Marthadu is a village in India located 21 kilometres from Anantapur town. Pennakacherla dam is 10 km from Garladinne, and there is a water canal that flows through Marthadu to Anantapur town. This canal provides the village with irrigation. Groundnuts (peanuts), green oranges rice paddies and oranges are some of the commercial crops grown by the villagers.