Ghaziabad () is a city in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

and a part of

Delhi NCR The National Capital Region (NCR; ) is a region centred upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The NCR and ...

. It is the administrative headquarters of

Ghaziabad district Ghaziabad district () is a largely suburban district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is also a core part of the National Capital Region. The city of Ghaziabad is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district is ...

and is the largest city in

Western Uttar Pradesh Western Uttar Pradesh is a region in India that comprises the western districts of Uttar Pradesh state, including the areas of Rohilkhand and Upper Doab those where Hindi, Urdu and Braj are spoken; it is in the region of Western Uttar Pradesh ...

, with a population of 1,729,000.

Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation The Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN), also known as Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) is the civic body that governs Ghaziabad Ghaziabad () is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a part of Delhi NCR. It is the administrati ...

is divided into 5 zones - City Zone, Kavi Nagar Zone, Vijay Nagar Zone, Mohan Nagar Zone and Vasundhara Zone. The Municipal Corporation comprises 100 wards. Well connected by roads and railways, it is a major rail junction for

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. It is part of the Meerut Division of

. It is sometimes referred to as the "Saya of Uttar Pradesh" because it is close to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

, on the main route into Uttar Pradesh. Recent construction work has led to the city being described by a City Mayors Foundation survey as the second fastest-growing in the world. Situated in the Upper Gangetic Plains, the city has two major divisions separated by the

Hindon River Hindon River is an Indian river in that originates from the Shakumbhari devi range ( Upper Sivaliks) in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and falls into Yamuna river in Noida. It is entirely rainfed, having an approximate catchment area of ...

, namely Trans-Hindon on the west and Cis-Hindon on the east.

History

The city of Ghaziabad was founded in 1740 A.D. by Ghazi-ud-Din II, who served as a wazir in the court of Mughal emperor

Muhammad Shah Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah (born Roshan Akhtar; 7 August 1702 – 26 April 1748) was the thirteenth Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the Sayyid ...

, and named it as "Ghaziuddinnagar" after his own name. The name "Ghaziuddinnagar" was shortened to its present form, i.e. "Ghaziabad" with the opening of the Railways in 1864. During the Mughal period, Ghaziabad and especially the banks of the Hindon in Ghaziabad, remained a picnic spot for the Mughal royal family. Establishment of the Scientific Society here, during the same period is considered as a milestone of the educational movement launched by

Syed Ahmad Khan Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898), also spelled Sayyid Ahmad Khan, was an Indian Muslim Islamic modernist, reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British Raj, British India. Though initially esp ...

. The

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, connecting

and

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

, up until

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala ...

through Ghaziabad was opened in the same year. With the completion of the

Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the public administration, administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Sain ...

-Ghaziabad line of the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway in 1870,

was connected to

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through Ghaziabad, and Ghaziabad became the junction of the

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and Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway. Ghaziabad, along with

Meerut Meerut (, ISO 15919, ISO: ''Mēraṭh'') is a city in the western region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, it is northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and is ...

and

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, remained one of the three Munsifis of the District, under the Meerut Civil Judgeship during most periods of the

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. Ghaziabad was associated with the

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from the

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. Ghaziabad was part of

district, it became a new district on 14 November 1976 by then chief minister N.D. Tiwari.

Demographics

Population

The provisional data derived from the 2011 census shows that Ghaziabad urban agglomeration had a population of 2,358,525, of which males were 1,256,783 and females were 1,101,742. According to official website o
Ghaziabad
the population of Ghaziabad is 34,06,061 with 18,60,400 males and 16,60,412 females as of January 24, 2025 . The city is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh and is the largest city in western Uttar Pradesh. The literacy rate was 98.81%. Ghaziabad is a subcategory B1 district of category B i.e. having socioeconomic parameters below the national average. It is the second largest industrial city in

after

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

. According to the final data, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation had a population of 1,648,643 and a sex ratio of 885 females per 1000 males. Ghaziabad had a literacy rate of 84.78%. 12.67% of the population was under the age of 6. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 13.68% and 0.18% of the population respectively.

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is the most spoken language. Other languages such as Urdu and Punjabi, are spoken by a minority. There is a smattering of speakers of other languages due to Ghaziabad's position in the Delhi metro area.

Government and politics

Ghaziabad city is governed by the

under th
Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act
, 1959. Ghaziabad city is spread over of municipal area. It upgraded from a Municipal Board to a

Municipal Corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally o ...

on 31 August 1994, following the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act. Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (or Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad) is divided into 5 zones - City Zone, Kavi Nagar Zone, Vijay Nagar Zone, Mohan Nagar Zone and Vasundhara Zone. The Municipal Corporation comprises 100 wards, with councillors elected from each ward. The local elections to all wards was last held in 2023. The executive head is Vikramaditya Singh Malik, the current Municipal Commissioner while the elected head is the

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, Sunita dayal from the BJP. In 2022, Assembly Election Atul Garg,

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candidate won the election. The municipality has the following departments: Swachh Bharat Mission, Public Works Dept, I.T Dept, Property Tax Dept, Health Dept, Street Light Dept, Water Works Dept, Law, Garden/Horticulture. It has an executive committee composed of businessmen.

