Uppal is a suburb in Eastern

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

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Zone of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. There are four wards i.e., Chilukanagar (7), Habsiguda (8),

Ramanthapur Ramanthapur lies in the eastern part of the city of Hyderabad, located in the Indian state of Telangana. It lies between Uppal and Amberpet, on the road from Uppal to Kachiguda. The area has been drastically developed when compared to the early ...

(9) and Uppal (10) in this circle.

Etymology and history

It was a municipality prior to its merger into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The words khurd and kalan were administrative terminology dating back to

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times, to differentiate two areas with the same name. Khurd means "small" and kalan means "big" are taken from

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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.

Education

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

Transport

Uppal metro station Uppal metro station is located on the Blue Line of the Hyderabad Metro. It is near to Kendriya Vidyalaya, Uppal X Roads, Uppal Police station, Karachi Bakery, Rajlakshmi Theatre, Uppal Bus stop. History It was opened on 29 November 2017. The ...

is located here.

Religious Place

Qutub Shahi Mosque located on the main road of Uppal. dated back to 400 years one of the biggest Mosques in Uppal Karigiri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple located in Swaroop Nagar Colony is one of well known religious places. Chilkanagar Church near Srinivasa heights very famous church in Uppal

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