Serilingampally, also known as Lingampally, is a major

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

located in the north western part of

Hyderabad city Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is sit ...

, India. It is the headquarters of the Serilingamapally

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

in the

Ranga Reddy district Ranga Reddy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Prade ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. It is administered 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). Due to its close proximity to

HITEC City The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City (HITEC City) is an Indian business district, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. HITEC City is spread across of land under the suburbs of Ma ...

Gachibowli Gachibowli is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, located in the Serilingampally mandal of the Ranga Reddy district. It is situated about 5 km away from HITEC City, another IT hub. Gachibowli is home to numerous tech companies ...

Nanakramguda Nanakramguda is a fast-growing residential location in West Zone of Hyderabad, India. Nanakramguda is part of Financial District and is an IT, real estate and architectural suburb in Serlingampally mandal, in Hyderabad, India. The first phase ...

Manikonda Manikonda is a commercial hub and a residential neighbourhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This suburb has boomed in recent years due to the presence of leading software company headquarters in the area as well as Lanco hills, a luxury hi-ris ...

and

Kondapur Kondapur is a suburb in western part of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It falls under Serilingampally mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The locality has emerged as a prominent commercial and residential hub, owing to its close proximity to IT corri ...

, there has been a heavy influx of IT companies. A few of the tallest buildings in Hyderabad are located in Serilingampally, with Candeur Crescent being the tallest among them.

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 ...

(UoH) is also located here.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Serilingampally had a population of 153,364 composed of 32,642 households. This population contains 79,225 males and 74,139 females. census, Serilingampally has an average literacy rate of 42%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 42%, and female literacy is 41%. In Serilingampally, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Industries

Patancheru, an industrial area in Medak district, is about 6 km from this area. ALIND (Aluminum Industries) is a private company near the railway station on the road towards Mehdipatnam. Indian Immunologicals (serum and vaccine unit), State Bank Institute for Rural Banking,

and International Institute of Information Technology are in

area just 4 to 5 km away from

Lingampally railway station Lingampalli railway station is a second grade non-suburban (NSG–2) category Indian railway station in Hyderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. It is located in Hyderabad of the Indian state of Telangana. It was selected as ...

. It is very close to the

Bharat Heavy Electricals Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking and the largest government-owned electrical/ industrial technology company. It is owned by the Government of India, with administrative control under ...

, Ramachandrapuram unit and is also located off the

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leading to

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Transport

Lingampally has an MMTS train station, which is also its terminus, i.e., the train concludes its journey coming from Hyderabad and

Falaknuma Falaknuma is a former palace and currently a luxury hotel in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It originally belonged to the Paigah (Hyderabad), Paigah family, and was later owned by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It is on a hillock and covers a area in F ...

Secunderabad Secunderabad () is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South ...

. Buses run by the

TSRTC The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TGSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by bifurcating the Andhra Pradesh State Ro ...

connect it to major parts of the city.

Politics

MLA of

Serilingampally Assembly constituency Serilingampally is an Assembly legislative constituency of Telangana. It is one of 14 constituencies in Ranga Reddy district. It is part of Chevella Lok Sabha constituency. It is also one of the 24 constituencies of Greater Hyderabad Municipal ...

Arekapudi Gandhi Arekapudi Gandhi (born 12 June 1961) is a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Serilingampally Assembly constituency since the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. He won as a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Telugu ...

elected in the 2014 and 2018 general election and won from

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

and

Bharat Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

parties, respectively. Former MLA is M Bikshapathi Yadav from 2009 to 2014.

Education

There are several schools, such as * Vidya Niketan Model High School, Old Lingampally * St. Rita High School, Miyapur * Sahithi Vidya Niketan High school * Vidyanjali high School * ZPHS Lingampally * Vidya Vani School * Kalam Anji Reddy School *Sri Chaitanya Techno School * Triveni Talent school, Miyapur

Notable people

* Maraboina Bikshapathi Yadav, Former MLA (2009-2014) United Andhra Pradesh Assembly *

Tilak Varma Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma (; born 8 November 2002) is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a left-handed batsman and part-time off spin bowler. He made his international debut for India on 3 August 2023 in a T20I match against the We ...

, Indian Cricketer *

Korada Subrahmanyam Korada Subrahmanyam (born 1954) is a Sanskrit grammarian and scholar from India associated with IIT Hyderabad as an adjunct Professor. Previously he was a Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Hyderabad working in the CALTS department. Prof. ...

(1954) - Sanskrit grammarian, scholar, and retired Professor of Sanskrit at the

References

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