politics Kurnool serves as the district headquarters of its Kurnool district. The city is administered by Kurnool Municipal Corporation. Education The primary and secondary school education is imparted by Government, aided and private schools of the School Education Department of the state. Notable institutions located in the city include: Kurnool Medical College Osmania College Rayalaseema University Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kurnool Silver Jubilee Government College Transport Roadways National Highway 44 (India) which runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari and also highway of Bangalore to Hyderabad. passes through Kurnool. National highway 340C [ Kurnool-Dornala ] which connects to Srisailam, Vinukonda, Guntur, Vijayawada. National Highway 40, [ Rayalaseema Expressway ] which runs from Kurnool to Chittoor, are the major highways passing through the city. The city has a total road length of 519.22 km State owned bus transport system, APSRTC, operates buses from Kurnool bus station to other parts of the state. Railways Kurnool City railway station lies on the Bengaluru – Hyderabad railway line. It is classified as an A–category station in the Hyderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. Another railway station name Kotla lies in the middle of the city. Airport Kurnool Airport, officially known as Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport, is located at Orvakal and is situated on the National Highway 40, about from Kurnool and from Nandyal. Commercial operations of the greenfield airport were started in March 2021. Economy Kurnool is endowed with good mineral resources. The important minerals are Iron ore, dolomite, limestone, ochre, quartz and silica. Notable people Abdul Hafeez Khan, MLA Kurnool, YSRCP K. E. Krishnamurthy, former Deputy Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar - Founder of Justice party, Diwan of Mysore and the First President of UNESCO Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy, former member of parliament and Union minister, Railways Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, former Chief Minister, United Andhra Pradesh Damodaram Sanjivayya, former Chief Minister, United Andhra Pradesh Machani Somappa, industrialist and recipient of Padma sri honour T. G. Venkatesh, Indian businessman and politician See also List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population List of Urban Agglomerations in Andhra Pradesh List of municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh References External links Kurnool district Mandal Information Cities in Andhra Pradesh Muslim princely states of India Princely states of Andhra Pradesh Former capital cities in India District headquarters of Andhra Pradesh