Sitaphal Mandi is one of the old suburbs of

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City in the

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. It is located close to

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and is surrounded by

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in the east,

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in the south,

in the west and Tarnaka in the north. Sitaphalmandi is located about 1.5 km from Secunderabad.

Etymology

The suburb's name comes from the words sitaphal (

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) and mandi (market).

Education

Sitaphalmandi has a lot of schools that has been catering for the past 40 years to the students in and around the locality.

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is located close to the railway station.

Culture

Sitaphalmandi has many religious landmarks – two mosques in this area include the one that is close to the

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, and the other at

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. The Hindu temples include Rama Lingeshwara Swamy Temple (Ramalayam), Pochamma Temple, Saibaba Temple (Dattatreya temple). And, also a

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is located in the area. A recently constructed temple of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy (Lord Balaji) at

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on a spiritual rock, has now made the place more famous.

Transport

Sitaphalmandi is well connected with the other localities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad by rail and road.

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is located on the Falaknuma – Secunderabad line of the

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, a local train service serving the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and thus connecting it to other parts of the city such as

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and Lingampally. The buses in the series 86, 107, 57S, 2V, 16S run by

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connect Sitaphalmandi with the areas of

, Jamia Osmania, Ramnagar and other parts of the city. A Rail over bridge (ROB) over the railway tracks was inaugurated on 14 August 2009 by the then

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, Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The bridge was opened after a long gap of thirteen years after works were grounded due to the delay caused by land acquisition problems and various other reasons.

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