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Kodurupaka

village in Telangana, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ6425482
Source-derived summary

Kodurupaka is one of the oldest villages in the Karimnagar district of Telangana, India. It is 21km from Karimnagar, on the highway from Karimnagar to Peddapalli. There is a bus service to the town.

The actual place of interest is not exactly at the Kodurupaka Stage, but the entire village is concentrated deep inside, which is 2 km away from the main road.

Environment

Agriculture is the primary source of income in this area and rice is the main crop. Drought was common in those days so the farmers had largely switched over to cotton and maize. The village is located on the banks of the Manair River. This was the major source of water for household consumption and for agricultural irrigation, but the river is runs dry in summer .

The village has much greenery. Palm Toddy trees provide a livelihood for many people, largely a group called the Gouds.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kodurupaka” as village in Telangana, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kodurupaka, village and Telangana.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 151-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kodurupaka, village and Telangana providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kodurupaka”, the useful work is to connect “village in Telangana, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6425482. Authority coordinates are 18.584, 79.328. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kodurupaka”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kodurupaka primary sources, Kodurupaka archive and Kodurupaka research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kodurupaka”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Kodurupaka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.