Lingampally, Hyderabad
Lingampally | |
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neighbourhood | |
Lingampally | |
Coordinates: 17°29′01″N 78°19′04″E / 17.483473°N 78.317731°ECoordinates: 17°29′01″N 78°19′04″E / 17.483473°N 78.317731°E | |
Country | India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Hyderabad |
Metro | Hyderabad |
Government | |
• Body | GHMC |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 500 019 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Hyderabad |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Serilingampally |
Planning agency | GHMC |
Lingampally is a suburb near Hyderabad in India. It was a sleepy village until the IT boom has made it into a preferred, affordable residential suburb for IT professionals.It is 5 km from the HITECH city. It is very close to the BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED Ramachandrapuram unit and is also is located close to the National Highway 9 leading to Mumbai. Indian Immunologicals (Serum and Vaccine unit), (State Bank Institute for Rural Development), IIIT Hyderabad are in Gachibowli area just 4 to 5 km away from Lingampally Railway station and can easily be reached hiring an autorickshaw or a bus.
Commercial area
The shopping area is good since the residential colonies have come up in this suburb. The main shopping area is the busy Taranagar area. Recently Chandanagar has grown to be a hub for all brand showrooms. Patancheru, an industrial area in Medak district is about 6 km from this area. The area also has several movie theatres like Geeta, Jyoti, Sridevi etc.
Seri Lingampally is a Mandal Headquarter and comes under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. ALIND (The Aluminium Industries Ltd.) a private company near to the railway station on the road towards Mehdipatnam. Residential units in the area have seen multifold demand due to the proximity to HITEC city (Madhapur) which is the IT hub of Hyderabad.and the lingampally has many facilities like Rajive Grumman and so on providing the municipal corporation of lingapally.
Transport
Lingampally has a MMTS train station, where the train concludes it journey coming from Hyderabad & Falaknuma/Secunderabad. Recently a lot of development has been seen at Lingampally Railway station as it is the terminal station for MMTS trains. This is one of the reasons for more and more people opting to live in this suburb.
The state-owned APSRTC runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city. Few of the Bus numbers that ply through Lingampally are 216, 217, 218, 219, 226L, 226, 222, 225.
Schools
There are some good schools that have come up in the recent past, like Vidya Nikethan Model High School, Sancta Maria International School, Vikas concept school, CHIREC public school, Narayana Residential School etc..