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

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.

It is a major business hub in the district and also contributed for the rise in remittance in the state, in the most prevalent sectors like real estate, infrastructure, financial institutions, hospitality and healthcare.

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

Suburbs of the town include Cherugoli (Mangalpady), Deenar Nagar, Uppala Gate, Hanafi Bazar, Nayabazar, Moosodi, Hanuman nagar, Kondevoor, Kodibail, Songal, Kodanga, Pathwadi,Baliyoor,Mulinja, Mannamkuzhi, Bappaithotti, Manimunda, Kukkar, Kaikamba (Bombay Bazar), Turti, Bhagavathi, Kuntupuni, vikram bazar, Hidayath Bazar, Hidayath Nagar, Pachilampara, Aila, Kuntupuni, Hajimalang Road, Bekoor, Kubanoor, Kedakkar .

The male female sex ratio was 1119 women per 1000 men higher than state average of 1084.

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

on Pathwadi road, Kerala Water Authority Pump House at Cherugoli, cultural centre and library at Nayabazar, Lion's Club at Nayabazar, and Govt Kerosene Supply bunk at Ambar.

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

Uppala-Bayar road connects Uppala with Paivalike, Bayar and leads to Kanyana, Vittal and Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

Buses which moves from Mangalore to Thiruvananthapuram stops in Uppala Bus Station.

Uppala has a railway station, west from the heart of the town, where the passenger and only one express train stop.

The railway station does not have basic infrastructure facilities like reservation facility, triple tracks, better language service, rest rooms, security force, complaint service, canteen, shops,etc.

The State Government have built a new port capable of 275 boats in Moosodi near Manjeshwar.

The shop category mainly includes fashion, jewellery, food and automobile.

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.

Uppala is also 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.

Small private hospitals like KNH Hospital at Uppala railway station road and Health Care Center has got underwhelming health infrastructure and cleanliness for present standards.

Most students here do 10th grade from these centres and favour colleges in Mangalore for their higher education.