Hathras district (previously called Mahamaya Nagar district) is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The city of

Hathras Hathras is a historical city in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the headquarters of Hathras district, formed on 3 May 1997 by merging parts of Aligarh, Mathura and Agra. It is a part of the Aligarh Division. The primary spoken language is a ...

is the district headquarters. Hathras district is a part of

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 district occupies an area of and has a population of 1,564,708 as of the 2011 census.

History

Hathras district was created on 3 May 1997 by incorporating parts of the Aligarh, Mathura, and Agra districts. It was originally named Mahamaya Nagar (named for

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, mother of the Buddha) and was renamed to Hathras district in 2012.

Divisions

The district comprises four tehsils: Hathras, Sadabad, Sikandra Rao, and

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 ...

, which are further divided into seven blocks: Sasni, Hathras,

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 ...

, Sadabad,

Sahpau Sahpau is a town and a nagar panchayat in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics India census, Sahpau had a population of 16,000, with males constituting 54% of the population and females 46%.Sahpau's average lite ...

Hasanpur Baru Hasanpur Baru is a Village and a Gram Panchayat in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A part of the Braj region, it is located in Sadabad Tehsil, in Aligarh Division. History "Hasanpur Baru" is a Gram Panchayat. It has two s ...

, Sikandra Rao, and

Hasayan Hasayan is a town and nagar panchayat located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It also has Police Station, Block Development office. Industry is mainly seasonal Perfume extraction in month of November-February (Khas Chrys ...

. There are three Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district:

, Sadabad, and Sikandra Rao. All of these are part of

Hathras Lok Sabha constituency Hathras is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Assembly segments The Hathras Lok Sabha constituency comprises 5 legislative assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results 2019 2014 ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Hathras district has a population of 1,564,708, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon. This gives it a ranking of 319th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has an area of and a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.12%. Hathras has a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 60.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 24.77% 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 ...

, 98.16% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 1.24% Urdu as their first language. The local language is Braj.

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. Stat ...

Hathras Road railway station Hathras Road railway station is a small railway station in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh with the station code HTJ. The station consists of a single platform and lacks many facilities including water, sanitation, and shelter. About Hathras ...

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 w ...

Notable people

Birendra Singh Rana Birendra Singh Rana (born 1 November 1958) is a politician and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, from the Sikandra Rao constituency of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh. Currently, he is Member of Legislative Assembly (India) from Sikandra R ...

(MLA) *

Ramveer Upadhyay Ramveer Upadhyay (1 August 1957 – 2 September 2022) was an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He represented the Sadabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Bah ...

(MLA)

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