The area's name comes from Koti Residency, koti meaning a mansion, for the lavish mansion built in Victorian and Corinthian style once belonging the British resident James Achilles Kirkpatrick and which was, in 1949, converted into the campus of the Osmania University College for Women.

The famous Gokul chat shop, which was involved on 25 August 2007 bombings is located in Koti.

The local city bus terminus is located at women's college of Koti, opposite Andhra Bank, and government hospital.

Bus stop at women college, buses go to Dilsukhnagar, Malakpet, L.B.Nagar, Ibrahimpatnam, Ramoji film city, NGO's colony, Uppal etc.

Buses from Bus stop beside vaibhav mall go to Rajendra Nagar, Zoo park, Airport etc.