Malkajgiri


Malkajgiri is a suburb of Hyderabad in the Medchal–Malkajgiri district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of Malkajgiri mandal in Malkajgiri revenue division. Erstwhile Malkajgiri Major Village Panchayati, Then upgraded as municipality, after that became Municipal Corporation, before it was merged into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in 2007.
It was a part of Ranga Reddy district before the re-organisation of districts in the state. Now it's in Medchal-Malkajgiri district.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census,.
Malkajgiri had a population of 413,571. The population is 51% male and 49% female. Malkajgiri has an average literacy ratio of 87% with a total of 321,525 literates. In terms of literacy, Malkajgiri ranked at 1st in K.V.Rangareddy district, higher than the national averages of 59.5%; male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 65%. In Malkajgiri, 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Malkajgiri mandal before bifurcated used to be much larger,
It consisted of two municipal units.
They are
Malkajgiri Municipality & Alwal Municipalities.
Malkajgiri is administered by GHMC as Circle No. 28 which falls under Secunderabad Zone. It includes seven wards which include:
Malkajgiri is well-connected with other parts of the city by road as well as rail. The Malkajgiri Junction Railway Station is located at the backside of St. Martins High School will soon be converted into a major junction. Until now the station has 4 tracks and 3 Platforms in which 2nd&3rd Platforms are only Electrified. There is a Railway Reservation Complex too. thereby connecting it to most of the places by rail route.
Nearest metro station is Mettuguda on Blue line of Hyderabad Metro.

Railway Stations

Malkajgiri has six Suburban railway stations with two more under construction.
Under Construction - MMTS Phase
Malkajgiri is less than 15 drive from Secunderabad Railway Station. It is also just 3 km away from Mettuguda junction, where the road leading to Uppal and the International Airport is being expanded into eight lanes.

Politics

is India's largest constituency. The Malkajgiri is a new constituency formed after the delimitation of constituencies. The General elections held in 2009 were the first elections to be held in this constituency. Akula Rajender Mudiraj was elected as MLA in 2009. In the 2014 general assembly elections, C. Kanaka Reddy won by 2768 votes against Ram Chander Rao.N.

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