Sindhi Colony, Secunderabad

Sindhi Colony
Neighbourhood

Rainbow Shopping Mall in Trimulgherry
Sindhi Colony

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 17°28′N 78°31′E / 17.467°N 78.517°E / 17.467; 78.517Coordinates: 17°28′N 78°31′E / 17.467°N 78.517°E / 17.467; 78.517
Country  India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
Metro Hyderabad
Government
 • Body Cantonment Board, Secunderabad
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 500 015
Lok Sabha constituency Secunderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Cantonment
Planning agency Cantonment Board, Secunderabad

Sindhi Colony is a major suburb of Secunderabad, India. It was founded to house refugee Sindhis coming from Sindh that became a part of Pakistan after the partition of India in 1947. It is to the north of Hyderabad.

The suburb has many smaller residential colonies. Adjacent communities like Babu Bagh, Krishna, Venakat Rao and Jawahar Lal communities are considered part of Sindhi Colony. This is suburb is one of the most affluent sections of Secunderabad, home to traders and educated professionals of the city.

History

Historically, before Sindhi Colony was built it was the back water areas of the Hussain Sagar lake to hold excess water. The first dam was built in 1946 by Michael Bakes.

Commercial area

There are many shops for all kinds of needs in this suburb. In 2002, a lot of garment factory outlets opened in the suburb. Many branded clothes for all ranges can be found here at discounted prices. Because of this, people from many parts of the city come to shop here.

There is an RTA office which serves entire Secunderabad Region (AP 10). Many banks started operating since 2002, catering to the growing population of this suburb like Andhra Bank (Sindhi Colony), SBI etc. are located here.

Retailers

Specialist Grocery shops like Spencer's Retail, Heritage Fresh, FabIndia, Food World, Trinethra Super Market and Subiksha are located here.

A modern mall, Rainbow Mall has some good shops and restaurants, including Fab India. The old Monda Market was shifted during the TDP Govt regime near Hasmatpet lake. The Government built a big wholesale market for vegetables called as Bowenpally Market Yard.

Restaurants

There are some upmarket restaurants in this suburb ranging from Continental, Chinese and Indian.

There are many fast food joints. In January 2007, McDonalds opened its second restaurant in Hyderabad here. There is a KFC and many bakeries like Vacs Pastry, Shangrilla, Cake Basket, etc. are here. Specialist Hyderabadi Restaurants like Hyderabad House, Biryani Durbar and The Pride Residency (includes lodging) are located here. Chinese Restaurants like Bowl-O-China is also present here.

Schools

Traffic on Trimulgherry X Roads

There are some good Schools and Colleges in this suburb. Notable are Sherwood Public School, St Andrews School,St Marys High School, St Josephs High School, Holy Family Girls High School, Kendriya Vidyalaya.

Some colleges are St Josephs Junior College, Ken Degree College, Little Flower Junior and Degree College.

Transport

This suburb is well connected with roads. The Rajiv Rahadari (Highway) which connects Secunderabd to the northern Telangana districts of Andhra Pradesh passes through this suburb.

National Highway 7 (NH7) is 4 km from this suburb. There is a link road that connects NH 7 to ECIL 'X' Roads and further and it passes through this suburb. A lot of transportation through trucks takes place via this road. Due to this there is a lot of traffic congestion during peak hours. The closest MMTS Train station is at Bolarum or Secunderabad.

Colonies around Trimulgherry

Listed below are some popular and highly developed colonies in Trimulgherry.

Historic Gunrock Water Tank in Trimulgherry

Teachers Colony, Jupiter Colony, Indian Airlines Colony, Surya Enclave, A.W.H.O. Ved Vihar, Durgavihar Colony, Vasavi Nagar, SBH Colony, RTC Colony, IOB Colony, Ravi Colony, Sardar Patel Colony, Chandragiri Colony, P&T Colony, Aruna Enclave, Sri Nagar Colony, Banjara Nagar, LB Nagar, Sri Sai Enclave, Laxmi Narayan Colony, Bank Colony, Kanajiguda, Indira Nagar, Greenfields Colony, Mansarovar Heights, Yadamma Nagar, Gunrock Enclave. AWHO Vedvihar is also one of the famous housing army residential complex

Suburbs around Trimulgherry

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