Uppal is a suburb in Eastern Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the mandal headquarters of Uppal mandal in Keesara revenue division in

Medchal-Malkajgiri district Medchal−Malkajgiri district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Shamirpet is the headquarter of the district. It is the second most populous district with a population of 25 lakh and also 91.40% urbanized district in the state of ...

. It forms Circle No.2 in the L. B. Nagar Zone of

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the 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 cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

. There are four wards i.e., Chilukanagar (7),

Habsiguda Habsiguda is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is located at the eastern end of the city between Tarnaka and Uppal. It forms Ward No. 7 of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. History of Habsiguda The origin of the name ...

(8), Ramanthapur (9) and Uppal (10) in this circle.

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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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 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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