Uppal Kalan or Uppal or Pedda Uppal or Oopal or Upal is a Suburban place, Mandal in Rangareddi district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Uppal Municipality consists of Uppal, Ramanthapur and Habsiguda villages. It is located east of Hyderabad city on National Highway 202 (India) to Warangal and Northern bank of River Musi.


Demographics

As of 2001[update] India census,[1] 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 75,644. The recorded growth rate of this area in 10 years (1991–2001) was about 56 percent.
Features

* Uppal Kalan had become the first municipality in Andhra Pradesh State to have a full-fledged underground sewerage network[citation needed].

* There are four lakes, two each in Uppal and Ramanthapur.

Places of interest
National Highway 202 (India) on the outskirts of Uppal Kalan

* The Advanced Training Institute for Electronics and Process Instrumentation (ATI-EPI), Ramanthapur
* Doordarshan Kendra T.V. Studios, Ramanthapur
* J.P.S. Government Homeopathic Medical College, Ramanthapur
* The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur
* Kendriya Vidyalaya Uppal
* Little Flower Junior College
* Prof. G.M. Reddy Research Foundation[1]
* Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (formerly Visaka International Stadium)
* Survey of India (Andhra Pradesh Geo-spatial Data Centre)
* Uppal Mosque is located at Uppal Kalan along the Warangal Road. It has façade of three arches. The mosque was built during the reign of Abdullah Qutb Shah
* ATRI located in Parvathapur 3 km from Uppal is an Aurora's technological and research institute.*[Genpact] along uppal-habsiguda road
* Ashok LeylandHeavy vehicle manufacture unit
* Lord Sri Karigiri Venkateshwara Temple
* Lord Sri Rama Temple located opp. lane to Gandhi Statue
* Genpact - Business Process Management | Technology Management
* National Geophysical Research Institute