Amroha is a city in the state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

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. It is located north-west of

Moradabad Moradabad () is a city, commissionary and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Moradabad is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Delhi an ...

, near the Ganga River. It is the administrative headquarters of the Amroha district.

Geography

Amroha is located north-west of

, near the Sot (सोत) River. Being just 130 km away, Amroha's weather is very similar to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...

. The city is divided into localities and blocks. The climate of the Amroha is similar to other districts of Western

situated at the base of Himalaya which becomes hot in summer and dry & cold in winter.

Demographics

Amroha is a city in Uttar Pradesh. As per the 2011 census, Amroha had a population of 198,471. Population of children within the age group of 0–6 is 28323 which is 14.27% of total population of Amroha (NPP). In Amroha Nagar Palika Parishad, the female sex ratio is of 925 against state average of 912. Moreover, child sex ratio in Amroha is around 950 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The total number of literates in Amroha was 198,471, which constituted 53.5% of the population with male literacy of 57.2% and female literacy of 49.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Amroha was 62.4%, of which male literacy rate was 66.7% and female literacy rate was 57.6%. The

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

population was 12,039 and 14 respectively. Amroha had 33903 households in 2011.

Economy

Amroha is known for its production of mangoes. Some of the

industries Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial secto ...

in Amroha include cotton & textiles, and small-scale production of

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor p ...

cloth, hand-loom

weaving Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudin ...

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and po ...

making, sugar milling and secondary ones are carpet manufacturing, wood handicrafts and dholak manufacturing.

Connectivity

Amroha is well connected through Railways and Road with Indian capital

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. Amroha railway station is situated on Delhi-Moradabad line and all passenger trains & most of the express trains stop here. Amroha railway station is on a line built by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, 868 miles from Kolkata. Amroha is about 5 km away from

NH 24 National Highway 24 (NH 24) is a primary national highway in India, running in a north-south direction. This highway runs entirely in the state of Uttar Pradesh. This highway was created by renumbering former NH29 and NH97 as per new numberi ...

, a four-lane highway which connects New Delhi to Lucknow.

Landmark places

Amrohas has many tourist attractions. Vasudev Temple for Hindus and Dargah Shah Wilayat of Sufi saint Syed Husain Sharaf-ud-din Soharwardi Amrohi Syed are visited by people across the country. The Sufi Shah wilyata came to Amroha from Wasit, Iraq in 13th century. At his resting place, scorpions never sting.

Notable people

Ahmad Hasan Amrohi Ahmad Hasan Amrohi (also known as Muhaddith Amrohi; 1850 – 18 March 1912) was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband an ...

, Indian Islamic scholar and freedom fighter *

Azeem Amrohvi Azeem Amrohi ( ur, ), was an Urdu poet and a scholar. Amrohi started writing poetry early in his life and has written almost every form of Urdu poetry, including Hamd, na`at, nazm, ghazal, qasida, salaam and manqabat). He is most famous for ...

, Indian Urdu poet * Bilal Amrohi, Indian actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi *

Ahmad Saeed Kazmi Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913 – 4 June 1986, ur, ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and Sufi. He migrated to Multan in 1935 from Amroha. He is known for his contribution to the Pakistan Movement, Urdu translation and explanation (Tafseer) of ...

Islamic scholar from

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the olde ...

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who migrated from Amroha in 1935 *

Eqbal Mehdi Eqbal Mehdi (1 April 1946, Amroha, British India – 19 May 2008, Karachi, Pakistan) was a Pakistani painter artist. He is famous for his pen drawings. Early life Eqbal Mehdi was born to Syed Mir Ali, in Amroha, then British India (now India ...

, Pakistani artist * Izaz Ali Amrohi, Indian Hanafi scholar of Islam *

Jaun Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...

, Urdu poet *

Javed Khan Amrohi Javed Khan Amrohi is an Indian film and television actor who has acted in various films, amounting to approx. 150 Hindi films. He is best known for his role in Academy Award-nominated '' Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India'' (2001), '' Andaz Apn ...

, Indian actor * K. A. Nizami, Indian historian and diplomat *

Kamal Amrohi Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (17 January 1918 – 11 February 1993), popularly known as Kamal Amrohi, was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet. His Hindi films include '' Mahal'' (1949), '' Pakeezah'' ...

, Indian film director and writer *

Khayal Amrohvi Khyal Amrohvi (born Syed Ali Mehdi Naqvi and also known as Khayal Amrohi) was a renowned Pakistani poet, writer and educationist. He was born in Deccan, Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central ...

, Pakistani writer and educationist * Mahboob Ali, Indian politician * Mashhoor Amrohi, Indian actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi * Mohammed Shami, Indian national cricketer *

Mustajab Shelle Mustajab Shelle (Urdu: مستجاب شیلے ) is an artist who has painted thousands of book covers for Hindi novels. Shelle is an Amroha, India, based painter, whose original name is Mustajab Ahmad Siddiqui. He has learnt the art of painting fro ...

, Indian painter and writer * Nasim Amrohvi, Pakistani Urdu lexicographer and writer *

Waqar-ul-Mulk Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk (born Mushtaq Hussain Zuberi; 24 March 1841 – 27 January 1917) was an Indian Muslim politician and one of the founders of All India Muslim League. Nawab Mushtaq Hussain or Nawab Viqar Ul Mulk was also the maternal uncl ...

, Indian Muslim politician *

Nisar Ahmed Faruqi Nisar Ahmed Faruqi (29 June 1934 – 28 November 2004) was an Indian scholar and authority on Sufism in South Asia, with over 50 works and 700 articles to his credit. Early life Professor Nisar Ahmed Faruqi was born at Amroha in Uttar Pra ...

, Indian Sufi scholar of Islam * Qaem Amrohi, Pakistani Urdu poet and philosopher *

Rais Amrohvi Rais Amrohvi ( ur, ), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, and psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia. He was known for his style of qatanigari (quatrain writing ...

, Pakistani writer, elder brother of Jaun Elia * Saiyed Zegham Murtaza, Journalist, Columnist, Author, Blogger and Documentary Film Maker *

Sadequain Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi ( ur, ) (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and cal ...

, Pakistani artist and calligraphist *

Syed Mahmood Naqvi Syed Mahmood Naqvi (28 August 1941 — 4 September 2009) was an Indian Earth scientist specialising in geochemistry at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad. In a four-decade career, from the 1960s through 2000s, he w ...

, Indian earth scientist *

Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi is an Indian marine scientist and the former director of the National Institute of Oceanography. His work has concentrated in oceanic water chemistry, biogeochemistry, and chemical interrelations with living organisms. H ...

, Indian marine scientist * Mohammad Baqar Naqvi (M.B.Naqvi), Pakistan English journalist and writer

References

External links

Amroha Lok Sabha constituency 2019 Election Candidate Website.
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