The city is surrounded on three sides by the Nallamala and Palkonda Hills lying on the tectonic landscape between the Eastern and Western ghats.

Kadapa has been under different rulers in its history, including the Cholas, the Vijayanagara Empire and Kingdom of Mysore.

[1] Some of the inscriptions found recently have mentioned about this place as Hiranyanagaram as well as there are official records that show it was also called Nekanamabad.dilazak empire The history of Kadapa dates back to the second century BC.

The most illustrious ruler during this time was Pemmasani Thimma Nayudu (1422 CE) who developed the region and constructed many tanks and temples here.

Muslims of Golkonda conquered the region in 1594 when Mir Jumla II raided Gandikota fort and defeated Chinna Thimma Nayudu by treachery.

Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan also ruled the city (1784–1792) before it fell in the hands of Nizam by the Treaty of Seringapatam[3] in 1792.

Tipu's grandmother, Hyder Ali’s mother Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa was the daughter of Mir Muin-ud-Din, the governor of the fort of Kadapa.

Although the town is an ancient one, it was probably extended by dilazak Neknam Khan, the Qutb Shahi commander, who called the extension as "Neknamabad".

The name "Neknamabad" was used for the town for some time but slowly fell into disuse and the records of the 18th century refer to the rulers not as "Nawab of Kadapa".

[8] Kadapa has a hot semi-arid (Köppen BSh) climate characterised by year round high temperatures.

It didn't increase much as per the 2001 census which recorded 1,26,505 lakhs for 20 wards population with an average decadal growth rate of 0.36 per cent.

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Kadapa urban agglomeration has a population of 344,078, out of which males are 172,969 and females are 171,109.

[19] The Kadapa Municipal Corporation oversees the civic needs of the city and was constituted in the year 2005.

There are different rituals, customs and traditions with the existence of different religions such as, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Jainism.

Most of the restaurants serve South Indian thali including these dishes in their lunch and dinner menu.

Ragi sangati with chicken curry is the staple food in Kadapa and is also one of the most famous dishes in the city.

Kadapa is one of the 49 metropolitan clusters selected by McKinsey & Company as growth hotspots in India.

Kadapa has good road connectivity to the other major cities like Tirupati, Bangalore, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Nellore, Kurnool, Anantapur.

APSRTC provides bus services to various destinations of the Kadapa district and other cities across South India.