BHEL Township, Hyderabad explained

BHEL Township (Ramchandrapuram), Hyderabad
Native Name:BHEL Lingampally
Settlement Type:Planned Township
Pushpin Map:India Telangana
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates:17.4954°N 78.296°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Type3:Metro
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Subdivision Name2:Sangareddy
Subdivision Name3:Hyderabad
Governing Body:GHMC
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:502 032
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Medak
Website:http://10.5.12.15/finenq/township.htm
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Serilingampally
Blank3 Name Sec1:Planning agency
Blank3 Info Sec1:GHMC

BHEL Township, Hyderabad is a suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana. This has been developed like other BHEL townships after Indian public sector engineering company BHEL started its operations here. Township is well known for its greenery and lush green campus and large numbers of quarters with full amenities. Hostels for ET's, Assistant Engineers and artisans are available here. It is spread over an area of around 16 km2 and provides facilities like, parks, community halls, sports complex, grounds, library, shopping centers, banks, and post offices. Free health services are extended to all the employees and their dependents through BHEL run hospital.

Commercial area

A small market complex known as Kirthimahal comprising small groceries, a pharmacy and small eateries, provides for basic necessities of BHEL employees. Beside this, a weekly market for vegetables and fresh fruits [Wednesday market] is organised by the company in its township. State Bank of Hyderabad (now State Bank of India) is operating a branch and APGV Bank has a branch inside the township. There are ATMs of other banks like AXIS and HDFC nearby the BHEL township but not inside. Brindavan Gas Agency supplies Indane LPG.

Amenities

There are many parks, sports complex and grounds in this area which are accessible to employees and a large number of outsiders. Also there is a community center, gym, swimming pool, stadium, tennis, badminton, basketball and volleyball courts and the most prominent BHEL General Hospital for BHEL employees and their families. Most of the sport facilities are available. Overall it provides many facilities to its resident employees and their families.

Transport

BHEL Hyderabad Township is very well connected through road, railways and air to the rest of India.

Nearest local train station to BHEL township is Lingampally, which is 3 km away from the township. Two main railway stations Hyderabad Deccan railway station and Secunderabad Junction railway station are nearly 26 km away which connects it from rest of India. Also new MMTS railway station is coming up in BHEL with the name "BHEL Halt" that will server passengers MMTS trains.

Nearest Airport is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which is about 40 km away from the main gate of the township.

National Highway 9 (old numbering) passes around township boundary. The state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city. The nearest bus stand to reach main BHEL check post is Lingampally. The nearest Hyderabad Metro Rail station is also at Miyapur, which is 7 km away from main gate of township

For inside township transportation, auto-rickshaws are available from 5am to 9pm.

Educational institutions

BHEL Township has many schools such as St Ann's, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, Jyothi Vidyalaya, Vidya Bharati High School, Geetanjali School. The BVB Public School has CBSE affiliation.Science library is also available in BHEL Township which has over 10,000 books and magazines for various professional and competitive exams.