Gachibowli is a neighbourhood in

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, India, located in the

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of the

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. It is situated about 5 km away from

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, another IT hub. Gachibowli is home to numerous tech companies and residential units. It has a vast area and is dotted with rocky surface and hillocks all around.

Etymology

The word ‘Gachi’ means

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and ‘bowli’ comes from the word ‘baoli’ which means a stepwell. Thus the area ‘Gachibowli’ is named after the presence of a stepwell plastered with

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. The

Asaf Jahi The Asaf Jahi is a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State. The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Indo-Persian culture, language, and literature, and the f ...

period 200 year old Gachibowli Stepwell, next to Jama Masjid-e-Dilawarsha Begum, was revived and inaugurated in November 2021.

Kancha Gachibowli

Kancha Gachibowli is a forest area, which is home to diverse flora and fauna, including the Hyderabad Tree Trunk Spider (an endemic species), Indian Roller, Spotted Deer, Snakes, Peacocks and various plant species.

Gachibowli- ORR Junction

There are multi-level flyovers at the Outer Ring Road entrance at the Gachibowli Junction, which are constructed as part of Strategic Road Development Program (SRDP). As per 2022 traffic study conducted by the

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the city of Hyderabad. It is one of the largest munici ...

(GHMC), the peak hour traffic at Gachibowli junction stands at 9,806 PCU (

Passenger Car Unit Passenger car equivalent (PCE) or passenger car unit (PCU) is a metric used in transportation engineering to assess traffic-flow rate on a highway. A passenger car equivalent is essentially the impact that a mode of transport has on traffic var ...

)/per hour. By 2036, the same junction is estimated to face a traffic of 17,711 PCU/hour. The four-lane bi-directional flyover from Shilpa Layout to the Outer Ring Road near Gachibowli Junction was inaugurated on 25 November 2022. This 823-metre-long, 16.60-metre-wide flyover has two twin steel girders. Some spans of this flyover are placed across the existing Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover. The flyover at Shilpa Layout is the second longest four-lane bi-directional flyover in Hyderabad. The six-lane, two-way flyover meant to link Kondapur to the Outer Ring Road under the Strategic Road Development Plan has been put on hold by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The decision has been taken keeping in view the Metro Rail Phase-II expansion. File:Gachibowli flyover.jpg, existing Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover File:View from Nehru outer ring road 3114.JPG, ORR entrance at the Gachibowli Junction in 2012 File:Gachibowli 15022015.jpg, ORR entrance at the Gachibowli Junction in 2015 File:Gachibowli Flyover2022.jpg, Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover in 2022

Cityscape

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campus in Financial District File:Q-City building in Financial district.jpg, Q-City File:ICICI Bank Towers Hyd.jpg,

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, Financial District, Hyderabad File:Waverock buildings in Financial district (2).jpg, Waverock Buildings File:Care hospital, Hyderabad.jpg, CARE Hospitals, Gachibowli

Schools and Colleges

One campus of CHIREC International is situated in Gachibowli. The Gachibowli branch, which caters to students from Grades 1 through 3, was inaugurated in 2012. Kendriya Vidyalaya and Nasr Boys School (affiliated to CBSE) are also situated in Gachibowli.

University of Hyderabad The University of Hyderabad (UoH) is a prestigious public central research university located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Established in 1974, this mostly residential campus has more than 5,000 students and 400 faculty, from ...

Maulana Azad National Urdu University Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a freedom fighter in India's str ...

are also located in Gachibowli. There is one off-campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad in Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Center, Gachibowli. Blue Blocks Pre School and National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management is also situated in Gachibowli. India's only IIIT (International Institute of Information Technology) is also located at C.R. Rao Road, Gachibowli.

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