Gachibowli is a suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, located in the Serilingampally mandal of the Rangareddy district.[3] It is situated about 5 km away from HITEC City, another IT hub. Gachibowli is home to numerous tech companies and residential units.[4] It has a vast area and is dotted with rocky surface and hillocks all around.

Gachibowli Financial District
Suburb
Sky Line of Gachibowli From ICICI Bank Towers
Nickname(s):  Gachibowli, Financial District, FD
Gachibowli Location in Telangana, India Show map of Telangana Gachibowli Gachibowli (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 17.4372°N 78.3444°E / 17.4372; 78.3444
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Ranga Reddy District
Metro	Hyderabad
Government
• MLA	Arekapudi Gandhi(TRS)
• Member of Parliament	G. Ranjith Reddy
Area
• Total	27.3 km2 (10.5 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	149,264
• Density	5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	500032,[1] 500075[2]
Vehicle registration	TS
Lok Sabha constituency	Chevella (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Serilingampally (Vidan Sabha constituency)
Civic agency	GHMC
Website	telangana.gov.in

Etymology

The word ‘Gachi’ means lime mortar and ‘bowli’ comes from the word ‘baoli’ which means a well.[5] Thus the area ‘Gachibowli’ is named after the presence of a well plastered with limestone. The Asaf Jahi period 200 year old Gachibowli Stepwell, next to Jama Masjid-E-Dilawarsha Begum, was revived and inaugurated in November 2021.[6]

Gachibowli- ORR Junction

There are multi-level flyovers at the Outer Ring Road entrance at the Gachibowli Junction,[7] which are constructed as part of Strategic Road Development Program (SRDP). As per 2022 traffic study conducted by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the peak hour traffic at Gachibowli junction stands at 9,806 PCU (Passenger Car Unit)/per hour. By 2036, the same junction is estimated to face a traffic of 17,711 PCU/hour.[8] The four-lane bi-directional flyover from Shilpa Layout to the Outer Ring Road near Gachibowli Junction is set to be inaugurated on November 2022.[9][10] This 823-metre-long, 16.60-metre-wide flyover has two twin steel girders. Some spans of this flyover are placed across the existing Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover. The construction of another six-lane bidirectional flyover in the direction of the Kondapur side towards ORR at the second level crossing, Gachibowli Junction is expected to complete by December 2023. This flyover will be 816 metres long and 24 metres wide.

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  existing Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover
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  ORR entrance at the Gachibowli Junction in 2012
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  ORR entrance at the Gachibowli Junction in 2015
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  Gachibowli Crossroad Flyover in 2022

Cityscape

Gachibowli IT & Financial District Skyline View

Gachibowli stadiums in the foreground, high rises in the background

GMC Balayogi Stadium

Gachibowli Aquatics Complex

Gachibowli Indoor Stadium

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  Amazon campus in Financial district.jpg
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  Q-city
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  ICICI bank financial district hyderabad
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  Waverock buildings
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  CARE Hospitals, Gachibowli

Schools and Colleges

One campus of CHIREC International is situated in Gachibowli. The Gachibowli branch, which caters to students from Grades 1 through 3, was inaugurated in 2012. Kendriya Vidyalaya is also situated in Gachibowli. Maulana Azad National Urdu University is also located in Gachibowli. There is one off-campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad in Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Center, Gachibowli.[11]

See also

• List of flyovers and under-passes in Hyderabad
• Khajaguda
• List of tallest buildings in Hyderabad
• Financial District, Hyderabad

References

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