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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Afzalgarh
| settlement_type = Town
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|29.393|N|78.674|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bijnor district|Bijnor]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 212
| population_total = 24954
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 246722
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 01343
| registration_plate = UP 20
| website = {{URL|up.gov.in}}
}}
'''Afzalgarh''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] in [[Bijnor district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is located at the border with the state of [[Uttarakhand]].

==Geography==
Afzalgarh is located at {{Coord|29.4|N|78.68|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Afzalgarh.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Afzalgarh]</ref> It has an average elevation of 212 metres (695 feet). The nearby cities are Kalagarh, Sherkot, [[Dhampur]], [[Jaspur]] and [[Kashipur, Uttarakhand|Kashipur]].

==History==
Historically a town of [[British Raj|British India]], it was founded in the mid-eighteenth century by a local leader named Nawab Afzal Ali Khan, who also built a fort in the area, which was dismantled after the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>Still now some part of the port available near municipality area. 13 km far away small town Kalagarh is there. around this city mountain available. Kalagarh is the part of Uttrakhand.

The town is on the right bank of the river Ramganga
[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_077.gif Afzalgarh Town] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], v. 5, p. 69.</ref> In 1901, Afzalgarh had a population of 6,474.<ref name=gaze>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_305.gif Nagina Town] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], v. 18, p. 299.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Afzalgarh had a population of 24,954. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. According to [[2011 India census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0903_PART_B_DCHB_BIJNOR.pdf|title=Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 District Census Handbook, Bijnor, including villages and towns|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Afzalgarh has a population of 2,35,628. Male constituted 52.09% of the population and females 47.91%. Afzalgarh has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bijnor district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bijnor district]]

{{Bijnor-geo-stub}}

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