Gangoh
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State : | India | |
State : | Uttar Pradesh | |
District : | Saharanpur | |
Location : | 29 ° 47 ' N , 77 ° 16' E | |
Height : | 292 m | |
Residents : | 59,279 (2011) |
Gangoh ( Hindi गंगोह , Urdu گنگوہ) is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
The city is part of the Saharanpur district . Gangoh has the status of a Nagar Palika Parishad . The city is divided into 25 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census it had 59,279 inhabitants, of which 31,318 were men and 27,961 women. Muslims make up the majority of the city's population with a share of over 65%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 63.51%.
sons and daughters of the town
- Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1826–1905), Islamic theologian