Statistics

Area	260 Sq. Km
Population	Approx 7 million
Growth Rate	9.5%
Land Use	Urban 93% , Agriculture 1.7%, Water Spread 5.3%
Altitude	536 metres above sea level
Languages	Hindi, Urdu,Telugu, English
Industries	Cotton and silk textiles, cigarettes, paper, pottery, glassware and more recently information technology and call centres.
Character	The area exhibits undulating topography with number of tanks and hill ranges. The elevation ranging between 500 to 600m. While Banjara, Jubilee, Golconda, Nawabat Pahad, Tirumalagiri and Moula Ali are prominent hill ranges, Hussain Sagar and Mir Alam are prominent tanks located within the city. Hussain Sagar located in the heart of the city bifurcates it into Secunderabad and Hyderabad. The Musi river passing through the middle of Hyderabad city flows in an easterly direction.
Weather	Summer temperatures range from a mean maximum of 40 deg centigrade to a mean minimum of 30 deg centigrade. Winter temperatures range from 22 deg centigrade. to 14 deg centrigrade. The monsoon season normally occurs from June to December. Registers rainfall of about 89 cms.
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