Sikandrabad

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Sikandrabad
Sikandrabad (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Uttar Pradesh
District : Bulandshahr
Location : 28 ° 43 '  N , 77 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 28 ° 43 '  N , 77 ° 39'  E
Residents : 81,028 (2011)

Sikandrabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .

The city is part of the Bulandshahr district . Sikandrabad has the status of Nagar Palika Parishad . Sikandrabad is approx. 504 km from Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow and approx. 76 km from Delhi . It belongs to the National Capital Region . The city is divided into 25 wards (constituencies).

history

Sikandrabad is a historical city that was built by Sikandar Lodi around 1498 . Some old monuments from that period still exist.

Demographics

The population of the city is 81,028 according to the 2011 census. Sikandrabad has a gender ratio of 922 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The literacy rate was 65.7% in 2011. Almost 52% of the population are Hindus , approx. 47% are Muslim and approx. 1% belong to another or no religion. 15.1% of the population are children under 6 years of age.

Individual evidence

  1. www.census2011.co.in
  2. Sikandrabad Nagar Palika Parishad City Population Census 2011-2019 | Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .