Editing Hyderabad (section)

=== Local government ===
{{See also|Administrative divisions of Hyderabad}}
[[File:GHMC NEW ZONES,CIRCLE MAP.jpg|thumb|right|The GHMC is divided into six municipal zones]]
The [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] (GHMC) oversees the civic infrastructure of the city, there are six administrative zones of GHMC: South Zone–([[Charminar]]), East Zone–([[L. B. Nagar]]), West Zone–([[Serilingampally]]), North Zone–([[Kukatpally]]), Northeast Zone–([[Secunderabad]]) and Central Zone–([[Khairatabad]]); these zones consist of 30 "circles", which together encompass [[Administrative divisions of Hyderabad|150 municipal wards]]. Each ward is represented by a [[corporator]], elected by popular vote, {{as of|2020|lc=on}} the city has 7,400,000 voters of which 3,850,000 are male and 3,500,000 are female.<ref name="news18">{{cite news |title=Live Results: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Elections 2020 |url=https://www.news18.com/ghmc-election-results-2020-tally-live/ |newspaper=[[Network18 Group]] |year=2020 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002074354/https://www.news18.com/ghmc-election-results-2020-tally-live/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The corporators elect the [[Mayor]], who is the [[Titular ruler|titular head]] of GHMC; executive powers rest with the Municipal Commissioner, appointed by the state government. The GHMC carries out the city's infrastructural work such as building and maintenance of roads and drains, town planning including construction regulation, maintenance of municipal markets and parks, solid waste management, the issuing of birth and death certificates, the issuing of trade licences, collection of property tax, and community welfare services such as mother and child healthcare, and pre-school and non-formal education.<ref name="citi charter">{{cite web |title=Citizen's charter |url=http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/Citizen%20Charter-19.06.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717215758/http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/Citizen%20Charter-19.06.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2013 |publisher=GHMC |access-date=31 July 2013}}</ref> The GHMC was formed in April 2007 by merging the [[Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad]] (MCH) with 12 municipalities of the [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]], [[Ranga Reddy district|Ranga Reddy]] and [[Medak district|Medak]] districts covering a total area of {{cvt|650|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Drinking water: issues in access and equity |url=http://jointactionforwater.org/sites/default/files/Hyderabad-Water-Briefing-paper-CR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110235911/http://jointactionforwater.org/sites/default/files/Hyderabad-Water-Briefing-paper-CR.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |publisher=jointactionforwater.org |last=Ramachandraia |first=C |year=2009 |access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>{{rp|3}} The [[Secunderabad Cantonment Board]] is a civic administration agency overseeing an area of {{cvt|40.1|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Wba ci rep">{{cite web |title=Exploring urban growth management in three developing country cities |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANDEVELOPMENT/Resources/336387-1169585750379/Urban_Growth_June_2008.pdf |publisher=[[World Bank]] |date=15 June 2008 |access-date=6 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605133128/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANDEVELOPMENT/Resources/336387-1169585750379/Urban_Growth_June_2008.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>{{rp|93}} where there are several military camps.<ref name="cgg Hyderabad 1">{{cite web |title=Survey of child labour in slums of Hyderabad: final report |url=http://cgg.gov.in/publicationdownloads/Survey%20of%20Child%20Labour%20in%20slums%20of%20Hyderabad.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629112955/http://cgg.gov.in/publicationdownloads/Survey%20of%20Child%20Labour%20in%20slums%20of%20Hyderabad.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2012 |publisher=Center for Good Governance, Hyderabad |date=17 December 2008 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>{{rp|2}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Information hand book under right to information act Secunderabad cantonment board |url=http://scb.aponline.gov.in/SCBPortal/RTI-Act.pdf |publisher=[[Secunderabad Cantonment Board]] |page=6 |access-date=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110232944/http://scb.aponline.gov.in/SCBPortal/RTI-Act.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> The [[Osmania University]] campus is administered independently by the university authority.<ref name="Wba ci rep" />{{rp|93}} Appointed in February 2021, [[Gadwal Vijayalakshmi]] of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) is serving as the mayor of GHMC.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor a highly educated and accomplished person |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/mayor-a-highly-educated-and-accomplished-person/article33814972.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=18 February 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222145640/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/mayor-a-highly-educated-and-accomplished-person/article33814972.ece |archive-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>

