Nakrekal
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Nakrekal is a town in the Nalgonda district in India. It is located along the Indian National Highway No. 9, about 25 KM. from the district headquarters at the town of Nalgonda. Nakrekal has a significant influence on the villages surrounding it. Children from many villages travel to Nakrekal everyday to go to government schools. It is an important source of common goods like oil, consumer items, pumpsets and other farm machinery, for the village folk. It also forms an immediate market for their agricultural produce.
The town has an APSRTC bus station , with many buses connecting to the nearby villages and towns. Bus is the major means of transportation for the people to move to other towns. For internal transport, people use bicycles mostly. These days, scooters, motorcycles are a common sight and are rapidly replacing the bicycle.
The town's development is attributed largely to its location on the highway and has a linear settlement pattern.
Other towns in the vicinity of Nakrekal are Suryapet,Narketpally and Kattangur.
Nakrekal has a big history of communism. No party,other than CPI(Marxist), ever won here in the elections. The strong foundation for this was laid by Nandyala Srinivas Reddy, a veteran who fought against the Razakar rule during the struggle for a separata Telangana, called Telangana Sayudha Poratam.