Sathyavedu is located center of three cities Chennai (56 km), Srikalahasti and Puttur. It is part of the Satyavedu constituency and the TirupatiMP constituency. The population of the constituency is estimated over 90,536, with a literacy rate of 78.98%, well above the national rate of literacy in India which stands at 61%.
A lot of cashew nut forms are located in and around Sathyavedu, and yield some thousands of tonnes of produce every year.
The second largest brackish water lake in India, the Pulicat lake, is located near Sathyavedu. It straddles the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states on the Coromandal Coast in South India. The lake encompasses the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary. The barrier island of Sriharikota separates the lake from the Bay of Bengal.
Telugu Ganga Canal pasess through Sathyavedu to Tamil Nadu.The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has finalised a proposal to set up a Multipurpose Special Export Zone (Sri City SEZ) on the Sathyavedu-Varadaiahpalem track situated close to the National Highway connectingChennai-Kolkata and the availability of two sea ports and an international airport at Chennai.
The area experiences both the Southwest monsoon and Northeast monsoon. In between there are lull periods. The average rainfall per annum as recorded at rain gauge stations at Satyavedu is 1305 mm.
Nearby villages include Ambakam, Dasukuppam, Irugulam, Kothamarikuppam, Madanambedu, Venkata Rajula Kandriga, Pravalvanneswarapuram, Rajagopalapuram, Rasapalem and Sirunambudur
History
Sathyavedu was part of the composite Madras state until 1 October 1953.[citation needed] On 1 November 1956, when the states in India were reorganized on a linguistic basis, the district was transferred to Andhra Pradesh. Sathyavedu state assembly was formed on 1962. Satyavedu is a taluk headquarters in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh.
The Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act was enacted in 1959 by the Parliament of India under the provisions of article 3 of the constitution, went into with effect from 1 April 1960. Under the act, Tirutani taluk and Pallipattu sub-taluk of Chittoor district of Andra Pradesh were transferred to Madras State in exchange for territories from the Chingelput (Chengalpattu) and Salem Districts.
A total of 319 villages from three different taluks of Chitoor district and a small forest area were transferred from Andhra Pradesh to Madras State in exchange for 148 villages of Chingelput district and three villages from Salem district, together with certain forest areas. The parliamentary constituencies of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and the Chingleput and Tiruvallur in Madras were considerably altered by this exchange of territories. As the greater parts of Tiruttani and Ramakrishnarajupet assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh were transferred to Madras in exchange for a smaller area, which was constituted into one taluk by the name of Sathyavedu, these two constituencies (one two-member and the other single-member) were replaced by a two-member assembly constituency of Sathyavedu. Consequently, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh was reduced from 301 to 300. Meanwhile, the Madras Legislative Assembly gained one seat, the total increasing from 205 to 206. A new assembly constituency called Tiruttani came into being in Madras and the extent and boundaries of Pooneri, Gummidipundi and Tiruvallur assembly constituencies were considerably altered.
