Vanasthalipuram Explained

Vanasthalipuram
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:India Telangana#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Telangana, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:566
Population Total:33814
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
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:TS

Vanasthalipuram is a residential neighborhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It comes under Hayathnagar Mandal and Hayathnagar Revenue Division in L.B. Nagar zone along the highway towards Vijayawada a During the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad, the area was a dense forest with wild animals and famous as a hunting ground, hence the name Vanasthalipuram (Vana="forest"+sthali="place"+puram-a locality or site). Vanasthalipuram derived its name from Harini Vanasthali, a deer park located beside national highway. It was originally known as Shikharghar. Now, Vanasthalipuram is famously known as retirees paradise. With booming IT in Hyderabad and TCS opening its south operations in Adibatla (close to Vanasthalipuram), the place is seeing an unprecedented real estate boom. Settlers from Andhra Pradesh population is more in vanasthalipuram.

Landmarks

Mahavira Harina Vanasthali (deer park),Red Tank, Raitu bazar, Saheb Nagar Trinetra Hanuman Temple, Venkateswara Swamy temple and Ganesh Temple are some of the major attractions of this area.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation of Election Wards. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. 12 June 2017. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111110083915/http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/election_wards.pdf. 10 November 2011. dead. dmy-all.