Kothapet, Hyderabad

Kothapet
Neighbourhood
Kothapet
Kothapet

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 17°22′34″N 78°32′46″E / 17.376197°N 78.546053°E / 17.376197; 78.546053Coordinates: 17°22′34″N 78°32′46″E / 17.376197°N 78.546053°E / 17.376197; 78.546053
Country  India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
Metro Hyderabad
Government
 • Body GHMC
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 500 060
Vehicle registration TS
Lok Sabha constituency Malkajigiri
Vidhan Sabha constituency LB Nagar
Planning agency GHMC
Website telangana.gov.in

Kothapet is a major suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. After Dilsukhnagar, this is the prime location of this region that has high potential growth rate for new malls and multi plex theaters. The old Ranga Reddy High Court complex is now taken on lease by the reputed GVK group to construct a shopping complex and the front face of Victoria Memorial home (VM Home) is taken by Reliance group for similar purpose. The closest stadiums are Saroornagar Indoor Stadium and VM Home play ground. Kothapet region is majorly dominated by Telugu speaking communities belonging to Telangana.

History

Victoria Memorial Home, is a building constructed by the late nizam Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan Bahadoor in 1906. is also in Kothapet. VM Home in short, is used and shown as villain's den in many Telugu movies and few Hindi movies too.

A major district court is also located in this suburb. Dilsukhnagar Sai baba temple and Lord Shiva temple is a famous temple located near to the main road leading towards LB nagar.

Commercial area

It is home to Kothapet Fruit Market, the biggest fruit market in entire state of Telangana.

Transport

TSRTC connects kothapet to all parts of the city.

The closest MMTS Train station is at Malakpet.

Kothapet will have the main station in the government's Hyderabad Metro Rail project that is expected to be operational by 2017.

Colonies in and around Kothapet

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