Hathras is a historical city in

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 ...

, India. It is also the headquarters of

Hathras district Hathras district (previously called Mahamaya Nagar district) is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The city of Hathras is the district headquarters. Hathras district is a part of Aligarh division. The district occupies an area of and ...

, formed on 3 May 1997 by merging parts of

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

and

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

. It is a part of the

Aligarh Division Aligarh division, also known as Aligarh-city and Kol, is one of the administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab: *Aligarh District * Etah District *Hathras Dist ...

The primary spoken language is a dialect of

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Braj Bhasha The Braj language, ''Braj Bhasha'', also known as Vraj Bhasha or Vrij Bhasha or Braj Bhāṣā or Braji or Brij Bhasha or Braj Boli, is a Western Hindi language. Along with Awadhi (a variety of Eastern Hindi), it was one of the two predominant ...

, which is closely related to

Khariboli Kauravi ( hi, कौरवी, ur, ), also known as Khaṛībolī is a set of Western Hindi varieties of Shauraseni Prakrit mainly spoken in Northwestern Uttar Pradesh. Standard Hindi and Urdu are based on Khariboli, specifically on its D ...

, one of, several dialects spoken in the

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region. It is known for production of

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(aka hing).

Administration

Hathras is a district headquarter with three subdivisions - Hathras,

Sikandra Rao Sikandra Rao is a town in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the three assembly constituencies of the district and a Municipal board. The current MLA from the constituency is senior BJP leader Birendra Singh Rana.The town is locat ...

, and Sadabad. It is a

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under the reserved category of

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. The district has three assembly constituencies, following three subdivisions. The Hathras district, formerly known as Mahamaya Nagar, was created in 1997 with the incorporation of parts of the Aligarh, Mathura, and Agra districts.

Local bodies

Hathras has nine local bodies: * Hathras *

Sasni Sasni is a town and a nagar panchayat in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a giv ...

* Sadabad *

Mursan Mursan is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The primary spoken language is a dialect of Hindi, Braj Bhasha, which is closely related to Khariboli. In past, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was the ...

* Hasayan * Sahpau * Mendu * Purdil Nagar

Geography

Hathras is located at . It has an average elevation of 185 metres (606 feet) and is situated on the Agra, Aligarh and Mathura, and

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highway crossings. It is known for its extreme

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variations. As of the 2001 Indian census, Hathras had a population of 123,243. with a gender distribution is 53% male and 47% female. Hathras has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, of which 66% being male and 53% being female. 14% of the population is under six years of age.

Climate

Hathras has a monsoon-influenced

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, typical of north-central India. Summers start in April ending around May. The

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

season starts in late June, continuing till early October, bringing high humidity.

Transport

Four railway stations serve Hathras:

Hathras Junction railway station Hathras Junction railway station is on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. It is located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It serves Hathras and surrounding areas. St ...

, Hathras Road railway station,

Hathras City railway station Hathras City railway station is a railway station in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh. Its station code is HTC. About Hathras City railway station is a two-platform station serving Hathras City. From this station there are links to the Hathras ...

, and

Hathras Kila railway station Hathras Kila railway station is a freight Terminus train station in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is HRF. It serves Hathras city. The station consists of one platform. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including ...

. A new station on the dedicated Freight Corridor Line was named New Hathras. Hathras is the only city in the area to have five railway stations named after it.

History

Hathras became a district on 6 May 1997 with the merging of some

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s of

and

. Hathras falls under the

Braj Braj, also known as Vraj, Vraja, Brij or Brijbhoomi, is a region in India on both sides of the Yamuna river with its centre at Mathura-Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh state encompassing the area which also includes Palwal and Ballabhgarh in Haryana ...

region of

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and is famous for its industrial, literary, and cultural activities as a part of Aligarh. It has been an industrial centre since the British Raj era.

Notable people

Kaka Hathrasi Kaka Hathrasi (18 September 1906 – 18 September 1995) was a Hindi satirist and humorist poet of India. Life and career Hathrasi was born as Prabhu Lal Garg. He wrote under the pen name ''Kaka Hathrasi''. He chose "Kaka", as he played the ch ...

(Poet) *

Raja Mahendra Pratap Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh (1 December 1886 – 29 April 1979) was an Indian freedom fighter, journalist, writer, revolutionary, President in the Provisional Government of India, which served as the Indian Government in exile during World War ...

(King of Mursan Riyasat) * Thakur Malkhan Singh (Freedom Fighter)

References

External links

Hathras district profile

Tourist Places at Hathras
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Hathras district Hathras