Sathupalli (also spelled as Sathupally, Sathupalle) 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 district, Suryapet, Mahabubabad district, Mahabubabad, Bhadra ...

of the

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. It is a

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in Sathupalli mandal of Kalluru revenue division. It is situated approximately east of

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, from

Khammam Khammam is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam Tehsil, mandal also. It is located about east of the state capital ...

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

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Geography

Sathupalli is located at on the

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Demographics

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, Sathupalli Nagar panchayat had a population of 98,615 of which 48,841 were male and 49,774 female with a sex ratio of 1019 against state average of 993. Child population (0–6 years) stands 9783 which is 9.92% 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 elected in 2023 general assembly elections Smt. Matta Ragamai Dayanand from

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party. Other political parties include 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

Jana Sena Party The Jana Sena Party (; JSP) is an Indian political party active in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Founded by Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014, it is currently the second largest party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and a pa ...

offices are located in Sathupalli.

Economy

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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. JVR OC-I has produced 100+ Crore revenue so far(2020). 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

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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 (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 Sathupalli is located on National Highway 365BB (India), it is well connected to major cities and towns in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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(TSRTC) Sathupalli Depot operates regular bus services to cities like

Suryapet Suryapet, also natively spelt as Suryapeta, is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of its Suryapet district, eponymous district. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the ...

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Rajamundry Rajahmundry ( ), officially Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and district headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the fifth most populated city in the state. During British rule, the district of Rajahm ...

Eluru Eluru ( ) is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the List of municipal corporations in India#Andhra Pradesh, 14 municipal corporations ...

Karimnagar Karimnagar, also informally known as Elagandula, is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration in the state. It is third largest City in the state and Municipal Corporation and i ...

, Badhrachalam, Kandukuru.

Notable people

Ananya Nagalla Ananya Nagalla is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu language, Telugu films. She made her debut with ''Mallesham'' (2019) and went onto appear in films such as ''Play Back'' (2021) and ''Vakeel Saab'' (2021). Her performance in ''Pottel'' ( ...

, film actress *

Hanu Raghavapudi Hanumanth "Hanu" Rao Raghavapudi is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing the notable romantic drama ''Sita Ramam'' (2022). Education and career Raghavapudi hails from Kothagudem ...

, film director and screenwriter *

Jalagam Vengala Rao 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, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ...

, former chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh * Thummala Nageswara Rao,

(BRS) politician * Rohini Sindhuri, civil servant

References

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