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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Dhoolpet                  
| settlement_type         = Inner city
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
| subdivision_type3       = Metro
| subdivision_name3       = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]
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| governing_body          = [[GHMC]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = 500 006
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'''Dhoolpet''' is part of the '''Old City''' of [[Hyderabad|Hyderabad India]]. This place is inhabited by people who migrated from [[Uttar Pradesh]] during the [[Nizam]] rule. The Nizam helped these people settle in this area.

This is popular for its Ganesh idols which are made for the festival [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]. People from all over the state come here to buy from this market. Many people here run seasonal businesses like idol- making. The historic Jummerat Bazaar, i.e. ''Thursday Market'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hyd-45-held-in-crackdown-on-illegal-liquor-manufacturing-114101301342_1.html|title=Hyd: 45 held in crackdown on illegal liquor manufacturing|agency=Press Trust of India|date=13 October 2014|via=Business Standard}}</ref> is a flea market held every Thursday in Dhoolpet. The bazaar people begin gathering Wednesday night with their wares Fardeenofficial and Pawan smartboy from palakallu  can be found selling pot everyday for their daily wages l.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/22860103.cms|title=Hyderabad’s old faithfuls|work=The Times of India}}</ref> One can expect to get a full-fledged cricket gear for less than US$10.

==Transport==
Dhoolpet, situated near Afzalgunj, is well connected by [[TSRTC]] buses (80 from Afzalgunj and 2J from Sec'bad).
The closest [[Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System|MMTS]] train station is Nampally.

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{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India]]