Kothapet, Hyderabad
Census town is located in the Balapur mandal of Rangareddy District
Kothapet is a major commercial and residential suburb of Hyderabad, in Telangana state of India located around a strip of NH65. It belongs to Maheshwaram constituency of Ranga Reddy district.
History
Kothapet village was a gram panchayat until the passage of Government Order by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government wherein it was absorbed into the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority region thereby subsuming the municipality into the municipal corporation. The merger of the village into the municipality was challenged subsequently in a petition to the Telangana High Court, but the challenge was quashed due to lack of merit.
Economy
Kothapet houses one of largest fruit markets in the state of Telangana, and is an upcoming real estate destination. Owing to the congestion due to local businesses, it was proposed that the market in Gaddiannaram be shifted to Koheda.
Transport
The locality is served by TSRTC bus stops and Chaitanyapuri Metro Station of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Red Line Corridor.
Institutes
Hamstech Institute of Fashion & Interior Design is located here.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kothapet, Hyderabad” as census town is located in the Balapur mandal of Rangareddy District. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as census town is located in the Balapur mandal of Rangareddy District. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6434014. Authority coordinates are 17.376, 78.546. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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