Kukatpally
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Rain Tree park (Malaysian Township) | |
.svg.png){kind=spacer}  Kukatpally Location in Telangana, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°29′N 78°25′E / 17.483°N 78.417°ECoordinates: 17°29′N 78°25′E / 17.483°N 78.417°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Ranga Reddy district |
| City | Hyderabad |
| Government | |
| • Body | GHMC |
| Population | 7 lakhs |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 500 072,500 082 |
| Vehicle registration | TS-07 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Malkajgiri |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kukatpally |
| Planning agency | GHMC |
| Civic agency | GHMC |
| Website |
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Kukatpally is a major residential and commercial suburb in Hyderabad in the state of Telangana. It is located on the northwest fringe of Hyderabad city. Kukatpally, which was earlier a municipality, has been merged into Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC),[1] which is responsible for the civic amenities in Kukatpally.
New road connectivity and consequent proximity to the Information Technology hub of Hitech city has made Kukatpally area a functional, dream home.[2] It is segregated by medium as well as posh Phases, and Kukatpally Housing Board Colony developed by Andhra Pradesh Housing Board is considered to be the biggest colony in India and Asia. KPHB Colony, has highest population density in the state of Telangana. [3]
Commercial area
Kukatpally is a major shopping hub in the IT corridor branded stores like Levis, Puma, Wrangler, manyavar, Louis Philippe, lee, Pepe Jeans, spykar, Adidas, W, Reebok, twill's, mufti etc. shopping malls such as Shoppers Stop,Hyper City, westside, brand Factory, coupons, woman's world, south India Mall, CMR, R.S. Brothers, Chandana Brothers, Chennai shopping mall,etc. food courts like McDonald, KFC, Cream stone, baskin robbins, The Chocolate Room, Starbucks Coffee, thugs and grills etc. and electronic stores like reliance digital, adishwar, Bajaj electronics, Samsung store etc. are present here. The locality is just few kilometers away from the cyber hub at Madhapur, where several IT companies are located. Almost all the banks have their branches in Kukatapally and kphb. Many cosmetic and plastic surgery centers have sprung up in the area. Multiplexes like Asian Cinemas and a new International multiplex named Cinepolis on the Hitech city road are present .
Hospitals
The nearest major hospitals to Kukatpally are MicroCare ENT Hospital & Research institute, most reputed ENT hospital & Research center in Telangana, Usha Mullapudi[4] which is well known for the cardiac facilities available and Akruti Institute of plastic and cosmetic surgery a well known celebrity plastic and cosmetic surgery centre[5] and some famous hospitals like Remedy,Vasan eye care,vasan dental care,Prime,Icon etc. are situated The road no 4 in kphb known as doctors street is famous for hospitals.
Election Information
Kukatpally Constituency is a newly formed constituency.It is formed after delimitation of Khairtabad. 2009 Election is the first election in this constituency and Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan of Lok Satta Party won with 34.84% votes. madhavaram krishna rao of Telugu Desam party won the elections in 2014.[6]
Local Online Store
Kukatpally has a dedicated online store[7] which delivers products to the locations nearby it.Majorly it delivers gifts.
Facilities
Bus
Kukatpally is well connected to most locations of the city by the state-owned bus service, TSRTC (Telangana State Road Transport Corporation). Apart from the city buses many RTC and private operators run inter-city buses with Kukatpally and KPHB as starting point.
Rail
Kukatpally does not have a railway station for MMTS service . The closest ones are Hitech City, Borabanda and Bharatnagar. However there is Metro Rail project in progress that connects the city. Begumpet, Secunderabad and Nampally are the closest railway stations from Kukatpally for long distant trains.
Education
Kukatpally is a major educational hub with several degree colleges, junior colleges and schools. It is the home to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. It is also close the Bachupally where many reputed schools and colleges are located.
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kukatpally. |
- KukatpallyNow, website of the local MLA
- Website of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation