Gajraula
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| State : | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| District : | Amroha | ||
| Location : | 28 ° 50 ′ N , 78 ° 15 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 55,048 (2011) | ||
Gajraula is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
The city is part of the Amroha district . Gajraula has the status of a small town ( Nagar Panchayat ). The city is divided into 18 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census it had 55,048 inhabitants, of which 28,896 were men and 26,152 women. Hindus make up the majority of the city's population with a share of over 77%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 74.36%.
It is a major industrial city in Uttar Pradesh with some well-known multinational companies such as Jubliant Life Sciences , Israeli Teva, and important higher education institutions such as Sri Venkateshwara University and other major engineering schools.