Uppal is a neighbourhood in Eastern

Hyderabad, Telangana Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is sit ...

, India. It is the mandal headquarters of Uppal mandal in Keesara revenue division in Medchal-Malkajgiri district. It forms Circle No.2 in the L. B. Nagar Zone of

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the city of Hyderabad. It is one of the largest munici ...

. There are four wards i.e., Chilukanagar (7), Habsiguda (8), Ramanthapur (9) and Uppal (10) in this circle.

Demographics

India

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, Uppal Kalan had a population of 118,259. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Uppal Kalan has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 66%. In Uppal Kalan, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. In 1991, it had a population of 78,644. The recorded growth rate of this area in 10 years (1991–2001) was about 56 percent.

Etymology and history

It was a municipality prior to its merger into the

. The words khurd and kalan were administrative terminology dating back to Mughal times, to differentiate two areas with the same name. Khurd means "small" and kalan means "big" are taken from

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Education

*St. Marks High School *Global Indian International School *Little Flower Junior College *Aurora Technical Research Institute *Joshi Vidya Niketan School

Religious Place

Sri ayyappa devasthanam survey of India colony uppal, a 52 years old ayyappa temple 1st ayyappa temple in Hyderabad and Telangana state Sri Sri Sri Uppalamma Temple is one of the famous temples in the locality. It is near Uppal X roads Karigiri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple located in Swaroop Nagar Colony is one of well known religious places Sri Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam in Beerappagadda is also a well known temple in Uppal Other religious places include Qutub Shahi Mosque and Chilkanagar Church

Transport

Uppal metro station is located here.

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