Amroha (district)

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Amroha district
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Moradabad
Administrative headquarters : Amroha
Area : 2470 km²
Residents : 1,840,221 (as of 2011)
Population density : 818 people / km² people / km²
Website : www.amroha.nic.in/

The Amroha District ( Hindi अमरोहा ज़िला ; Urdu ضلع امروہہ) is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .

The district is located in the north Indian plain south-southeast of the federal capital New Delhi . It extends over an area of ​​2470 km² (according to other information 2249 km²). The capital is Amroha . The Ganges forms the western border of the district.

The district became on April 24, 1997 by separation from the Moradabad district . The district used to be called Jyotiba Phule Nagar .

The population was 1,840,221 in the 2011 census. In 2001 there were 1,499,068. The gender ratio was 910 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 63.84% (74.54% among men, 52.10% among women). 58.44% of the population are followers of Hinduism , while 40.78% are Muslim .

Administrative division

Tehsils

The district is divided into 3 tehsils :

Local self-government

There are 4 Nagar Palika Parishads in the district :

Web links

Commons : Amroha District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.amroha.nic.in/
  2. ↑ a b c d e f www.census2011.co.in