Amroha

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City in Uttar Pradesh, India

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::summary City in Uttar Pradesh, India ::

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Geography

Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad, near the Sot (सोत) River. Being just 130 km away, Amroha's weather is very similar to Delhi's. The city is divided into localities and blocks. The climate of Amroha is similar to other districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, situated at the base of the Himalayas, which becomes hot in summer and dry and cold in winter.

Demographics

Amroha is a city in Uttar Pradesh. As per the 2011 census, Amroha had a population of 198,471. Population of children within the age group of 0–6 is 28323 which is 14.27% of the total population of Amroha (NPP). In Amroha Nagar Palika Parishad, the female sex ratio is of 925 against the state average of 912. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Amroha is around 950 compared to the Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The total number of literates in Amroha was 198,471, which constituted 53.5% of the population with male literacy of 57.2% and female literacy of 49.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Amroha was 62.4%, of which male literacy rate was 66.7% and female literacy rate was 57.6%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 12,039 and 14 respectively. Amroha had 33903 households in 2011.

Economy

Amroha is known for its production of mangoes. Some of the industries in Amroha include cotton & textiles, and small-scale production of cotton cloth, hand-loom weaving, pottery making, sugar milling and secondary ones are carpet manufacturing, wood handicrafts and dholak manufacturing.

Connectivity

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Amroha is well connected through Railways and roads with the Indian capital New Delhi. Amroha railway station is situated on the Delhi-Moradabad line, and all passenger trains & most of the express trains stop here. Amroha railway station is on a line built by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, 868 miles from Kolkata. Amroha is about 5 km away from NH 24, a four-lane highway that connects New Delhi to Lucknow.

Landmark places

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Amrohas has many tourist attractions. Vasudev Temple for Hindus. Dargah Shah Wilayat of Sufi saint Syed Husain Sharaf-ud-din Soharwardi Naqvi is visited by people across the country. The Sufi Shah wilyat came to Amroha from Wasit, Iraq in 13th century. It is claimed that at his resting place, scorpions never sting.

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Uttar Pradesh (India): State, Major Agglomerations & Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  2. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India". [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]].
  3. "Amroha Pin code". citypincode.in.
  4. "Census of India- Amroha".
  5. (7 August 2004). "अमरोही आम की नायाब क़लमी क़िस्में". BBC.
  6. (11 January 2021). "Unlock Pending Karma and Its Correction: Law of Karma through Astrology and Transformation through Mythology". Notion Press.
  7. (1968). "Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Moradabad". Government of Uttar Pradesh.
  8. (1995). "The Journal of Political Science". Department of Political Science, Government College..

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