The discourse over environmental sustainability revolves around changes in land use and land cover because they are major contributors to global environmental change. As cities grow, they consume more and more farmland, forest, and water sources. Several urban environmental problems, including worsening air quality, more frequent and severe flooding due to enhanced runoff, higher average temperatures, a decline in water quality, and so on, can be traced back to unchecked urban sprawl. In this paper, we use the city of Hyderabad as a case to examine urban growth and land cover change from 2011 to 2021. Geographical land use variations that transpired during the study period are investigated using remote sensing techniques. Change detection analysis shows that Built-up area has been increased by 0.87%, Open scrub land has been increased by 1.93%, waste lands are decreased by 1.08%, Agricultural area land in Kharif crop has been increased by 0.14%, at the time of Rabi crop it was decreased by 93.35% and at the time of Double cropped area it was decreased by 2.06%; water bodies are reduced by 0.32%. The government of Telangana may have been responsible for the massive increase in new plantation (69%) with their Haritha haram programme. Local governments and urban planners can use the results of studies on urban development, land use, and land cover change to frame the city's long-term, environmentally friendly growth.