go to colleges in kamareddy as days scholars. Students completed Intermediate are around 350, Graduation are 150 and Post graduation are 120. Along with this many students are joining in B.Tech courses. Recently professional degrees are becoming popular in the village and people are attracted to them.

Culture
Telugu (with Telangana dialect) is the language spoken by the majority in the village. Urdu and Lambadi language is also widely used in the village. Traditional dresses like Sari, Dhoti and modern dressing are worn. Venugopala swamy rathyatra festival is celebrated grandly during May or June month of every year. Ellamma Siddogam, a Carnival is celebrated by the people of kothapally once in every five years. Bathukamma and Bonalu is celebrated in the village. Sakinalu a famous snacks of Telangana region are prepared during Sankranthi festival. Along with these well known hindu ,islam and Christian festivals were celebrated. People from different communities and casts are living in the village with integrity.

Economic activities
Agriculture is the major source of income. Many people are working in semi skilled sectors in Hyderabad, mumbai, gulf countries and middle east countries. Few people have business establishments in Maharastra and other states of india. There is a good share in government jobs from the village. Many people are getting IT jobs in hyderabad, chennai and bangalore. Nearly 3750 people registered for manual work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Two subsidy shops of Public Distribution System are operating in the village. Mini dairy is operated in the village from which 450 litres of milk is collected everyday. Recently weekly market is opened on every Sunday in the premises from Venugopala swamy temple to Subhash chowrasta of the village. People from neighbouring villages also do visit the market.

Agriculture
Most of the people living in the village are farmers. Rice is the major crop cultivated in the villages. Vegetables, Sugarcane and Sweetcorn are also grown widely. The water resources for cultivation are bore wells, agricultural wells and ponds. Upper manair dam of narmala irrigates 440 acres of land of the village. Income generated by agriculture by whole village is around 1 crore INR. There are 3 rice mills in the village.

Transportation
It is located 9kms from Gambhiraopet. The nearest towns to the village are Kamareddy by 33km and Sircilla by 38km, Hyderabad by 125km and Karimnagar by 80km. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is the nearest airport located in Hyderabad. Kamareddy Railway station is the nearest Railway station to the village. For every hour there is a APSRTC bus to/ from Secunderabad from/to Kamareddy passes from the village.