page_title: Kadapa
section_title: Institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Kadapa / Education / Institutions
caption_attribution_description: English: RIMS Medical college entrance
context_page_description: Kadapa is a city in the Rayalseema region of the south-central part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the district headquarters of YSR Kadapa district. As of 2011 Census of India, the city had a population of 344,893. It is located 8 kilometres south of the Penna River. The city is surrounded on three sides by the Nallamala and Palkonda Hills lying on the tectonic landscape between the Eastern and Western ghats. Black and Red ferrous soils occupy the region. The city is nicknamed "Gadapa" since it is the gateway from the west to the sacred hills of Tirumala.
  Kadapa has been under different rulers in its history, including the Nizams and Cholas, the Vijayanagara Empire and Kingdom of Mysore.
context_section_description: Hyderabad Public School, Kadapa
  Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa
  KSRM College of Engineering
  Yogi Vemana University
caption: RIMS Medical College Entrance
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