Historical Background
Sathupally heart of Khammam District has historical background of around 1000 years. Sathupally a village which used to called by name “Saath” since it is union of 7 villages i.e. kakarapally, Rudrakshapally, Nagupally, cherukupally, komay pally, Bathupally later on over time span it become a Sathupally, one of the major towns in Khammam District, A.P. Geographically “SaathuPally” is located in Telanagana region and was once ruled by Nizam’s of Hyderabad.
Well known historical monuments are located in and around Sathupally which are symbolic to great ancient times such as
- Tumooru kota.
- Neeladri Temple.
- Lord Shiva Temple built by kings of Kakatiya dynasty
- Police stations built by Nizam’s
- Lanka Sagar project and so on
Saathupally well connected from different parts of AP is located at 80 km from Khammam, 100 km from Vijayawada, 279 km from Hyderabad, 150 km from Rajamundry, 100 km from Eeluru and 85 km from Badrachalam.
In 21’st century
Sathupally over a period of time emerged as happening town in the field of politics, education and medicine.
Politics one of the important aspects of democratic India and Sathupally people always believed in “Democracy” and they have demonstrated it by exercising their votes and ranked second in terms of voting percentage across India in 2004.
When comes to politics in this area – the elected representative irrespective of political party either from TDP or Congress are always committed for the development of this region. Most important is the social, political and development awareness among the people and their strive for betterment of this area compels politician’s to do their best.
Known leaders
1. Jalagam Vengalrao – Former chief minister of AP.
2. Tummala Nageswararao – Former cabinet minister and present MLA from TDP.
Green Revolution:
As everyone knows the fact that Andhra Pradesh is called as “Annapurna” of India, Sathupally plays its part in the field of agriculture to up hold this name.
Major crops
1. eucalyptus clones- which are abundant here and one of the famous eucalyptus clones producers are Vanamali Clones. Which is situated in Nagupalli village 10 km from Sathupalli. Per year there is a production of 30lacs clones which shows the demand for the new way of agriculture in these places because it is very near to (ITC paper factory).
2. Paddy
3. Corn
4. Red Chilli
5.Cotton
Education
Sathupally is known for highly educated people in the Khammam district and also well known for Engineering .Medical, MBA and other professional colleges.
