• Nandikotkur is amunicipality (equivalent to County or borough), located 27 km from Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.
•  It serves as a major transit point connecting important cities like Kurnool and Guntur. The route to Srisailam from Kurnool also traverses through Nandikotkur. The legend says that Nandikotkur is surrounded by nine nandi statues (bulls) and hence this place was earlier called NavaNandikotkur and now this is called Nandikotkur. 
• Handri Neeva Canal which provides irrigation water to Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa and Chittoor districts starts from Nadikotkur  only. 
• Sangamaheshwaram the place where seven rivers meet is located around 12 km from Nandikotkur.