Badangpet | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Telangana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Telangana State, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Governing Body: | Badangpet Municipal Corporation |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | Indian Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 500058 |
Area Code: | 08415 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | TS 08 |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Badangpet is a satellite city of Hyderabad located in Rangareddy district of Telangana, India. It is one of the 13 Municipal Corporations in Telangana. It is newly constituted as Municipal Corporation from Nagar Panchayat, which was formed on 26–03–2013. It was formed by merging (8) erstwhile villages i.e. 1. Badangpet 2. Almasguda 3. Nadergul 4. Kurmalguda 5. Gurramguda 6. Balapur (part) 7. Venkatapur and 8. Mamidipally. The area of the ULB is 74.56 Sq. km. Population as per 2011 Census is 64579 and presently it is estimated to be at 100000.[1]
Badangpet is located in the vicinity of the office of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Hyderabad city is also the capital city of Telangana State. Initially developed as a residential hub, it has a very fast increase in population.
The name Badangpet came from a ruler named Badangi who ruled this area in the Deccan sultanate period. The old village has beautiful historical monuments such as button Gutta [Watchtower ] Fort walls and ancient shiva-Vishnu temple named Kasi Bugga.