Marehra, is a city and a

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Etah Etah is a municipality city which is also the headquarters of Etah District of the Uttar Pradesh state in India.Etah district is a part of the Aligarh Division and is located at the midpoint of the Delhi-Kanpur Highway(NH 91) Known as G.T Road ...

district in the state of

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. Marehra is famous worldwide fo
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Marehra is also famous for the temple of Lord Hanuman, where the statue of Hanuman is the highest in the district Etah. Marehra was once called Swaroopganj. Books written about the history of Etah mention that the village of Swaroopganj was destroyed by the forces of

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. Later, on the orders of Alauddin Khilji,

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restored the town again. It is said that once the settlement was established, the town was named Marhara (Mara-Hara).

Geography

Marehra is located at coordinates , from the district headquarters Etah, from the state capital

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and from the national capital

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. Other important cities near Marehra are

Kasganj Kasganj is a city and the district headquarters of Kasganj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district was formed by grouping three Tehsils at 17 April 2008 . History Kasganj, which lies in the historical region of Braj, was al ...

(15 km),

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 ...

(60 km) and

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(100 km).

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Marehra had a population of 19,542. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Marehra has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 40%. 15.7% of the population is under 6 years of age. Marehra is a state legislative assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh. This seat is called 105 Marehra

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. Marehra, also known as Marehra Shareef, is a noted pilgrimage site for Sunni Muslims.

References

Cities and towns in Etah district {{Etah-geo-stub