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Yapral

human settlement in Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ8049130
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Yapral is a neighborhood in the suburbs of north-eastern Secunderabad, Telangana, India. It was known as a village Panchayat until the mid-1980s when it became part of the Municipal Corporation of Alwal (MCA). In 2007, 12 municipalities, including Alwal, and eight village Panchayats in and around Hyderabad were merged to become the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Since then, Yapral has been a part of GHMC (Neredmet Division, Malkajgiri Circle). But it falls under Alwal Revenue Mandal.

Communities and neighborhoods

In the mid-1980s, Yapral was a village surrounded by agricultural land with less than 3000 residents. Shortly thereafter, the surrounding farmland transformed into a huge residential area consisting of posh, gated communities, and high-rise apartments. A similar change took place in the village itself, with most of the old houses being replaced by single/multi-story buildings. Posh communities in the village include Bhanu Enclave, Sylvan Greens, Oorjitha Rali Grand Villas, Greenwood Residency, Mecquery Royal Opal, Patel's green park, green front, Mani Enclave, Prakrutikh Vihar, jupally homes, Tulsi Gardens, Shaili Gardens, Mahalakshmipuri Colony, Radha Regal Rows, Swarnandhra, Pedso 1 and 2, Sabari Niwas, Habitat Royale, G K Pride, DBR Enclave, Shridi enclave, Shanthi nagar, Sai Krupa Colony, and Employees Colony, Sai enclave, Lake Meadows alongside many others like Rajha Convention. Nearby villages include Sainikpuri, Kapra, Alwal, Bolarum, and Kowkur.

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This entry incorporates text from Yapral” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.