Dhoolpet

Coordinates: 17°22′28″N 78°27′39″E / 17.37444°N 78.46083°E / 17.37444; 78.46083
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Dhoolpet
Inner city
Dhoolpet is located in Telangana
Dhoolpet
Dhoolpet
Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°22′28″N 78°27′39″E / 17.37444°N 78.46083°E / 17.37444; 78.46083
Country India
StateTelangana
DistrictHyderabad
MetroHyderabad
Government
 • BodyGHMC
 • MLAT. Raja Singh (BJP)
 • Member of ParliamentAsaduddin Owaisi
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
500 006
Lok Sabha constituencyHyderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituencyGoshamahal
Planning agencyGHMC

Dhoolpet is a neighbourhoods in the Old City of Hyderabad India,[1] partly inhabited by people who migrated from Uttar Pradesh during the Nizam rule.[citation needed] Dhoolpet is part of Goshamahal Assembly constituency in old city. Dhoolpet has a sizeable Hindu migrant population, drawn from north India and Gujarat, among which Lodha community is dominant.[2] 52-feet Hanuman statue is located at Sri Akashpuri Hanuman Mandir in Dhoolpet.

The area is well known for illegal bootlegging.[3] The Jummerat Bazaar (Thursday Market) is a flea market held every Thursday in Dhoolpet.[4]

Transport[edit]

Dhoolpet, situated near Afzalgunj, is connected by TSRTC buses (80 from Afzalgunj and 1J and 2J from Sec'bad). The closest MMTS train station is Uppuguda and railway station is Nampally.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The other face of Dhoolpet".
  2. ^ "How Raja Singh of Hyderabad's Goshamahal Emerged as the New Poster Boy of Hindutva".
  3. ^ "Hyd: 45 held in crackdown on illegal liquor manufacturing". Press Trust of India. 13 October 2014 – via Business Standard "The city police have arrested 45 persons in a massive cordon-and-search operation in Dhoolpet area here in a crackdown on manufacturing of illicit liquor...The area is notorious for bootlegging".
  4. ^ "Hyderabad's old faithfuls". The Times of India.