Azampura

Azampura
—  neighbourhood  —
Coordinates
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Hyderabad
Parliamentary constituency Hyderabad
Assembly constituency Malakpet
Planning Agency GHMC
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Azampura is one of the old suburbs in Hyderabad, India and is close to Dabirpura. Other nearby areas include Saidabad, Chaderghat, Malakpet and Chanchalguda. There were 27,500 residents in Azampura as of 2003.[1] Like many other Old City suburbs it has a majority Muslim population.

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Commercial area

Azampura's commercial area is concentrated around Masjid-e-Sahifa. There are many fruit stalls and restaurants which offer Hyderabad's famous non-vegetarian cuisine like biryani, nihari and kebabs. The famous hotels Are Kababish , Firdous Hotel, Savera Hotel And Niagara Hotel.

Public transport

Azampura is extremely well connected to many suburbs around Hyderabad by buses run by APSRTC, from the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station nearby. It also has a railway station with services running between Secunderabad and Falaknuma.

Landmarks

Masjid-E-Sahifa is an important mosque In Azampura

Old Post Sahifa is now defunct but a major regional Post Office during the 1980s and 1990s.

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