Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Telangana Reorganises Hyderabad Police Jurisdictions After Municipal Boundary Changes
The Government of Telangana changed the map used by police in Hyderabad.
The changes affect the Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri commissionerates.
In total, 76 police units had their boundaries changed.
The goal is to match police areas with new municipal boundaries.
Officials said this should help police supervise areas and respond more quickly.
Some neighborhoods will now be handled by different police stations or zones.
A new Uppal zone and several divisions were created in Malkajgiri.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport police station was also renamed Shamshabad police station.
The Telangana government redrew 76 police jurisdictional units across Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri commissionerates.
The changes align police boundaries with the restructured Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and aim to improve supervision, response times and law-and-order management.
Several areas shifted between police stations, zones and commissionerates, including portions of Market and Abdullapurmet.
Malkajgiri gained a new Uppal zone, along with Uppal, Medipally and Alwal divisions and an Uppal traffic division.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport police station was renamed Shamshabad police station, while women-safety and cybercrime jurisdictions were also remapped.
- Who
- The Government of Telangana and the Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri police commissionerates.
- What
- Police station, zone, division, traffic, women-safety and cybercrime jurisdictions were reorganised across the Hyderabad area.
- Where
- The Hyderabad metropolitan area, including the Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri commissionerates.
- Why
- To align police jurisdictions with restructured Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation boundaries and improve supervision, response time and law-and-order management.
- Police units affected
- 76 law-and-order, traffic, women-safety and cybercrime-related units
- Commissionerates involved
- Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri
- New Malkajgiri zone
- Uppal law-and-order zone
- New Malkajgiri divisions
- Uppal, Medipally and Alwal, plus a new Uppal traffic division
- Abolished zone
- Begumpet law-and-order zone
- Airport station change
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport police station renamed Shamshabad police station
- Other changes
- Women police stations and zonal cyber cells were mapped to revised zones