Amroha district

Amroha district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.[2] Amroha town is the district headquarters. According to the Government of India, the district is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.[3]

This article is about a location in India. For the region in Ethiopia, see Amhara Region.

Amroha district
District of Uttar Pradesh
Rauza Haz, Shah Abbas Badr-e-Chisti in Amroha
Rauza Haz, Shah Abbas Badr-e-Chisti in Amroha
Location of Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionMoradabad
HeadquartersAmroha
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesAmroha
Area
 • Total2,321 km2 (896 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,840,221
 • Density790/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
56%
Demographics
 • Literacy50.21 per cent[1]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Average annual precipitation1,120 mm
Websitehttps://amroha.nic.in/

The district is bounded on the north by Bijnor District, on the east and southeast by Moradabad District, on the south by Badaun District, and on the west by the River Ganges, across which lie the Bulandshahr, Hapur, and Meerut districts. State Highways 72 and 73 penetrate the city and act as major routes.

History

The Battle of Amroha was fought between the Mongols and Alauddin Khilji on 20 December 1305. Alauddin won the battle. Later, the territory occupied by the present district was part of the Sambhal sarkar of Delhi subah under the Mughal empire. Later it came under the control of Awadh. In 1801, the administration of this territory was ceded to the British East India Company by the Nawab of Awadh. On 24[4] April 1997, this district was carved out by separating Amroha, Dhanora and Hasanpur tehsils of the erstwhile Moradabad district. In 2012, this district was renamed from Jyotiba Phule Nagar district to Amroha district.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census 'Amroha District' has a population of 1,840,221,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo[6] or the US state of Nebraska.[7] This gives it a ranking of 258th in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 818 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120/sq mi).[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.66%.[5] Amroha has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1,000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 65.7%. Scheduled Castes make up 17.28% of the population.[5]

Religion
Religions in Amroha district (2011)[8]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 58.44%
Islam
 
 40.78%
Others†
 
 0.78%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Christians (0.32%), Sikhs (0.29%), Buddhists (<0.01%).

Tehsil

Hindus

Muslims

Others

Amroha

 45.32% 53.94% 0.74%

Dhanaura

 66.34% 32.22% 1.44%

Hasanpur

 69.32% 30.35% 0.33%

Even though the district is Hindu majority, Muslims form a significant minority and dominate urban areas. As per the 2011 census out of 9 Census towns Muslims are majority in 7 while Hindus are majority in Gajraula (77.33%) and Dhanaura (66.38%) towns.[8]

Language

Languages of Amroha district (2011)[9]

  Hindi (80.10%)
  Urdu (19.70%)
  Others (0.20%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 80.10% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 19.70% Urdu as their first language.[9]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901328,739—    
1911348,293+0.58%
1921330,488−0.52%
1931354,024+0.69%
1941406,143+1.38%
1951457,922+1.21%
1961550,228+1.85%
1971681,551+2.16%
1981891,539+2.72%
19911,155,742+2.63%
20011,499,068+2.64%
20111,840,221+2.07%
source:[10]

Villages

Notable people

Media

University in Amroha has several active media groups which continuously give the populace Hindi news updates on Amroha:

  • Amar Ujala[12]
  • Dainik Bhaskar
  • Dainik Jagran
  • Awam-e-hind
  • Amroha ki Ekta(Hindi Weekly newspaper)

References
  1. "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  2. "Important Cabinet Decisions". Lucknow: Information and Public Relations Department. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. "Press Information Bureau English Releases". Pib.nic.in. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  4. "District Amroha, Government of Uttar Pradesh | Renowned for Dholak and Mango | India". Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est.
  7. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Nebraska 1,826,341
  8. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  9. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  10. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  11. "Burawali Pin Code - 244241 | Burawali, Hasanpur Postal Code".
  12. "Hindi Newspapers". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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Rickard, J (7 April 2010), Battle of Amroha, 20 December 1305, historyofwar.org

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