Sathupalli is a town in

Khammam district Khammam district is a district in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Khammam is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Mahabubabad, Bhadradri districts and with Eluru and NTR dis ...

of the

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. It is a

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Sathupally mandal of Khammam revenue division. It is situated approximately east of

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, from Khammam and from

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. It is about north of

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, the state capital of

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, and west of

Rajahmundry Rajahmundry, officially known as Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and District headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the sixth most populated city in the state. During British rule, the District of Rajah ...

Geography

Sathupally is located at on the

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Demographics

census of India, Sathupalli Nagar panchayat had a population of 98,615 of which 45,257 were male and 45,319 female with a sex ratio of 1019 against state average of 993. Child population (0–6 years) stands 3145 which is 9.87% of total population with a sex ratio of 1033 compared to 933 of state. Literacy rate stands at 82.37.

Governance

The present member of legislative assembly is the

Telangana Rashtra Samiti Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...

. Other political parties include the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...

, the

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, the

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, the CPI, and the

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. The Telangana Christian Party (TCP), Hindu Praja Shakti Party (HPSP) and

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head offices are located in Sathupally.

Economy

* Singareni Collieries Company Jalagam Vengalarao (JVR) Opencast coal mine is situated in the Godavari Valley coal belt of Sathupalli-

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. The 10 MTPA coal mine stretches over an area of 1956,89 ha. It is located in Ayyagaripeta & Komapalli villages, Mandal Sathupalli, Khammam district, Telangana state, India. JVR coal mines consist of two adjacent mines JVR OC-I and JVR OC-II. JVR OC-I started production as a Sathupalli opencast mine at a capacity of 0.7 MTPA in 2005 and was granted environmental clearance on 16 September 2004. On 27 July 2007, Sathupalli coal mine obtained additional environmental clearance for a 2.5 MTPA rise in output and was renamed JVR OC-I.The JVR OC-I expansion project of capacity of 5.0 MTPA was started on 23 February 2015 and coal production was started on 31 March 2015. On 28 March 2010, JVR OC-II received its environmental clearance for a maximum capacity of 5 MTPA over a lease area of 1409.81 ha. JVR Opencast Project-II, The proposed project is designed for an annual rated capacity of 10 MTPA on a 1910.09 ha area. The project's balance of extractable reserves is 245,51 Mt, with a projected life of 28 years. It is also intended to set up a 4 MTPA coal washer in 13.03 ha of land within the project area in order to wash the coal having an average G12 grade to acquire G9 grade coal.

Industries

* Mega Food Parks Sathupalli mandal, the district's agricultural and horticultural centre, is expected to soon become a major food processing centre in the state with the formal start of work on the long-awaited Buggapadu mega-food park. Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India has sanctioned Mega Food Parks in Sathupalli, Telangana State. Industries Minister K. T. Rama Rao laid the foundation stone for the formally kick-starting works of the Rs 110-crore project on the Central Processing Center (CPC) and other infrastructure facilities on around 60 acres in Buggapadu near Sathupalli. The project has been initiated by

Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation also known as (TSIIC) is a Government of Telangana initiative for providing infrastructure through the development of industrial areas in the state of Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a st ...

(TSIIC) under the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries' Mega Food Parks scheme. The project aims at facilitating the establishment of a cluster of food processing units, building an efficient supply chain from farm to market, growing farmers ' incomes, and focusing on the district 's enormous growth potential for food processing industry. The CPC will be designed on the Industrial Park Model lines that encompass sewage and wastewater treatment plants, roads, power lines and other infrastructure facilities needed to allow prospective entrepreneurs to set up food processing units under the project. Core processing infrastructure components such as warehouse, deep freeze, cold storage, aseptic packaging line and other facilities will be provided on a "user fee" basis.

Transport

Sattupalle - Eluru APS RTC bus on Polavaram canal

As Sathupally is located on

National Highway 365BB (India) National Highway 365BB is a national highway in India. It is a secondary route of National Highway 65. NH-365BB traverses the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in India. It starts at Suryapet and ends at Kovvur(Rajamahendravaram).Major ...

, it is well connected to major cities and towns in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) Sathupalli Depot operates regular bus services to cities like

, Khammam, Suryapet,

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Rajamundry Rajahmundry, officially known as Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and District headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the sixth most populated city in the state. During British rule, the District of Rajah ...

Eluru Eluru is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 14 municipal corporations in the state and the mandal headquarters of Eluru mandal in the Eluru revenue division. The cit ...

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, Badhrachalam, Kandukuru.

Notable people

* Ananya Nagalla, film actress * Hanu Raghavapudi, film director and screenwriter *

Jalagam Vengala Rao Jalagam Vengal Rao or Jalagam Vengala Rao (May 1921 – 12 June 1999) was for much of his life a member of the Indian National Congress and was the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh which is now divided into two states, Telang ...

, former chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh *

Thummala Nageswara Rao Thummala Nageswara Rao is Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) politician who has at various times been a minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and, later, in the Government of Telangana. He is from the Khammam district. Early life Nageshwar R ...

(TRS) politician * Rohini Sindhuri, civil servant

References

{{Khammam district Cities and towns in Khammam district