Babji Yana's answer at Quora on 28th June 2019
Probably “Mankal”, the habitation inside fortified Golconda (Golla Konda, Shepherd Hill or Gol Konda, round shaped Hill) is the oldest locality in Hyderabad.
Several localities of present day Hyderabad were named after royal notables or buildings or people or purposes, but a few hundred years ago, all the localities that now fall under Hyderabad were villages and thandas with different names.
Today, the population of Hyderabad is approx 1.45 crores. The area of GHMC is about 650 sqkms while the HMDA covers a rough 7250 sqkms. Hyderabad includes Golconda walled City, Hyderabad Old City, Hyderabad New City, Secunderabad City, Cyberabad City, Cantonments, Colonies & Settlements towards northeast of Secunderabad and their peripheries both inside and outside Nehru Outer Ring Road.
According to history, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah built a township 5 miles east of Golconda on the northern banks of River Musi starting with Charminar in 1591 because Golconda, the walled city was found congested.
Thus, the oldest locality of Hyderabad lies inside Golconda followed by the area around Charminar.
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