Serilingampally, also known as Lingampally, is a major

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located in the north western part of

Hyderabad City 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, in the northern part of Southern India. ...

. It is the headquarters of the Serilingamapally

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

in the

Ranga Reddy district Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, K ...

of 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 ...

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 is administered by the

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the GHMC is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

(GHMC). Due to its close proximity to

Hitech City The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Tel ...

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 ...

Nanakramguda Nanakramguda Financial District is an information technology, real estate and architectural suburb in Serlingampally mandal, in Hyderabad, India. The financial district covers an area of about . History Nanakramguda and Gachibowli were the are ...

Manikonda Manikonda is a commercial hub and a residential suburb in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This suburb has boomed in recent years due to the presence of leading software company headquarters in the area as well as Lanco hills, a luxury hi-rise resid ...

and

Kondapur Kondapur is a suburb in western part of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It falls under Serilingampally mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The locality has emerged as a prominent commercial and residential hub, owing to its close proximity to IT cor ...

, there has been a heavy influx of IT companies.

University of Hyderabad The University of Hyderabad (IAST: ''Hydarāvād visvavidyālayamu'') is a top ranking public central research university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded in 1974, this mostly residential campus has more than 5,000 students a ...

(UoH) is also located here.

Demographics

India

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, Serilingampally had a population of 153,364 composed of 32,642 households. This population contains 79,225 males and 74,139 females. census, Serilingampally has an average literacy rate of 42%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 42%, and female literacy is 41%. In Serilingampally, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Industries

Patancheru, an industrial area in Medak district, is about 6 km from this area. ALIND (Aluminum Industries) is a private company near the railway station on the road towards Mehdipatnam. Indian Immunologicals (serum and vaccine unit), State Bank Institute for Rural Banking,

and International Institute of Information Technology are in

area just 4 to 5 km away from

Lingampally railway station Lingampalli railway station is a railway station in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Localities like BHEL Township and University of Hyderabad are accessible from this station. Some trains such as Palnadu Express and other Express and Passenger tra ...

. It is very close to the

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, Ramachandrapuram unit and is also located off the

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leading to

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Transport

Lingampally has an MMTS train station, which is also its terminus, i.e., the train concludes its journey coming from Hyderabad 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 ...

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 ...

. Buses run by the

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

connect it to major parts of the city.

Politics

MLA of Serilingampally constituency is Arekapudi Gandhi elected in the 2014 and 2018 general election and won from

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

and

Bharat Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

parties, respectively. Former MLA is M Bikshapathi Yadav from 2009 to 2014.

Education

There are several schools, such as * Vidya Niketan Model High School, Old Lingampally * Sahithi Vidya Niketan High school * Vidyanjali high School * ZPHS Lingampally * Vidya Vani School * Kalam Anji Reddy School *Sri Chaitanya Techno School

Notable people

* Maraboina Bikshapathi Yadav, Former MLA (2009-2014) United Andhra Pradesh Assembly

References

Cities and towns in Ranga Reddy district Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India {{Rangareddi-geo-stub