Azampura, on banks of River Moosi, is one of the old suburbs in

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and is close to

Dabirpura Dabeerpura is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the Old City area of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is surrounded by Yakutpura, Chanchalguda, Purani Haveli, Noorkhan Bazar, and Azampura. Dabeerpura has one of the original thirteen gateways ca ...

. Other nearby areas include

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Chaderghat Chaderghat is considered one of the busiest areas of Hyderabad city and is located on the banks of Musi River (India), Musi River. Chaderghat Bridge was built during the time of the Nizams and connects major suburbs to the main city. The origina ...

Malakpet Malakpet is one of the suburbs in the old city area of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is famous for TV tower which was built by Teegala Sree Ramulu. This is further divided into two parts, Old Malakpet and New Malakpet and is traditionally cons ...

and

Chanchalguda Chanchalguda is a locality in Old City, Hyderabad. It is located near Saidabad and Dabirpura. The Chanchalguda Central Jail is located here. Birthplace of Inayath Ulla Khan(Arman) s/o Shakeel Ulla Khan. Transport Chanchalguda is connected b ...

. There were 27,500 residents in Azampura as of 2003. Like many other

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suburbs it has a majority Muslim population. Also the area is home to the deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, Mohammed Mehmood Ali.

Commercial area

Azampura's commercial area is concentrated around Masjid-e-Sahifa. There are many fruit stalls and restaurants which offer Hyderabad's famous non-vegetarian cuisine like

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, haleem,

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and

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s. The locality is facilitated by hospitals like Muslim Maternity Hospital and Thumbay Hospital.

Public transport

Azampura is extremely well connected to many suburbs around Hyderabad by buses run by

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. It is also connected to long distance places by MGBS bus terminal. It also has Malakpet railway station with MMTS & Suburban services to Lingampally, HiTech city, Nampally,

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and

Falaknuma Falaknuma is a palace in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It originally belonged to the Paigah family, and was later owned by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It is on a hillock and covers a area in Falaknuma, from Charminar. It was built by Nawab Sir V ...

, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool, Medchal, Ghatkesar, Jangoan. Its also now connected to Hyd Metro network through Malakpet Metro Station.

Landmarks

Masjid-E-Sahifa is an important mosque in Azampura. Old Post Sahifa is now defunct but was a major regional post office during the 1980s and 1990. Azampura Chaman / rotary park is very known landmark, that leads to another old well known landmark ' lorry Kanta' / weigh bridge. There are many playgrounds in surrounding areas, but most famous is Tarzan ground, host to many local cricket tournaments.it also has a state public Library and a community hall. Azampura comes under Chaderghat PS jurisdiction.

References

Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India {{Hyderabad-geo-stub