Shamli is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district was carved out from Muzaffarnagar District on 28 September 2011 as Prabudh Nagar and renamed Shamli in July 2012. Shamli is the headquarters of the district. Shamli is located along the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway, Ambala-Shamli Expressway, Gorakhpur-Shamli Expressway, Delhi–

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared as on ...

(National Highway-709B), Meerut- Karnal (National Highway-709A) and

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- Khatima (National Highway-709AD) Highways. Shamli district comes in National Capital Region of India.

Formation

The district was carved out of Muzaffarnagar district in September 2011 and named Prabudh Nagar. Shamli and Kairana tehsils of Muzaffarnagar formed the new district. It was renamed Shamli in July 2012 by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Geography

Shamli City lies at the intersection of NH 709A, NH 709B and NH 709AD and is within the National Capital Region.

Location

Shamli is from Delhi, from Meerut and

, from Baghpat, and from Muzaffarnagar, Karnal,

, and Baraut.

Economy

Shamli city has an agriculture and industry based economy where

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

is the main crop. There are three major sugar mills located at Shamli, Un and Thanabhawan. Shamli is known worldwide for its Rim-Axle industry which also got selected under Uttar Pradesh Governments One District One Product Scheme. It is served by Shamli railway station.

2013 Riots

As in many other districts of western Uttar Pradesh, Shamli also suffered rioting during the

2013 Muzaffarnagar riots The clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India in August–September 2013, resulted in at least 62 deaths including 42 Muslims and 20 Hindus and injured 93 and left more than 50,000 people ...

. A May 2015 report in India Today said that Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts were "considered sensitive" ever since the violent riots of August and September 2013.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Shamli district had a population of 1,273,578. Shamli has a sex ratio of 880 females per 1000 males. 386,102 (30.32%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 141,263 (11.09%) of the population. At the time of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, 88.44% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 10.97% Urdu as their first language.

Administration

Legislative constituencies

There are three Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Shamli district: Shamli, kairana, and Thanabhawan. All of these are part of

Kairana Lok Sabha constituency Kairana Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Vidhan Sabha Segments Presently, Kairana Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) se ...

. The current MLA for Shamli is Prasan Chaudhary, the Lok Sabha MP is Pradeep Choudhary.

Tehsils and blocks

Shamli district is divided into 3 tehsils: Shamli, Kairana, and Oon.

Tehsils

* Shamli * Kairana * Oon

Blocks

* Shamli * Kairana * Thanabhawan *

Kandhla Kandhla is a town, near Shamli City and municipal board in Shamli District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Kandhla is located at . It has an average elevation of 241 meters (790 feet). The Postal Code (Zip Cod ...

* Oon

Transport

Rail

Single electric line is available from Shamli to Saharanpur and Delhi Shahdara Junction. Farrukhnagar–Saharanpur Janta Express (Train No. 14545/14546) is the only major express train that runs through, averages a speed of 26 km/h.

References

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