Representation in state assembly

The city is represented in the Lok Sabha through one MP elected from the Lok Sabha constituency represented by BJP's Atul Garg elected in 2024. and one MLA elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency, represented by BJP's Atul Garg elected in 2017.

Law and order

In January 2020, it was announced that the police commissionerate system was likely to be introduced in Ghaziabad in phases. The city police is under the state home department and is headed by Senior Superintendent of Police for the district.

Development

The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), established 1977, is responsible for planning, development and construction of housing projects, commercial lands, land management and infrastructure.

Civic utilities

Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad looks after the civic activities of the city. Other development agencies of the city include the Ghaziabad Development Authority, and the UP Jal Nigam. The master plan for the city is laid by the Town & Country Planning Department,

, which is department under the Department of Housing and Urban Planning for the state. The corporation supplies water and has nearly 2.35 lakh water connections, supplying nearly 388 MLD of water per day. The city also receives water from the

Ganga The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary riv ...

through 50

cusec The cubic foot (symbol ft3 or cu ft)
, . is an but a lot of areas in the city constituting multi-storied apartments do not receive Ganga water and rely on groundwater. Treated water is supplied to only 36.2% of households. The municipality, as well as UP Jal Nigam sets up

sewage treatment plants Sewage treatment is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water ...

and water treatment plants for the city. The Ghaziabad Development Authority is responsible for laying networks of sewer lines and piped drinking water supply. Drinking water remains a concern with 55.6% of households accessing it from tube wells, bore wells and hand pumps. Only 30.5% households are connected to piped sewer lines. As of 2019, Ghaziabad generates 1,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, some of which is sent to

, while 300 metric tonnes are sent to

Pilkhuwa Pilkhuwa is a town and a municipal board in Hapur district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 12 km from Hapur, the district headquarters. It is famous for its textile products and handloom indu ...

, while almost 200 metric tons is used in various GMC owned parks to create

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. The corporation also dumps garbage in Indirapuram landfill site, and would dump it in Pratap Vihar

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until they stopped on the orders of a

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committee. The corporation also announced in September 2020 that it was creating 10 'garbage factories' as a permanent solution to the city's waste problem.

Economy

Although connected by railway since 1865, it was not until 1940 that the first modern industry appeared in Ghaziabad. However, it was in the post-independence period that industry really expanded, with a further 22 factories opening in the four years after 1947. This development can be attributed to the influx of people from the newly formed Pakistan and the relocation of businesses from what was now the Pakistani province of

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

. John Oakey and Mohan Ltd., one of India's largest concerns manufacturing coated and bonded abrasives, and originally functioning under the name of 'National Abrasives' at

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...

was shifted here under the proprietorship of 'Dyer Meakins' in 1947. Subsequently, the

Mohan Meakin Mohan Meakin is a large group of companies which started with Asia's first brewery incorporated in 1855 (but established much earlier) by Edward Dyer (father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre) ...

breweries were also set up in 1949. This period also saw the development of Ghaziabad as one of India's most famous centres of the Oil Engines industry. In 1967, the municipal limits were extended up to the Delhi-UP border. Starting in the early 1970s, many steel-manufacturing units also came up in the city making it one of the primary industries of the city. This period also saw the emergence of the

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, with the setting up of

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and

Central Electronics Limited Central Electronics Limited is a Public sector undertakings in India, Government of India Enterprise under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology. It was established in 1974, with an object ...

Over the years, planned Industrial development saw participation from major industrial houses of the country including Mohans (Mohan Nagar Industrial Estate, 1949), Tatas (Tata Oil Mills), Modis (Modinagar, 1933; International Tobacco Co. 1967), Shri Rams (Shri Ram Pistons, 1964), Jaipurias etc. and also significant participation through foreign capital in concerns such as Danfoss India Ltd. (estd. 1968); Indo- Bulgar Food Ltd. and International Tobacco Company (estd. 1967).

Transportation

Road

A proposal has been made to widen National Highway 24 (NH-24) from four to fourteen lanes on the stretch between the Ghaziabad-Delhi border and Dasna. Many residential and commercial projects are being built along the highway.

Rail

The

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and

Pink Pink is a pale tint of red, the color of the Dianthus plumarius, pink flower. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, p ...

lines of Delhi Metro serve Ghaziabad and connect it with

. The Red Line has 8 stations in the city, with its eastern terminus Shaheed Sthal being located here. The Blue Line has 2 stations in Ghaziabad, viz., Kaushambi, which serves the area of Kaushambi, and Vaishali, which serves the areas of Vaishali, Vasundhara and

Indirapuram Indirapuram is an established residential locality in Ghaziabad, divided into various khands, such as Vaibhav Khand, Abhay Khand, Ahinsa Khand, Nyay Khand, Gyan Khand, Niti Khand, and Shakti Khand. Situated along Delhi-Meerut Expressway, the lo ...

