Khekada
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| State : | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| District : | Baghpat | ||
| Location : | 28 ° 52 ′ N , 77 ° 17 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 48,676 (2011) | ||
Khekada is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . The city is part of the National Capital Region .
The city is part of the Varanasi district . Khekada has the status of Nagar Panchayat . The city is divided into 19 wards . It had a total of 48,676 inhabitants on the cut-off date of the 2011 census, of which 26,053 were men and 22,623 women. Hindus form the largest group of the city's population with a share of over 64%, followed by Muslims with over 32%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 74.86%.
The station was inaugurated in 1972 by Indira Gandhi as a broad-gauge line, before that it was a narrow-gauge line.