Asif Nagar
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Asif Nagar | |
|---|---|
suburb | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Hyderabad |
| Government | |
| • Body | GHMC |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Deccani Urdu, Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 500 028 (Humayun Nagar PO) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Secunderabad |
| Planning agency | GHMC |
Asif Nagar is located near Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad, India. It is part of the old city of Hyderabad. This was an legislative assembly seat in its name, now after delimation this area comes in Nampally seat.
ACP Office[1][2] for West Zone for Hyderabad Police is situated here.
History
After the Nizam captured Golconda in 1724 from the Moghuls, he camped near the fort in a village. Later it was renamed Asifnagar.[3]
Commercial area
The choice for shops at Asif Nagar is diverse catering to all budgets. Right from eateries to bakeries, banks like Andhra Bank, Canara Bank, Union Bank, Syndicate Bank, State Bank of India and many more are situated in Asif Nagar. There are also many grocery stores and cloth stores dealing in both wholesale and retail. Places like Mehdipatnam and Vijay Nagar Colony are very close to it.
The appropriate distances to various places from Asif Nagar are as follows:
Imliban Bus Stand 3.6 km. Jubilee Bus Stand 8.4 km. Secunderabad Station 7.4 km. Panjagutta X Roads 4.6 km. Kukatpally HB 13.4 km. Begumpet Airport 6.7 km. Trimulgherry RTA 10.7 km. Madhapur (Cyber Towers) 9.5 km. Dilsukhnagar 8.1 km.
One can even get cheap rooms to stay in Asif Nagar. Jhirra is just about 1 km away. You may plan to go to Nehru Zoological Park all the way from Asif Nagar via Jhirra.
Transport
Asif Nagar is connected by buses run by TSRTC, since a Bus Depot(Mehdipatnam 1KM away) is close by, it is well connected. Buses that run are 65S,65A, 116, 116N, 116T, 5M,5M/16,137D, 139, 143 making transports to important places like Charminar, Koti, Nampally, Mehdipatnam, Tolichowki, Secunderabad, Secretariat[disambiguation needed], Gosha Mahal, Afzal Gunj, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Himayat Nagar, Narayanguda and many more interlinks.
The closest MMTS train station is at Nampally 2KM away.
Related Communities in Orkut:
Asifnagar is famous for wood work and carving furniture. The furniture prepared here is exported to all over the world.
Neighbourhoods
- Aghapura
- Bazar Ghat
- Dhool Pet
- Gosha Mahal
- Gudi Malkapur
- Humayun Nagar
- Jhirra
- Jiya Guda
- Karwan
- Mallepally
- Mangalhat
- Mehdipatnam
- Masab Tank
- Murad Nagar
- Nampally
- Seetaram Bagh
- Tallagadda
- Vijaya Nagar Colony
- Shantinagar[disambiguation needed]
References
- ^ "Asif Nafar police station". fullhyderabad.com.
- ^ "West Zone". hyderabadpolice.gov.in.
- ^ "Our Hyderabad - Asif nagar". ourhyd.com.