BHEL Township, Hyderabad is a suburb of

Hyderabad, Telangana 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. W ...

. This has developed like other BHEL townships after Indian public sector engineering company

BHEL 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 ...

started its operations here. Township is well known for its greenery and lush green campus. Large numbers of quarters with full amenities. Hostels for ET's, Assistant Engineers and artisans have good facilities. It is spread over an area of around 16 km² and provides facilities like, parks, community halls, sports complex, grounds, library, shopping centers, banks, and post offices. Free health services are extended to all the employees and their dependents through BHEL run hospital.

Commercial area

A small market complex known as Kirthimahal comprising small groceries, a pharmacy and small eateries, provides for basic necessities of BHEL employees. Beside this, two weekly markets for vegetables and fresh fruits ednesday market and Saturday marketare organised by the company in different places of its township (this was pre-COVID, after COVID-19 BHEL management closed off these market areas) State Bank of Hyderabad (now State Bank of India) is operating a branch and APGV Bank has a branch inside township. There are other banks ATM's like AXIS and HDFC banks, but no other banks in operation inside BHEL township. There is Brindavan Gas agency which supplies Indane gas.

Amenities

There are many parks, sports complex and grounds in this area which are accessible to employees and a large number of outsiders. Also there is a community center, gym, swimming pool, stadium, tennis, badminton, basketball and volleyball courts and the most prominent BHEL General Hospital for BHEL employees and their families. Most of the sport facilities are available. Overall it provides many facilities to its resident employees and their families.

Transport

BHEL Hyderabad Township is very well connected through road, railways and air to the rest of India. Nearest

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station to BHEL township is Lingampally, which is 3 km away from the township. Two main railway stations

Hyderabad Deccan railway station Hyderabad railway station, popularly known as Hyderabad Deccan railway station or Nampally railway station, (station code: HYB) is located at Nampally, a locality in Hyderabad constructed and earlier run by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railwa ...

and

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are nearly 26 km away which connects it from rest of India. Also new MMTS railway station is coming up in BHEL with the name "BHEL Halt" that will server passengers MMTS trains. Nearest Airport is

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, which is about 40 km away from the main gate of the township. National Highway 9 (old numbering) passes around township boundary. The state-owned

Telangana State Road Transport Corporation 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 ...

runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city. The nearest bus stand to reach main BHEL check post is Lingampally. The nearest

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station is also at Miyapur, which is 7 km away from main gate of township BHEL Main Road

For inside township transportation, auto-rickshaws are available from 5am to 9pm.

Educational institutions

BHEL Township has many schools such as St Ann's,

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School- BHEL (BVBPS BHEL-RCPuram) is a co-educational high school with enrollment from Nursery (Pre-School) to X Standard. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India and is located ...

, Jyothi Vidyalaya, Vidya Bharati High School, Geetanjali School. The BVB Public School has CBSE affiliation. Science library is also available in BHEL Township which has over 10,000 books and magazines for various professional and competitive exams. {{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad, state=collapsed Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India