Santanutalapadu

SANTHANUTHALAPADU S.N.PADU
VILLAGE
Nickname(s): S.N.PADU
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Santhanuthalapadu is a village and mandal in Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, in India. It is located about 12 km from Ongole.

Assembly constituency

Santhanuthalapadu is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh reserved for Scheduled Castes. There are 1,83,853 registered voters in Santhanuthalapadu constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:^[1]

• 1978 - Vema Yellaiah
• 1983 - Aareti Kotaiah
• 1985 - Kasukurthi Adenna, B.A.
• 1989 - Gurrala Venkata Seshu
• 1994 - Thavanam Chenchaiah
• 1999 - Palaparthi David Raju
• 2004 - Dara Sambaiah
• 2009 - Daanam Vijay kumar

Village Highlights

• It is one of the best examples of pre-independence India's development in education and irrigation.
• The name of the village comes from the names Santha [Market] Nuthulu [Wells]. The village has more wells and in olden days a Market was held once in a week in this village because it is centre of around 21 villages.
• There is one well-maintained drinking water well developed in the 1930s, and a school is running successfully from 1942 onwards. Many students who have studied in this school settled well inside and outside India. It is also one of the good government schools in the Prakasam District.
• An intermediate college (Subbaramareddy College), offers courses in both English and Telugu.
• Most of the roads are well-maintained, and most of the village roads are cement roads. There are two small parks in the village, and development works are planned for both the parks.
• A well-maintained Post Office and Police Station are there, and new government buildings were constructed for a Hospital, M.R.O. Office and Mandal Office.
• Irrigation is the main source of income for the village. The village is also famous for its temples.Siva Temple, Chenna Kesava Swami temple, Kodanda Rama Swami Temple, Panchamukhanjaneyaswami temple, and Kanyaka Parameswari temple. Siva Temple owns 108 acres of land in surrounding villages. Grama Devatha (Villagge Gods) Temples were surrounded by four sides of the Village. They are Mahalakshamma, Poleramma, Anakamma, and Gangamma. In the Centre of the Village a Masjid exists.
• Many developmental works for the welfare of the common people are carried out in this constituency in the period on 1985 to 1989.
• There are many Social and Cultural activities organised throughout the year by the local community in the village. The main attractions are Dasara celebrations, Ganesh chaturdi, Hanuman Jayanthi, Independence day and Sports competitions in the High School.

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