Sathupalli is a town in Khammam district of the

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. It is a

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in Sathupally

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of Khammam revenue division. It is situated approximately east of

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, from

Khammam Khammam formally (Khammam Mettu) 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 mandal also. It is located about east of ...

and from

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. It is about north of Amaravati, the state capital of

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, and west of

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Geography

Sathupally 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 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. Other political parties include the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the CPI(M). The Telangana Christian Party (TCP), Hindu Praja Shakti Party (HPSP) and Jana Sena Party head offices are located in Sathupally.

Economy

Singareni Collieries Company The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Union Government's administration of the company is through ...

Jalagam Vengalarao (JVR) Opencast coal mine is situated in the Godavari Valley coal belt of Sathupalli- Chintalapudi, West Godavari district. 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 Mega Food Park is a scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing (part of the Government of India) with the aim of establishing a "direct linkage from farm to processing and then to consumer markets" through a network of collection centres and pri ...

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

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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 Sathupally is located on

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, 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

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, Rajamundry, Eluru,

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, Badhrachalam, Kandukuru.

Notable people

Ananya Nagalla Ananya Nagalla (born Anusha Nagalla) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu films. She made her debut in the 2019 film '' Mallesham'' and went onto appear in films such as ''Play Back'' (2021) and '' Vakeel Saab'' (2021). She was nominated ...

, film actress *

Hanu Raghavapudi Hanumanth Rao Raghavapudi is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Telugu Cinema. He made his directorial debut with ''Andala Rakshasi'' and went onto direct films such as '' Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha'', '' LIE'', ...

, 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, Telanga ...

, former chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh * Thummala Nageswara Rao, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) politician *

Rohini Sindhuri Rohini Sindhuri Dasari (born 30 May 1984) is an Indian bureaucrat. She is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to the Karnataka cadre from the 2009 batch. Early life Sindhuri was born on 30 May 1984 in Andhra Prades ...

, civil servant

References

{{Khammam district Cities and towns in Khammam district