Suryapet

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Suryapet is a major municipality in Nalgonda district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Suryapet town has historical recognition as ‘Gate Way of Telangana’.It is sometimes referred as Bhanupuri. It lies on the National Highway 9 and is equidistant from the capital city of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad and Vijayawada.


Suryapet is India’s first ‘waste-compliant’ city. It has won many awards for its cleanliness from the Andhra Pradesh government as well as Indian government and got the Best Municipality award under BJP reign.


As of 2011 India census, Suryapet had a population of 105,250(In AP only 42 towns and cities have a population of more than one lakh; Suryapet is one of them. Suryapet is the second city in Nalgonda district to have a population greater than one lakh, the first one being Nalgonda town). Apart from the city population, it has a floating population of approximately 40,000 from the neighbouring villages daily. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Suryapet has an average literacy rate of 84.88%, higher than the national average of 74.04.%: male literacy is 91.18%, and female literacy is 78.74%. In Suryapet, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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