16 Facts About Uppala

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Uppala is a town and Headquarters of Manjeshwaram Taluk in Kasaragod district, Kerala, India.

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Uppala is located near the Arabian sea, and has a very low elevation of nine metres.

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Uppala is a major infrastructural hub in the district and is noted for jewellery shops, fast food restaurants and high residential flats which lie across the town.

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Uppala is the taluk headquarters of Manjeshwaram Taluk, which was carved out from Kasaragod taluk.

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Uppala River is known as Kalai River, originates from the Veerakamba Hills in Karnataka.

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Uppala river enters Kerala through Manjeshwar thaluk in Kasaragod and finally ends near Uppala Gate.

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Uppala's beaches include Uppala Beach, Aila beach, Moosodi Beach and fishing zone, Ayyoor-Parakkatta Beach, Ayyoor-Peringady beach and Berika Beach.

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Uppala is the neighbouring town for Kumbla, Manjeshwar, Paivalike, Puttur, Vittal, Kasaragod and Mangalore.

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People in Uppala speak many languages including Malayalam, Urdu, Tulu and Kannada.

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Uppala is well connected by road to Mangalore, Udupi, Manipal, Puttur, Kasaragod, Kannur, Calicut, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

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Uppala has a railway station, west from the heart of the town, where both the passenger and express trains stop.

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Uppala is connected to Mangalore, Kasaragod, Kanhangad, Kannur, Kottayam, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Trivandrum, Coimbatore, and many other towns and cities by railway.

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Uppala is the destination for a hundred thousand shoppers in the district.

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Uppala has a few private high schools but lacks enough quality pre-degree college and degree colleges for higher studies, which forces a huge number of students to rely on the neighbouring states like Karnataka.

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Uppala is home to many multi-millionaires, but the town lacks the basic infrastructure like quality hospitals, pre-degree colleges, degree colleges, waste management systems, proper two laned road connectivity with neighbouring places, Railway ROBs, a better railway station or municipality status due to lack of vision from their government leaders.

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Electricity in Uppala is regulated by the Kerala State Electricity Board.

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