Sangareddi

Sangareddy, is a city and district headquarters of the Sangareddy district in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after the ruler Sanga, who was the son of Rani Shankaramba, a ruler of Medak during the period of Nizams.

Government and politics

Civic administration

The Sangareddy Municipality, classified as a first grade municipality with 38 election wards, was created in 1954. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of .

Economy

The city has three large-scale public sector industries. These are Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (one of the ''Maharatna'' companies of the Indian government), Bharat Dynamics Limited (where one of India's most powerful missiles, Prithvi, was produced), and Ordnance Factory Medak (which manufactures the Sarath tanks for the Indian Army).

The city includes the Old Sangareddy and New Sangareddy sections. Old Sangareddy is known for its bazaars and old district jail, which has been converted to a jail museum and now called Heritage Jail Museum.

Education

Schools

The following is a list of local schools and colleges:
* St. Anthony's High School, Shanthi Nagar
* Karuna High School, Sanjeeva Nagar
* Sri Vani High School, Manjeera Nagar
* Keshava Reddy Concept School, Kandi
* St.Joseph's high school, Shanthinagar
* BVM Concept school, Sangareddy
* Shree Gayathri high school, Sangareddy
* Pioneers International School
* Government High school, Sangareddy
* Gandhi Centenary High School
* MNR School of Excellence, MNR campus, Sangareddy.
* Rishi high school
* Daffodils high school
* Sri Sai Krishna High School
* Nagarjuna Junior College
* Anthony Junior College
* Government Tara Degree College
* Wisdom Degree College
* Ellenki Degree College
* St. Anthony's High School, Vidya Nagar
* St. Peter's High School
* St. Arnold's High School
* Akshaya Junior College
* Spectra High School
* Kendriya vidyalaya, ODF
* Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Ammenpur
* Krishnaveni Talent school
* Spoorthy degree college
* Kakatiya Techno school
* Sahiti public high school
* Bhavani Primary School
* National Public school
* Akshara School

Higher Education

The following are the centres of higher education in Sangareddy district:

* Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi Village, Sangareddy https://iith.ac.in/
* MNR Medical College, MNR Nagar, Fasalwadi, Narasapur Road, Sangareddy-502294
* JNTUH College of Engineering Sulthanpur
* GITAM University, Rudraram
* Prof N Ranga Agricultural University
* Horticultural University
* Government Medical College, Sangareddy

Transport facilities.

Roads

The NH-65 road passes through the town.

About 15 km away from Sangareddy is an outer ring road which connects to Shamshabad airport – Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, Gachibowli, and Medchal.

A bypass road to NH44 is linked from Sangareddy to Shadnagar through Chevella.

Long distance travel options are also available from Sangareddy to Tirupati, Vizag, Vijayawada, and Kandukooru directly.

Rail

The nearest railway stations are Shankarpalli railway station which is about 22 km away, Lingampally, which is about 30 km away, Secunderabad (about 50 km away) and Nampally Station, which is around 53 km away.

Air

The nearest air transport facility is Hyderabad International Airport, which is 70 km from Sangareddy.

Media

The Telugu dailies publishers in the city are '' Eenadu'', ''Andhra Jyothy'', and ''Sakshi''. Apart from the local language, there are also English papers such as ''The Hindu'', '' The Times of India'', and '' The Hans India''.

Notable People

K V Anudeep - Film Director

References

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Sangareddy district
Cities and towns in Sangareddy district
District headquarters of Telangana