Stuartpuram


Stuartpuram is a village located in the Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is located on the KolkataChennai highway.

History

The village was named after Harold Stuart. Stuart approached The Salvation Army to reform the nomadic Yerukala tribe, who were labeled as a criminal tribe, by settling them down and the village was built as an establishment to reform them.
The village is known for being the birthplace of criminal "Tiger" Nageswara Rao.

Media portrayal

Stuartapuram has been depicted in Telugu cinema as a mysterious hub of criminal activity in films such as Stuartpuram Police Station, Stuvartpuram Dongalu, and Stuartpuram. Two films about "Tiger" Nageswara Rao specifically were released in 2023: Stuartpuram Donga and Tiger Nageswara Rao. That year, the village put up a banner along State Highway 48 criticizing the negative and steretyped portrayal of their community in the films.