Uppal | |
Native Name Lang: | te |
Other Name: | Uppal Kamaan |
Settlement Type: | neighborhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Hyderabad#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hyderabad, India |
Coordinates: | 17.38°N 78.55°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Medchal-Malkajgiri |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Hyderabad |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 455 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 500039 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 91 040 |
Registration Plate: | TS-08 |
Uppal is a neighbourhood in Eastern Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the mandal headquarters of Uppal mandal in Keesara revenue division in Medchal-Malkajgiri district.[1] It forms Circle No.2 in the L. B. Nagar Zone of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. There are four wards i.e., Chilukanagar (7), Habsiguda (8), Ramanthapur (9) and Uppal (10) in this circle.
It was a municipality prior to its merger into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[2] 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.
India census,[3] 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.
Uppal metro station is located here.
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