Dhoolpet

Dhoolpet
—  neighbourhood  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Hyderabad
Parliamentary constituency	Hyderabad
Assembly constituency	Karwan
Planning Agency	GHMC
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 500 006

Dhoolpet is one of the old suburbs in Hyderabad, India. It is part of the old city of Hyderabad. This place is inhabited by people who migrated from Uttar Pradesh during the Nizam rule.

This is popular for its Ganesh idols which are made for the festival Ganesh Chaturthi. People from all over the state come here to buy from this market. People of the suburb on many seasonal businesses like idol making even for Durgashtami, kite making for Pongal, rakhis etc.

The historic Jummerat Bazaar i.e. 'Thursday Market' is held every Thursday in Dhoolpet. This market is a kind of flea market where most of the stuuf is supposedly stolen stuff. the Jumme Raat Bazaar comes alive every Thursday morning. In fact, people begin gathering Wednesday night with their wares.^[1]One can expect to get a full fledged cricket gear for less than 10USD.

Commercial area

Previously due to lack of education people started doing wrong jobs and unaware of the laws of constitution. And due to poverty people have to adopt this type of jobs

Transport

Dhoolpet is connected by buses run by APSRTC, since a Bus Depot is close by, it is well connected. Buses that run are 80 from Afzalgunj, 2J from Secunderabad Station.

The closest MMTS train station is at Uppuguda and railway station is Nampally.

References

1. ^ Times of India