Kukatpally

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Kukatpally
—  neighbourhood  —
Coordinates
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Ranga Reddy district
Parliamentary constituency Malkajgiri
Assembly constituency Kukatpally
Planning Agency GHMC
Civic agency GHMC
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Website Kukatpally Now
Rain Tree park (Malaysian Township)

Kukatpally is a major residential and commercial suburb in Hyderabad. It is located on the northwest fringe of Hyderabad city. Kukatpally, which was earlier a municipality, has been merged into Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), which is responsible for the civic amenities in Kukatpally.

New road connectivity and consequent proximity to the Information Technology hub of Hitech city has made Kukatpally area a functional, dream home. It is segregated by medium as well as posh Phases, and Kukatpally Housing Board Colony developed by Andhra Pradesh Housing Board is considered to be the biggest colony in India and Asia.[citation needed]

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[edit] Commercial area

Kukutpally is a minor shopping hub in the IT corridor, with shopping malls such as CMR, R.S. Brothers, Chandana Brothers and Chennai shopping mall and many hospitals out of which reputed Eye Institute Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. The locality is just few kilometres away from the cyber hub at Madhapur, where several IT companies have sprung up.

Major banks such as ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, State Bank of Hyderabad, Axis Bank, (idbi bank) (south indian bank)(iob) (Global Trust Bank)Oriental Bank of Commerce, Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank have branches and ATMs in Kukatpally.

Leading brands such as Levi Strauss & Co., Lee, Spykar Jeans, Pepe Jeans, Adidas, Wrangler, are also located here and several manufacturing companies such as Honda, Bajaj, Hero Honda and TVS have showrooms.

[edit] Election Information[1]

Kukatpally Constituency is newly formed constituency. It is formed after delimitation of Khairtabad. 2009 Election is the first election in this constituency.

  • Assembly Election Results in 2009 - Dr. JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN Won with 34.84 votes % of Lok_Satta_Party

[edit] Temple

Kukatpally is well known for the New Balaji Nagar "Venkateshwara Temple", 0.5 km from Kukatpally Bus Stop. Puja Timings 9am to 12noon. and Evening 6pm to 8pm.

[edit] Transport

[edit] Bus

Kukatpally is well connected by the state-owned bus service, APSRTC. It is well connected with the rest of the city, as it falls on the road between Hyderabad and Patancheru the N, the last stop for northwest-bound city buses.

[edit] MMTS trains

Metro station is close to KPHB colony run by Indian Railways called as MMTS, and connects to Hyderabad and Secunderabad and is often the best way for getting to the other side of the city.

[edit] Kukatpally Housing Board Colony (KPHB Colony)

KPHB was built in early 1980s, is the largest residential colony in Asia. It is connected by a new road to the HI-TEC city (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy). Near to IJM circle, RainTree Park (Malaysian township) is primarily considered an elite residential area which is connected by a new 4 km road with Hitech City.

Temples

Shivalayam: KPHB Colony road # 3 constitutes of lord Shiva temple which is very near to housing board bus stop.

Saibaba temple: Road # 2, KPHB Colony

Hanuman temple: Road # 2, KPHB Colony


[edit] Education

Kukatpally is a major educational hub with several Engineering, degree colleges, junior colleges and schools.

It is home to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-‘A’ Grade accreditation by NAAC which has its campus in the prime location.

It is home to KPIC, the home of IIT Training in South India. The school's alumni include Shri. D.L.M. Reddy - HOS, Electrical of the HDPE Plant, RIL Dahej.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Suburbs around Kukatpally

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://partyanalyst.com/constituencyPageAction.action?districtId=6&constituencyId=346

http://www.ghmc.gov.in/

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 17°29′N 78°25′E / 17.483°N 78.417°E / 17.483; 78.417

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