Malkajgiri also known as Mallikarjuna Giri (ancient name) is a suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is located in Medchal–Malkajgiri district and also Sub-District in Medchal District is the headquarters of Malkajgiri mandal in Malkajgiri revenue division. Erstwhile Malkajgiri Major Grampanchayat was upgraded to a municipality in 1965 and became a municipal corporation in 1985. 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 2016.
Etymology
The ancient name of Malkajgiri was Mallikarjuna Giri
dedicated to Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple on Hills. Which eventually turned as the present. Earlier Malkajgiri has its own fort. Now its became ruins, we see walls and watch towers in Old Malkajgiri Area - Shaw Wallace Factory (Present).
The lakes like Safilguda Nadimi cheruvu, Safilguda Banda cheruvu, Ramakrishnapuram Munkidigan cheruvu are famous which falls under Neredmet (Esterwile Village). And also lots of small ponds which are vanished now. It has well connections with Moula-Ali history.
Demographics
As of the 2001 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 first in the 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 & Alwal Municipalities. Malkajgiri : Malkajgiri, Mirjalguda, Moulali, Neredmet, Yapral, Kowkoor. Alwal : Maccha Bollaram, Venkatapuram. After district bifurcation "or" formation Alwal Municipality became a New Mandal "Alwal mandal."
Villages in Malkajgiri Mandal
Malkajgiri is a Mandal in Ranga Reddy (Eastrwile) district of Telangana state in India. Below is the list of Towns and Villages in Malkajgiri Mandal. Total Number of Villages in this Mandal list are 7.
Alwal (Municipality) Ammuguda Kowkur Lothkunta Macha Bolaram Malkajgiri (Municipality) Yapral Later some villages merged in Alwal and formed Alwal Mandal by burificating Malkajgiri Mandal in 2017.
At Present now Malkajgiri Mandal has following neighbourhoods erstwhile Villages:
Malkajgiri has two revenue villages. They are Malkajgiri and Ammuguda Villages. Malkajgiri Major Village Consists of, Malkajgiri Main Village (Including Talla Basthi, Hanumanpet,Mirzalguda earlier Hamlet villages) Neredmet Main Village (Including earlier Hamlet villages Safilguda, Ramakrishnapuram) Moula Ali (Some parts of it later merged into Cherlapally Village i.e. Cherlapally Jail to Moula Ali Sub Station Areas).
The Ammuguda revenue village consists of, Ammuguda Village
Localities with in Malkajgiri Village
Malkajgiri Village has six sub regions in it. They are Old Malkajgiri, Malkajgiri X Roads, Old Mirzalguda, New Mirzalguda, Anutex, Hanumanpet.
Old Malakajgiri
Bala Saraswathi Nagar
Kummari Wada Basthi
Narsimha Reddy Nagar
Maruthi Nagar
Old Malkajgiri Village
Durga Nagar
Sathi Reddy Nagar
Chinthal Basthi
Venkateshwara Nagar
Patel Nagar
Shawallace liquor company Area.(Ancient Fort Ruins Area)
Malkajgiri X Roads
Sanjay Nagar
Sanjeev Nagar
Brundavan Colony
Venkateshwara Nagar
Geetha Nagar (Municipal Office & District Hospital Area) Shawallace liquor company Area
Old Mirzalguda
Old Mirzalguda
Mirzalguda X Road
Yadav Nagar
Ekalavya Nagar
Goutham Nagar
Mallikarjuna Nagar ( Ancient Mallanna Temple Area or Mallikarjunagiri) Veena Pani Nagar Raja Nagar Madhusudhan Nagar Malkajgri Railway Station Area Bank Colony Sivapuri Colony New Shivapuri Colony
New Mizalguda
Raja Srinivas Nagar Colony
BJR Nagar
Vasanthapuri Colony
Sripuri Colony
Ambedkar Nagar
PVN Colony
Raghavendra Nagar
Vasantha Vihar Colony
Jawahar Nagar
Anutex
Vani Nagar
Bhavani Nagar
Sai Nagar ( Sai Baba Temple)