What is "patancheru"

Patancheru, also known as Patan Cheruvu, was an industrial zone located about 32 km from the city centre on the Hyderabad-Solapur highway, and around 18 km from HITEC City. Earlier, it was the headquarters of Bidar and Gulshanabad revenue divisions. M. Shankar Yadav is the newly elected Corporator for Patancheru Division and MLA is Gudem Mahipal Reddy. It has a number of temples built between 12th and 15th centuries. Patancheru is home to ICRISAT. The area is also home to a large number of pharmaceutical manufacturers, which has resulted in local river water being the most drug polluted water in the world.It is the most polluted area in continent Asia.

Patancheru Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 10 constituencies in Medak district. It is part of Medak Lok Sabha constituency.It is also one of the 24 constituencies of GHMC.

G. Mahipal Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat in 2014 Assembly Election.