Though consisting of vacant plots till a few years back, the area is now bustling with commercial and residential establishments.
Popular areas located close to Ameerpet include Panjagutta, Begumpet, Sanath Nagar and Somajiguda.
[citation needed] Until the early 1990s, the area mostly consisted of vacant plots, Jagirdar lands, Nawabs houses, estates and roadside restaurants to serve the traffic along NH9 to Bombay.
In 1908, Nawab Zafar Jung studied astronomy in England and he returned to Hyderabad along with two telescopes and an expert, whom he promised a net salary of 1500 osmania sikkas per month.
In 1923, the equatorial telescope by G. Rubb was erected and a Milne-Shaw seismograph was installed for the study of earthquakes and a second machine was added in 1929.
The rest of the land of Ameerpet, after the merger of Hyderabad into the Indian Union, was later on passed on to his heirs who sold it in bits and pieces to other Jagirdars, nawabs, and other settlers.
Telugu actor Allu Arjun bought Satyam theatre and developed his own multiplex called AAA Cinemas at that place.
The closest MMTS Train station is at Nature Cure hospital Railway Station and Begumpet Railway Station Landmarks include Nizamia Observatory, Saradhi Studios, HUDA Maitrivanam, Huda Swarna Jayanti Complex, Aditya Enclave, Aditya Trade Centre, Aster Prime Hospital, Passport Seva Kendra, Ameerpet Gurudwara, Ameerpet IT Training Centre, Asian Satyam Mall (AAA Cinemas), Masjid-E-Akhtarunissa Begum, Vcare Multi Speciality Hospital, Elephant House, and Training and Consulting Services & VASAVI MPM GRAND[5] The pin code number 500016 belongs to Hyderabad, Telangana which covers 2 post offices.