Banjara Hills (Telugu: బంజారా హిల్స్) is an urban commercial center in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Banjara Hills is one of more than 150 cities/boroughs comprising Greater Hyderabad, the second largest metropolitan area in India. This is an upmarket locality and is close to Jubilee Hills. This area was a hilly forest area and was least inhabited in the past. Only few royal members of the Nizam's dynasty used to live here, and was also a hunting ground for the Nizams. Due to its history and status this area now has completely transformed to an urban commercial centre of importance. Banjara Hills is segregated by its road numbers, each road having its own importance.The road numbers start from 1 and end at 14.
Banjara Hills is considered the most expensive zip code in India according to Economic Times magazine (Neha Dewan, Aug 26, 2007) and along with Jubilee Hills is the most prestigious borough/city within the greater Hyderabad area to live in. Economic Times estimates that properties in Banjara Hills are worth "a whopping Rs 96,000 crore", an equivalent to US$20,794,944,000, (US$20.7 billion, as of Sep 8, 2011). The much neglected Banjara Lake is located here.
Read more about Banjara Hills: Commerce, Transport, Localities
Famous quotes containing the word hills:
“At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)