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| subdivision_name2 = [[Bapatla district|Bapatla ]]
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'''Stuartpuram''' is a village located in the [[Bapatla district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in India. It is located on the Kolkata{{Endash}}Chennai highway.<ref name="H"/>

==History==
The village was named after [[Harold Stuart]]. Stuart approached [[The Salvation Army]] to reform the nomadic [[Yerukala people|Yerukala tribe]], who were labeled as a criminal tribe, by settling them down and the village was built as an establishment to reform them.<ref name="H"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/caste/haunted-by-the-past-why-6000-families-from-andhras-stuartpuram-are-desperately-seeking-help|title=Haunted by the Past: Why 6,000 Families from Andhra's Stuartpuram are Desperately Seeking Help|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/special-story-stuartpuram-1291791|title=స్టువర్టుపురం.. ఈ గ్రామానికో ప్రత్యేకత! | Special Story On Stuartpuram | Sakshi|website=www.sakshi.com}}</ref>

The village is known for being the birthplace of criminal [[Tiger Nageswara Rao|"Tiger" Nageswara Rao]].<ref name="H">{{Cite news|last=P|first=Samuel Jonathan|date=2017-11-25|title=The agony of Stuartpuram|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/the-agony-of-stuartpuram/article20799245.ece|access-date=2025-09-13|issn=0971-751X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250817163948/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/the-agony-of-stuartpuram/article20799245.ece|archive-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/tiger-nageswara-rao-who-is-this-real-life-stuartpuram-robber-known-for-his-robinhood-like-methods/b144649252620|title=Tiger Nageswara Rao: Who is this real-life Stuartpuram robber, known for his Robinhood-like methods?|website=OTTPlay}}</ref>

== Media portrayal ==
Stuartapuram has been depicted in Telugu cinema as a mysterious hub of criminal activity in films such as ''[[Stuartpuram Police Station]]'' (1991), ''[[Stuvartpuram Dongalu]]'' (1991), and ''Stuartpuram'' (2019). 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 (Andhra Pradesh)|State Highway 48]] criticizing the negative and steretyped portrayal of their community in the films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/the-sting-of-stuartpuram-stigma/article67253175.ece|title=Yerukula tribe’s fight for justice and overcoming historical stereotypes|first=Sambasiva Rao|last=M|date=September 1, 2023|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Yerukala people]]

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Bapatla district]]

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