Kadiri is on the National Highway 205,
Kadiri Municipality is the urban local body of the town,
Egyptian Qadiriyya- known in Turkey as Kadiri- are fishermen, for example.
It is a municipality,
mandal headquarters and also the revenue divisional headquarters Kadiri.
Groundnut Agricultural Research Centre, Kadiri(a unit of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University)
was the first speaker of Andhra Assembly; Kadiri Venkata Reddy was an Indian film director,
Kadiri Municipality is the urban local body of the town,
which was constituted on 28 August 1964.
Groundnut Agricultural Research Centre, Kadiri(a unit of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University)
Sericulture Research Institute, Kutagulla village, Kadiri Mandal.
Kadiri is on the National Highway 205,
the Anantapur- Chennai road and has scores of buses to Chennai, Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Hyderabad by RTC buses and private travel agencies.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the former President of India and the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Paidi Lakshmayya was the first member of Parliament from Anantapur lok sabha constituency; Kallur Subba Rao was an Indian freedom activist and
was the first speaker of Andhra Assembly; Kadiri Venkata Reddy was an Indian film director,
writer and also a producer, Sathya Sai Baba, a Hindu spiritual leader; Bellary Raghava was an Indian playwright, thespian and film actor.