Moradabad district is one of the

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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 and 344 ...

is the district headquarters. Moradabad district is a part of Moradabad division. It is used to be the second most populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of 75), after

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till a new district

Sambhal Sambhal is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The city lies approximately 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 kilometres (220 mi) north-west of state capital Lucknow. History Sambhal ...

was carved out of it in 2011. The district of Moradabad lies between 28°21´ to 28°16´ north latitude and 78°4´ to 79° east longitude.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Moradabad district has a

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of 4,772,006, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 26th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.25%. The residual Moradabad district has a population of 3,126,507. Moradabad has a

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of 903

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 58.67%. Scheduled Castes make up 436,149 (13.95%) of the population.

Religion

After the separation of Sambhal district, Moradabad district became the second Muslim-majority district after Rampur.

Language

At the time of the

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, 84.49% of the population of the district spoke

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and 15.20%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Administrative divisions

There is one

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constituencies for the district: *

composed of Kanth, Thakurdwara, Moradabad Rural, Moradabad City and Barhapur (from

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). For election purposes Moradabad District is divided into six

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constituencies: # Kanth #

Thakurdwara Thakurdwara is a town in Moradabad district in the indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Location Thakurdwara is 15 km from Kashipur. The township has been very large part of erstwhile UP and now a thriving in the north of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Tha ...

# Moradabad Rural # Moradabad Nagar # Kundarki #

Bilari Bilari is a city and a municipal board in Moradabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is connected by road as well as Indian Railways. Demographics As of the 2001 Census of India, Bilari has a population of 30,246, of whom 15,9 ...

Moradabad District has one division: Moradabad Subdivision. There are five tehsils in Moradabad District and eight blocks. *In Moradabad Subdivision there are three tehsils: Bilari Tehsil, Kanth Tehsil, Thakurdwara Tehsil; and there are five blocks: Kundarki, Chajlet, Bhagtpur, Dilari and Mundapandey.

Towns and villages

In addition to the city of Moradabad, which is governed as a Municipal Corporation, there are four municipalities:

Bahjoi Bahjoi is a Nagar Palika Parishad city in Sambhal district and division Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Bahjoi is a headquarter of Sambhal district. Pin code of Bahjoi is 244410. In the past years of its life it was famous for the glass factory ...

Chandausi Chandausi is a city and a municipal board in Sambhal district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The original name of the city was "Chanda Si", meaning "moon-like" (in Indian poetry the moon is considered to be beautiful). Actually, Chandaus ...

, and

. There are six

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s: * Bhojpur Dharampur * Kanth * Kundarki * Narauli * Rustamnagar Sahaspur * Umri Kalan * Sherua Dharampur There are 1210 grams and 584

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s in the district.

Villages

* Amarpurkashi

Notable people

* Jigar Moradabadi *

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* Sufi Amba Prasad *

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References

External links

* {{Uttar Pradesh Districts of Uttar Pradesh