In Hyderabad [[Law enforcement agency|police]] jurisdiction is divided into three commissionerates: [[Hyderabad City Police|Hyderabad]] (established in 1847 AD, the oldest police commissionerate in India<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jafri |first=Syed Amin |date=22 September 2014 |title=Hyderabad city police poised for makeover |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabad-city-police-poised-for-makeover/articleshow/43109674.cms |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref>), [[Cyberabad Metropolitan Police|Cyberabad]], and [[Rachakonda Police Commissionerate|Rachakonda]], each headed by a [[Commissioner of Police (India)|commissioner of police]], who are [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officers. The Hyderabad police is a division of the [[Telangana Police]], under the state Home Ministry.<ref name="hp">{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://hyderabadpolice.gov.in/AboutUs.html |publisher=Hyderabad City Police |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609141301/https://hyderabadpolice.gov.in/AboutUs.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cp">{{cite web |title=Know your police station |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/who-will-control-law-and-order-in-hyderabad-after-formation-of-telangana/articleshow/26730958.cms?from=mdr |work=The Economic Times |date=2 December 2013 |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525091908/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/who-will-control-law-and-order-in-hyderabad-after-formation-of-telangana/articleshow/26730958.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live}}</ref>

The jurisdictions of the city's administrative agencies are, in ascending order of size: the Hyderabad Police area, Hyderabad district, the GHMC area ("Hyderabad city"), and the area under the [[Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority]] (HMDA). The HMDA is an apolitical urban planning agency that covers the GHMC and its suburbs, extending to 54 ''[[Tehsil|mandals]]'' in five districts encircling the city. It coordinates the development activities of GHMC and suburban municipalities and manages the administration of bodies such as the [[Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board]] (HMWSSB).<ref name="HMDA1">{{cite web |title=Welcome to HMDA |url=http://www.hmda.gov.in/ |work=[[Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority]] |access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208055156/http://www.hmda.gov.in/ |archive-date=8 February 2015}}</ref>

Hyderabad is the seat of the [[Government of Telangana]], [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] and the President of India's winter retreat [[Rashtrapati Nilayam]], as well as the [[Telangana High Court]] and various local government agencies. The Lower City Civil Court and the Metropolitan Criminal Court are under the jurisdiction of the High Court.<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Retreats |url=https://presidentofindia.nic.in/presidential-retreats.htm |work=[[National Informatics Centre]] |date=5 August 2019 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908052437/https://presidentofindia.nic.in/presidential-retreats.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="toi her">{{cite news |title=Advantage Telangana over immovable assets |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advantage-Telangana-over-immovable-assets/articleshow/21521630.cms?referral=PM |last=Nagaraju |first=Jinka |newspaper=The Times of India |date=1 August 2013 |access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910235124/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advantage-Telangana-over-immovable-assets/articleshow/21521630.cms?referral=PM |archive-date=10 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=India |url=http://www.redress.org/downloads/country-reports/india.pdf |publisher=[[Redress (charitable organisation)]] |year=2002 |access-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004082512/http://www.redress.org/downloads/country-reports/india.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2012}}</ref>{{rp|1}} The GHMC area contains 24 State Legislative Assembly constituencies,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Roushan |title=24 seats at stake as titans clash for Greater Hyderabad pie |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/24-seats-at-stake-as-titans-clash-for-greater-hyderabad-pie/articleshow/104514077.cms |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=18 October 2023 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223452/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/24-seats-at-stake-as-titans-clash-for-greater-hyderabad-pie/articleshow/104514077.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=KCR's early election gamble gives enough ammo to TRS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kcrs-early-election-gamble-gives-enough-ammo-to-trs/articleshow/66104449.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007181033/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kcrs-early-election-gamble-gives-enough-ammo-to-trs/articleshow/66104449.cms |archive-date=7 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> which form five constituencies of the [[Lok Sabha]] (the [[lower house]] of the Parliament of India).<ref name="GHMC-The Hindu">{{cite news |title=GHMC polls: all set for the d-day |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ghmc-polls-all-set-for-the-dday/article52463.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=22 November 2009 |access-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110235141/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ghmc-polls-all-set-for-the-dday/article52463.ece |archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>