Lalapet

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}}

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| name = Lalapet

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| settlement_type = neighbourhood

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| pushpin_map = India Hyderabad#India

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hyderabad, India

| coordinates = {{coord|17.4397|N|78.542377|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Metro

| subdivision_name1 = Telangana

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Hyderabad District

| subdivision_name3 = Hyderabad Metropolitan Region

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| governing_body = GHMC

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 500017

| registration_plate = TG

| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency

| blank1_info_sec1 = Secunderabad

| website = {{URL|telangana.gov.in}}

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| demographics1_info1 = Telugu, Urdu

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| blank3_name_sec1 = Planning agency

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Lalapet is a very old suburb located in Hyderabad. The suburb is located at about {{convert|5.5|km|mi}} from Secunderabad.{{cite book |last=Alam |first=Shah Manzoor |author-link= |date=2011 |title= Urban Growth Theories and Settlement Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2E-XejrqHt0C&dq=Lalapet,+Hyderabad&pg=PA154 |location= |publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=154 |isbn=978-81-8069-739-5}} Earlier when Lalapet was still a village, the entire locality was enclosed in a protective wall. The wall was built during the regime of Qutb Shahi. It is also claimed by locals that Asaf Jahi rulers would stop at Lalapet while travelling to the shrine at Moula Ali. The wall constructed using stones and masonry was reportedly almost {{convert|15|ft|m}} high and had four darwazas (gateway). The walls and the gateways are being gradually demolished and as of today only two gateways are left.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2019-01-10/Grave-threat-to-Lalapet-walls-darwazas/472533|publisher=Hans India|title=Grave threat to Lalapet walls & darwazas|first=Venu|last=T. P|date=2019-01-10|access-date=2024-11-29}}

Vijaya Dairy, one of the oldest dairies at Hyderabad was established in 1967 at Lalapet.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/state-government-launches-review-of-controversial-vijaya-dairy-raviryal-facility-amid-production-concerns/articleshow/114023292.cms|work=The Times of India|title=State Government initiates review of Vijaya dairy Raviryal facility|first=Sribala |last=Vadlapatla|date=2024-10-08|access-date=2024-11-29}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/tsddcf-draws-up-aggressive-expansion-plans-with-246-crore/article29215365.ece|work=The Hindu|title=State-of-the-art processing plant to come up in Lalapet|first=Rajeev |last=M|date=2024-10-08|access-date=2024-11-29}}