Lingampally, Hyderabad

Lingampally
Serilingampally
Neighbourhood
Lingampally

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 17°29′01″N 78°19′04″E / 17.483473°N 78.317731°E / 17.483473; 78.317731Coordinates: 17°29′01″N 78°19′04″E / 17.483473°N 78.317731°E / 17.483473; 78.317731
Country  India
State Telangana
District Ranga Reddy
Metro Hyderabad
Government
  Body GHMC
Languages
  Official Urdu, Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 500 019
Vehicle registration TS
Lok Sabha constituency Hyderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Serilingampally
Planning agency GHMC

Lingampally is a suburb near Hyderabad (India). The IT boom has made it into a preferred, affordable residential suburb for IT professionals. It is 5 km from the HITEC city. It is part of Hyderabad and GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation). It is very close to the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ramachandrapuram unit and is also located close to the National Highway 9 leading to Mumbai. Indian Immunologicals (serum and vaccine unit), State Bank Institute for Rural Development, University of Hyderabad, International Institute of Information Technology are in Gachibowli area just 4 to 5 km away from Lingampally railway station.

Commercial area

The shopping area is good since the residential colonies have come up in this suburb. The main shopping area is the busy Taranagar area. Recently Chandanagar has grown to be a hub for all brand showrooms. Patancheru, an industrial area in Medak district is about 6 km from this area. The area also has several movie theatres like Geeta, Jyoti, Sridevi etc.

Seri Lingampally is a mandal headquarters and comes under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. ALIND (Aluminium Industries) is a private company near to the railway station on the road towards Mehdipatnam. Residential units in the area have seen multifold demand due to the proximity to HITEC city (Madhapur) which is the IT hub of Hyderabad.

Transport

Platform no. 1 at Lingampally Railway Station

Lingampally has a MMTS train station, where the train concludes its journey coming from Hyderabad and Falaknuma/Secunderabad. Recently a lot of development has taken place at Lingampally Railway station as it is the terminal station for MMTS trains.

Notable persons

Schools

There are several schools, such as Epistemo Global - Vikas Leadership school, Vidya Nikethan Model High School, Sancta Maria International School, Narayana Residential School, and others.

References

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