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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
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, 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
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 ...
. 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
Persian language Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...
.


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.


See also

* Uppal (Assembly constituency)


References

Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Municipal wards of Hyderabad, India {{Telangana-stub