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Amroha district
ज्योतिबा फुले नगर ज़िला
جیوتیبا پھولے نگر ضلع
—  District of Uttar Pradesh  —
Uttar Pradesh district location map Jyotiba Phule Nagar
Location of Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
Administrative division Moradabad
Established
Headquarters Amroha
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies Amroha
Area
 • Total 2,321 km2 (896 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,499,193
 • Density 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy 50.21 per cent[1]
 • Sex ratio
Website Official website

Amroha District, previously known as Jyotiba Phule Nagar, is one of the 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.[2] Amroha town is the district headquarters. According to Government of India, the district is one of the Minority Concentrated District in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.[3]

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 Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, and Meerut districts.

History[]

The territory occupied by the present district was part of Sambhal sarkar of Delhi subah under 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 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 1,838,771,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo[5] or the US state of Nebraska.[6] This gives it a ranking of 258th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 818 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120 /sq mi) .[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.66%.[4] Amroha has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1,000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 65.7%.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.educationforallinindia.com/page157.html. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 
  2. ^ a b "Important Cabinet Decisions". Lucknow: Information and Public Relations Department. http://information.up.nic.in/View_engnews.aspx?id=54. Retrieved 17 January 2013. 
  3. ^ "Press Information Bureau English Releases". Pib.nic.in. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770. Retrieved 2012-06-13. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
  5. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est." 
  6. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Nebraska 1,826,341" 

External links[]

Template:Amroha district

Template:Moradabad division topics

Coordinates: 28°54′00″N 78°28′12″E / 28.9, 78.47


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