Amroha district

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amroha district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Amroha.svg
| map_caption = Location of Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Amroha
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Moradabad division|Moradabad]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Amroha]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2321
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,840,221
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 56%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 50.21 per cent<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.educationforallinindia.com/page157.html |title =District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001 |access-date = 2010-10-10|publisher =Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Amroha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amroha]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 1,120 mm
| website = https://amroha.nic.in/
}}

'''Amroha district''' is one of the 75 [[districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state in northern [[India]].<ref name=2012impDec>{{cite web|title=Important Cabinet Decisions|url=http://information.up.nic.in/View_engnews.aspx?id=54|publisher=Information and Public Relations Department|access-date=17 January 2013|location=Lucknow}}</ref> [[Amroha]] town is the district headquarters. According to the Government of India, the district is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770 |title=Press Information Bureau English Releases |publisher=Pib.nic.in |access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref>

The district is bounded on the north by [[Bijnor District]], on the east and southeast by [[Moradabad District]], on the south by [[Badaun District]], and on the west by the [[River Ganges]], across which lie the [[Bulandshahr District|Bulandshahr]], [[Hapur District|Hapur]], and [[Meerut District|Meerut]] districts. State Highways 72 and 73 penetrate the city and act as major routes.

==History==
The Battle of Amroha was fought between the [[Mongols]] and [[Alauddin Khilji]] on 20 December 1305. Alauddin won the battle. Later, the territory occupied by the present district was part of the Sambhal [[sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] of Delhi [[Subah (province)|subah]] under the [[Mughal empire]]. Later it came under the control of [[Awadh]]. In 1801, the administration of this territory was ceded to the [[British East India Company]] by the [[Nawab of Awadh]]. On 24 April 1997, this district was carved out by separating Amroha, Dhanora and Hasanpur tehsils of the erstwhile [[Moradabad district]]. In 2012, this district was renamed from ''Jyotiba Phule Nagar district'' to ''Amroha district''.<ref name=2012impDec/>
Amroha has produced many gems in varied find of sports, education, engineering, business, technology, industries and lot more.

==Famous personalities==
* [[Ahmad Hasan Amrohi]], Islamic scholar and jurist
* [[Kamal Amrohi]], filmmaker, lyricist, actor, director, husband of Meena Kumari
* [[Jaun Elia]], poet and columnist
* [[Mohammed Shami|Mohammad Shami]], cricketer
* [[Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi]], artist
* [[Dr. Naseem uz Zafar Baquiri|Dr Naseem uz Zafar Baquiri]], poet, lyricist, doctor
* [[Eqbal Mehdi|Iqbal Mehdi]], artist
* [[Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh|Nawab Waqar ul Mulk]], educationalist, politician
* [[K. A. Nizami|K.A. Nizami]], historian
* [[Nisar Ahmed Faruqi]], Education
* [[Niranjan Singh]], Scientist ISRO
* [[Khushboo Mirza]], Scientist ISRO

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Amroha<ref name=census2011>{{cite web
|publisher=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/district/508-jyotiba-phule-nagar.html | title=Amroha Religion Census 2011 |access-date=2015-11-16}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|61.44}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|37.78}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|blue|0.32}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.30}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism|Jains]]|pink|0.03}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (0.29%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.01%).</small>
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] 'Amroha District' has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,840,221,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kosovo]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Nebraska 1,826,341
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 258th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 818 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.66%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Amroha has a [[sex ratio]] of 907 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 65.7%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 80.10% of the population of the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 19.70% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,28,739|13=1911|14=3,48,293|15=1921|16=3,30,488|17=1931|18=3,54,024|19=1941|20=4,06,143|21=1951|22=4,57,922|23=1961|24=5,50,228|25=1971|26=6,81,551|27=1981|28=8,91,539|29=1991|30=11,55,742|31=2001|32=14,99,068|33=2011|34=18,40,221|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==Media==
Amroha has several active media groups which continuously give the populace Hindi news updates on Amroha:
*[[Amar Ujala]]<ref name=NSP>{{cite news|title=Hindi Newspapers|url=http://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/amroha|newspaper=[[Amar Ujala]]|access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref>
*Dainik Bhaskar
*Dainik Jagran
*Awam-e-hind
*Amroha ki Ekta(Hindi Weekly newspaper)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://amroha.nic.in}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = 'Amroha District'
|North = [[Bijnor district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Moradabad district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Budaun district]]
|Southwest = [[Bulandshahr district]]
|West = [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad district]]
|Northwest = [[Meerut district]]
}}

{{Amroha district}}
{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Moradabad division topics}}

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Rickard, J (7 April 2010), Battle of Amroha, 20 December 1305, historyofwar.org

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