. Pink line also has 2 stations in Loni, Ghaziabad, viz., Johri Enclave and Shiv Vihar The main railway station in the city is Ghaziabad Junction, which, as per the

categorization of Indian Railway stations by commercial importance Indian Railways classifies its railway stations based on commercial and strategic importance under various categories in order to ascertain, plan and provide minimum essential amenities for passengers using them. While the primary criteria for dete ...

, has been ranked NSG-2. The station has been operating since 1864 and is an important one on the Delhi-Howrah line. It is spread across and has a daily footfall of 50,000 passengers. The Delhi–Meerut RRTS is an

semi-high speed rail Higher-speed rail (HrSR) is used to describe inter-city passenger rail services that have top speeds of more than conventional rail but are not high enough to be called high-speed rail services. The term is also used by planners to identify the ...

connecting Delhi, Ghaziabad, and

. It is partly operational, with its priority section from

Sahibabad Sahibabad is the name for a group of industrial, residential and commercial areas within the jurisdiction of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (Vasundhara Zone) in Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh, India. It touches the borders of Delhi, Noid ...

to Duhai opened to public on 20 October 2023.

Air

Hindon Airport Hindon Airport , also spelled Hindan Airport, is a commercial domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, operated by the Airports Authority of India at Hindan Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. I ...

is an airport serving Ghaziabad and has been operational since 2019. It is the second commercial airport in the Delhi–NCR after

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of ,

. The airport was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...

on 8 March 2019. The

is the closest international airport. Hindon Airport currently operates flights to Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, and Hubli, Karnataka. A new airport in Noida is being built to relieve congestion at IGI coming from Ghaziabad and other cities inside NCR Ghaziabad has been ranked 18th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results'

Education

Ghaziabad has also emerged as one of the major educational destinations with many higher education colleges and institutes operating in the city. Some of the main institutes are:- *

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Delhi NCR Campus *

IMS Engineering College Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), before 2015 known as the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU), is a public collegiate university in Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established as the Uttar Prades ...

* Institute of Management Technology (IMT) * Institute of Technology and Science, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad * Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology * Santosh Medical College

Notable people

Arts, entertainment and television

Tanya Desai Tanya Desai is an Indian actress and model. She is mainly known for her roles in '' Crackdown'', ''Street Light'', ''Godman,'' and ''Zero Kilometre''. She also acted as a lead model in various music videos. Early life Desai was born in Ghazi ...

, Indian actress and model *

Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Bhupathi ( Dutta; born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress. She won the Miss Universe 2000, and has since predominantly worked in Hindi films and series. Dutta is a recipient of a Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award and established hers ...

, Miss Universe 2000 and Bollywood actress. *

Luv Ranjan Luv Ranjan (born 29 September 1982) is an Indian film & music director, writer, lyricist and producer who works in Hindi cinema and owns Luv Films. His notable films include the romantic comedies ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011), ''Pyaar Ka Punchn ...

, Indian film & music director, writer, lyricist and producer who works in

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Business

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, businessman, former president and COO of SoftBank Corp. and CEO of SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. * Kapil Mohan, businessman

Politics and government

* Suresh Bansal, politician *

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, politician, * Roop Chaudhary, politician. *

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the chief minister from 2013 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2024. He is also the national conve ...

, politician * Rama Pilot, politician. *

Rajnath Singh Rajnath Singh (; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving the Defence Minister of India since 20 May 2019. He was also the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He also served the Home Minister in th ...

, politician * General V. K. Singh (Retd.), politician * K. C. Tyagi, politician *

Ram Chandra Vikal Ram Chandra Vikal (8 November 1916 in Nayagaon Basantpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar district – 26 June 2011) was a freedom fighter. He was an agriculture minister and was elected twice as a Member of Parliament as well as a five-time Member of the ...

, freedom fighter and deputy Chief Minister of UP.

Sports

Rajkumar Baisla Rajkumar Baisla Gurjar also known as Rajkumar Bansal (born 1966) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. In August 2011, he received the Dhyan Chand Award – India's highest honour for lifetimes Achievements and he also got Yash bharti award (2014), ...

, Dhayanchand Awardee 2011 (Wrestling) *

Donald Crowhurst Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in the ''Sunday Times'' Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968–69. Soon ...

, sailor * Anshul Gupta, cricketer *

Manoj Prabhakar Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a former Indian cricketer and coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and also opened the innings a few times for the Ind ...

, cricketer *

Suresh Raina Suresh Raina (; born 27 November 1986) is an Indian former international cricketer. He occasionally served as stand-in captain for the Indian men's national cricket team as well as in IPL for Chennai Super Kings during the absence of the m ...