Sangareddy, is a city and district headquarters of the
Sangareddy district
Sangareddy district, is a List of districts of Telangana, district in the Indian state of Telangana. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. The district shares boundaries with Medak district, Medak, Medchal–Malkaj ...
in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...
. It was named after the ruler Sanga, who was the son of Rani Shankaramba, a ruler of
Medak
Medak is a town in Medak district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Medak mandal in Medak revenue division. And There is a river named srujan which is big in length.
Etymology and History
Medak wa ...
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
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India. It is based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1956, BHEL is India' ...
(one of the ''Maharatna'' companies of the Indian government),
Bharat Dynamics Limited
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is one of India's manufacturers of ammunitions and missile systems. It was founded in 1970 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. BDL was established to be a manufacturing base for guided weapon systems and begun with a p ...
(where one of India's most powerful missiles,
Prithvi
Prithvi or Prithvi Mata (Sanskrit: पृथ्वी, ', also पृथिवी, ', "the Vast One") is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of a devi (goddess) in Hinduism and some branches of Buddhism. In the Vedas, her conso ...
, was produced), and
Ordnance Factory Medak Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK) (Hindi: आयुध निर्माणी मेदक), previously called Ordnance Factory Project Medak (OFPM) while in its development stage, is a factory owned by Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited , a company that ...
(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
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
,
Gachibowli
Gachibowli is a suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, located in the Serilingampally mandal of the Rangareddy district. It is situated about 5 km away from HITEC City, another IT hub. Gachibowli is home to numerous tech companies and resi ...
, and
Medchal
Medchal is a Outer Suburb of Hyderabad in the Medchal–Malkajgiri district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the mandal headquarters of Medchal mandal in Keesara revenue division of the district. It also forms a part of Hyderabad Metropol ...
.
A bypass road to NH44 is linked from Sangareddy to
Shadnagar
Shadnagar is a Town and assembly constituency in the Ranga Reddy district in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. As part of the reorganisation of districts in Telangana, Shadnagar separated from Mahabubnagar district and merged into Ranga Reddy distri ...
through
Chevella
Chevella is a town, mandal and suburb of Hyderabad in Ranga Reddy district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of surrounding villages with many government establishments like Judicial court, Revenue Division Office, Acp of ...
.
Long distance travel options are also available from Sangareddy to Tirupati, Vizag, Vijayawada, and Kandukooru directly.
Secunderabad
Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...
(about 50 km away) and Nampally Station, which is around 53 km away.
Air
The nearest air transport facility is
Hyderabad International Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace ...
, which is 70 km from Sangareddy.
Media
The Telugu dailies publishers in the city are ''
Eenadu
''Eenadu'' () is the largest circulated Telugu-language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.''Andhra Jyothy'', and ''Sakshi''. Apart from the local language, there are also English papers such as ''
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
'', ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
'', and ''
The Hans India
''The Hans India'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as in New Delhi. The newspaper was started on 15 July 2011 and belongs to Hyderabad Media House Ltd., which also owns ...