Atrauli is a town and a municipal board in

Aligarh district Aligarh district is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. This district is a part of Aligarh Division. The districts which adjoin Aligarh are (clockwise from north) Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Sambhal, Badaun, Kasganj, Hathr ...

in the state of

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, India. Situated on the bank of river

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, Atrauli is around from Aligarh and from

Khair Khair is a town and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Khair is the biggest town of Aligarh district. It is situated around 27 km from Aligarh, 114 km from Delhi and 60 km from Mathura. Histo ...

. Atrauli is famous for a variety of Chaat, Tikki, Panipuri (Fastfood) in all over India. These items are prominently found in the North Indian Cuisine.

Etymology

The name of the town is taken from Atri Muni who visited Atrauli.

History

During the 18th century Rao Durjan Singh Ponia of Bijauli took possession of Atrauli.

Geography

Atrauli is located at . It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet).

Demographics

As per

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, Atrauli had a population of 50,412, of which 26,368 were males and 24,044 were females. Atrauli has an average literacy rate of 47.5%, with 53.4% of the males and 41.1% of females literate. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 7,254. The

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have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.

Notable people

Nanua Chaprasi Nanua Chaprasi (26 June 1920 - 7 July 2009) was a Hindu spiritual guru and saint from Ramghat near Atrauli in Uttar Pradesh. He was born in a landholder Brahmin family in 26 June 1920 as Vishnu Dutt Dikshit at Ramghat, Bulandshahar district, U ...

, Hindu spiritual guru and saint. *

Chandra Bhanu Gupta Chandra Bhanu Gupta (14 July 1902 – 11 March 1980) served three terms as chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1970s he was a member of Congress (O) and Janata Party. Early life He was born in Atrauli, Aligarh district in 190 ...

, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times. Ghamandi Singh Arya IPS special duty operation for Nagaland. *

Khadim Hussain Khan Khadim Hussain Khan (1907 – 11 January 1993) was an Indian classical music singer born in Atrauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India. Early life Khadim Hussain Khan was born in Atrauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1907. In ...

, Indian classical singer of

Agra gharana The Agra gharana is a tradition of Hindustani classical vocal music descended from the Nauhar Bani. So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 AD, during the reign of Emperor Allauddin Khilji of Delhi. The first known musician of ...

. *

Sharafat Hussain Khan Sharafat Hussain Khan (1 July 1930 – 7 July 1985) was an Indian classical vocalist from the Agra Gharana (singing style).

, Indian classical music singer. *

Ustad Alladiya Khan Alladiya Khan (10 August 1855 – 16 March 1946) was an Indian Hindustani classical singer who founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, also referred as just Jaipur Gharana. He is recognized for his revival, reinterpretation, and creations of many ra ...

, founder of the

Jaipur-Atrauli gharana The Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (also known as Jaipur Gharana, Atrauli-Jaipur Gharana, and Alladiyakhani Gayaki) is an Hindustani music apprenticeship fraternity (''gharana''), founded by Alladiya Khan in the late-19th century. Evolved from the dhrup ...

school of music. *

Ravikant Nagaich Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality. He is an Indian film personality born at Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India in a Brahmin family. He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu ...

, Hindi film director. * Ashok Singhal, National President of

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* Kalyan Singh, Two-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former member of Parliament for

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, ex-Governor of

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and former Governor of

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References

{{Aligarh district Cities and towns in Aligarh district