Ghatkesar

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Ghatkesar
ఘటకేసర్
Ghatkeshwaram
Suburb
Ghatkesar is located in Telangana
Ghatkesar
Ghatkesar
Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country  India
State Telangana
District Rangareddy
Metro Hyderabad
Government
 • Body Major Gram panchayat
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 501 301
Vehicle registration TS-08

Ghatkesar is located east side of the city Hyderabad, India. The town has many residential townships. It is on the National Highway 202. Ghatkesar Mandal is home to Singapore Township. Ghatkesar is a growing residential and commercial suburban area due to presence of IT/ITES companies.[1]

Geography

  • Ghatkesar is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[2] It has an average elevation of 469 metres (1541 feet).
  • Ghatkesar is one of the main mandals in Rangareddy district.

Official information

  • Postal code for Ghatkesar is 501301 & Singapore Township is 500088.
  • STD code for Ghatkesar is 08415 or +918415.

Temple

  • Ghatkesar is well known for the Gattu Maisamma Temple Near the Bypass road in the Town.
  • There's also Lord Venkateshwara Temple, Lord hanuman temple & Geeta Mandir on kareemguda road.And a famous temple Lord Ranga Nayaka Swamy Temple(yedulabad-ghatkesar)

Transportation

  • Ghatkesar town is well connected to different parts of the cities.
  • The town is well connected to ECIL, Keesara, Tarnaka, Sainikpuri, BibiNagar, Bhongir, Hayathnagar and many other remote areas.
  • The closest Mmts Train station is at Secunderabad, Connected to cities like Warangal, Guntur, Repalle, Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, Etc. through trains.
  • There are various mini taxis and auto options available

Facilities

  • Green vacations & Adventure tours located in Ghatkesar.

Many Banks have their Presence in the area

Industries

  • Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea powder factory is located in Ghatkesar behind Ghatkesar railway station.Brooke Bond & Company was founded by Arthur Brooke who was born at 6 George Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England in 1845.

In 1903, Brooke Bond launched Red Label in India.First factory in India was at Ghatkesar in Hyderabad Deccan. Brooke Bond Workers Union is affiliated to it with Mulli Anjaneyulu Yadav as its president with around 1000 employees. the union established a school called Brooke bond karmika sangham high school for education of there children. It closed its operations in 2010 as per private industries act.

  • Kitti Steels is a steel factory located here.
  • Dano Chemicals is a chemical factory manufacturing medicines.

Medha Servo Drives Pvt. Ltd., situated at Jodimetla X Roads, Chowdaryguda village, Ghatkeasr Mandal, RR Dist - 500088 founded in 1984, is focused on rail transportation. Since inception, Medha has used Research and Development as a tool for success and today we are proud to be known for our product range, domain knowledge, design expertise, quality and manufacturing capabilities. Starting from humble beginning, over the last 30 years our company has grown to employ over 2000 talented people whose commitment has led to a sales revenue of INR 6.24 billion (approximately USD 100 million) for the year 2014-15, with the revenues growing at the rate of 43% year over year for the past ten years. Medha’s vision is to become world leader in railway products and to achieve this we specialise in three areas, Control Electronics, Power Electronics and safety critical Signalling.

Education

There are more than 50 secondary Government schools, 8 Upper Primary schools and 12 Primary schools. there are more than 9100 School students are Studying in Ghatkesar Mandal.

There are many Good Private Schools in the area such as:

  • St Anthony's high school
  • Vignan school
  • Shree Vidyaniketan international school
  • SPR school
  • Kendriya Vidyalaya
  • BMRS Grammar school
  • Pudami school
  • SR DIGI school
  • Narayana concept school
  • Ghatkesar Model High School
  • Holy Faith Grammar High School

Also there are more than 50 engineering colleges are in this Area. The following are some important educational institutions:

Features

  • Ghatkesar railway station is in the Secunderabad-Kazipet section of South Central Railway, Indian Railways.
  • Ghatkesar is rapidly developing. Presently Infosys spread in 460 acres of land and recruiting nearly 50,000 employees in which 8500 employers already working.
  • Not only this but also Axis Bank and Accenture have started their operations in Ghatkesar. Bajaj Allianz, Omnitech, Inventure, IBM and Genpact have announced their projects at Raheja IT SEZ in the area and recruiting 25000 employers in coming year[citation needed].
  • Ghatkesar has topped the fastest growing mandal list of Telangana state (ranked #4) with a decadal population growth record of 112%.[3]

Panchayats

There are 21 village panchayats in Ghatkesar mandal.[4]

Nearby cities and Towns

References