Amroha
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| State : | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| District : | Amroha | ||
| Sub-district : | Amroha | ||
| Location : | 28 ° 54 ' N , 78 ° 28' E | ||
| Height : | 218 m | ||
| Residents : | 198,471 (2011) | ||
| Website : | http://nppamroha.in/ | ||
Amroha is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
geography
Amroha is located in the north Indian plain 30 km west of Moradabad . The city is the administrative seat of the district of the same name founded on April 24, 1997 . At the 2011 census, Amroha had 198,471 inhabitants.
traffic
The national highway NH 24 ( Ghaziabad - Moradabad ) runs 8 km south of the city center. The city lies on the Hapur- Moradabad railway line .
Amroha is on the railway line from New Delhi to Moradabad. On June 25, 1921, a 135 meter long section of the railway embankment was washed away and the locomotive of a train and the following two third- class passenger cars fell into the water. 42 people died in this railway accident.
politics
As a city, Amroha has the status of Nagar Palika Parishad . The city is divided into 31 wards .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 62.