Santoshnagar

Santoshnagar
neighborhood
Santoshnagar Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°21′24″N 78°30′44″E / 17.35666°N 78.512199°E / 17.35666; 78.512199Coordinates: 17°21′24″N 78°30′44″E / 17.35666°N 78.512199°E / 17.35666; 78.512199
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Hyderabad
Metro	Hyderabad
Zone	South Zone
Ward	21
Government
• Body	GHMC
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	500 059
Lok Sabha constituency	Hyderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	yakutpura
Planning agency	GHMC

Santosh Nagar is a residential and commercial area in Hyderabad, India. It is nearer to Saidabad, Old City of Hyderabad and DRDO defense labs. Hyderabad International Airport is about 14 km from here, spanning a 30 minutes drive. It is divided into two areas - the Old Santoshnagar Colony and The New Santoshnagar Colony. Santoshnagar falls under Yakutpura assembly constituency, which is represented by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Legislator Mumtaz Ahmed Khan.Abdul Lateef is one of the prominent leader in santosh nagar who represents Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Commercial area

The choice for shops at Santosh Nagar is very good, with Reliance Fresh and some other supermarkets like MORE, Big bazaar, Fresh@ present on the main road. Nearest market for whole sale vegetables and groceries is Madannapet Mandi in Saidabad - 2 km. Yadagiri 70mm is a popular movie theater among the people living in and around this area. Venkateshwara and Kankadurga are the most popular Temples and Masjid e Sahaba is the most popular Masjid in Santoshnagar. There are many cyber cafe shops in the colony of Santoshnagar namely Skynet Internet, Access Unlimited and many more.

It has branches of ICICI Bank, Canara Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Andhra Bank, State Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, ING Vysya Bank, HDFC Bank apart from ATMs of Axis Bank.

Public transport

Santosh Nagar is connected by buses run by TSRTC and is well connected with rest of the city. Buses that run through this area are 102, 103,104, 203, 253,478 etc.

The nearest MMTS train stations are at Yakatpura and Malakpet respectively.

Nearest Airport is Hyderabad International Airport, Shamshabad - 19.5 km.

Colonies around Santoshnagar

Edi bazar^[1] Maruthi Nagar, Durga Bhavani Nagar, Yadagiri Nagar, Champapet, Saidabad Colony and Lab quarters. There are Inner colonies in it like Khalander Nagar, M.B.Haat(Mama Baqtawar Haat) and Banu Nagar.

Healthcare and Education

Apollo DRDO, Owaisi Hospital, Srinivasa, Nightingale are hospitals in the area.

Deccan College of Medical Sciences is a famous medical college present in the locality. MVSR engineering college is located 7 km from Santosh Nagar.

Santosh Nagar has many schools such as the Famous - Preston High School, Vikas High School, The Indo English High School, Bhashyam High School, Gnanodaya High School and Sacred Heart High School, St. Joseph's Grammar High School, Vidya Dayini Model High School etc. There are educational institutions and coaching centres too such as Student's Point Coaching Center ^[2] etc.

The area also has many Higher Education colleges such as Narayana Junior College^[3] and Srinivasa Junior College etc.