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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Uppal<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = te<br />
| other_name = Uppal Kamaan<br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = [[Suburb]]<br />
| image_skyline = Uppal aerial view.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Aerial view of Uppal<br />
| pushpin_map = India Telangana#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17.38|N|78.55|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Medchal-Malkajgiri district|Medchal-Malkajgiri]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = City<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Hyderabad]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 455<br />
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| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Urdu]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 500 039<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91 040<br />
| registration_plate = '''TS-08'''<br />
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'''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]].<ref name="district">{{cite web|title=Medchal−Malkajgiri district|url=http://newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in/uploads/gos-circulars/1476130732346249.Medchal.pdf|website=New Districts Formation Portal|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130125523/http://newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in/uploads/gos-circulars/1476130732346249.Medchal.pdf|archive-date=30 November 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It forms [[Hyderabad Corporation zones, circles and wards|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.<br />
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==Etymology and history==<br />
It was a municipality prior to its merger into the [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation|url=http://www.ghmc.gov.in/greaterhyd.asp|website=www.ghmc.gov.in|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101224338/http://www.ghmc.gov.in/greaterhyd.asp|archive-date=1 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
The words khurd and kalan were administrative terminology dating back to [[Mughal era|Mughal]] times, to differentiate two areas with the same name. Khurd means "small" and kalan means "big" are taken from [[Persian language]].<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Little Flower Junior College is located in Uppal.<br />
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Aurora Technical Institute is located in Uppal<br />
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== Transport ==<br />
[[Uppal metro station]] is located here. <br />
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== Religious Place ==<br />
Karigiri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple located in Swaroop Nagar Colony is one of well known religious places.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Uppal (Assembly constituency)]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad|state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]<br />
[[Category:Municipal wards of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
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