Sattanapalle

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sattanapalle

Taluk in the north of Guntur District, Madras, lying between 16 15' and 16 49' N. and 79 51' and 80 26' E., with an area of 714 square miles. The population in 1901 was 159,645, compared with 138,617 in 1891. It contains 168 villages, of which Sattanapalle is the head-quarters. The demand on account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs, 4,49,000.

A wide extent of black cotton soil produces heavy crops of cotton, the staple product. There is practically only one main road, with two or three subsidiary branches ; and in wet weather the black soil and the water- courses with their treacherous beds become almost impassable.