Meerpet–Jillelaguda | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Telangana#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Telangana, India |
Coordinates: | 17.32°N 78.52°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Rangareddy |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Hyderabad |
Government Type: | Municipal Corporation |
Governing Body: | Meerpet Municipal Corporation |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 4.2 |
Population Total: | 66,982 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 500097 (Meerpet) 500079 (Jillelguda) |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 040 |
Registration Plate: | TS |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Parliament constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Chevella |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Assembly constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Maheshwaram |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Planning agency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority |
Meerpet–Jillelguda is a satellite city of Hyderabad and a municipal corporation in Rangareddy district of the Indian state of Telangana.[2] [3] The municipal corporation was formed after merging municipality of Meerpet and Jillelguda.[4]
Meerpet got its name due to the presence of Mir Momin masjid constructed by Mir Moomin Asterbadi – the prime minister of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah the Fifth king of Qutb Shahi dynasty.
India census,[5] Meerpet had a population of 12,940. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Meerpet has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 54%. In Meerpet, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
As per 2011 census, Meerpet–Jillelaguda has a population of 66,982. It had a male and female population of 34,009 and 32,973 receptively. Total number of households were about 18,000.
Meerpet municipality and Jillelguda municipality were formed separately on 11 April 2016 by upgrading respective gram panchayats . Earlier Meerpet Gram panchayat was part of Jillelguda Gram panchayat which was administratively separated later[6]
Both municipalities were merged into a single municipal corporation in 2019.
Meerpet–Jillelaguda is connected to other places within Hyderabad via the TSRTC, with buses available from the DSNR and Midani bus depots. The nearest MMTS station is at Malakpet.The nearest airport is Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The nearest Metro station is at LB Nagar.
A 500-year-old Venkateswara temple, known as Matsya Avatara Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple has its presence in this town.
Sri Health Plus Children's & Family Clinic, R.N.Reddy Nagar, Meerpet.