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{{About|The District|Its Eponymous Headquarters|Aligarh}}
{{Cleanup|reason=Translation of non-English text|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aligarh district
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| map_alt =
| image =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Aligarh.svg
| map_caption = Location of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aligarh division|Aligarh]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Aligarh]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 5
| government_type = [[Member of parliament]]
| governing_body =
| leader_title = [[Bhartiya Janta Party|BJP]]
| leader_name= [[Satish Kumar Gautam]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 3788
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 3,673,889<ref name=districtcensus/>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Search Details |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=140882 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 =
| population_rank =
| population_demonym = Aligarian
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=20 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
|demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| demographics1_title4 = Regional
| demographics1_info4 =[[Braj Bhasha]]
| demographics1_title9 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info9 = 69.61%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
| demographics2_title1 = Sex ratio
| demographics2_info1 =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Aligarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aligarh]]

| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 202001,202002
| area_code = 0571
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH91
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate =
| website = {{URL|http://aligarh.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
}}

'''Aligarh district''' is a [[Districts of India|district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. This district is a part of [[Aligarh Division]]. The districts which adjoin Aligarh are (clockwise from north) [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district|Gautam Buddha Nagar]], [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]], [[Sambhal district|Sambhal]], [[Badaun district|Badaun]], [[Kasganj district|Kasganj]], [[Hathras district|Hathras]] and [[Mathura district|Mathura]].

==Demographics==

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Aligarh district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 36,73,889,<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 [[Mauritania]]<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 =Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Oklahoma]].<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=Oklahoma 3,751,351
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 76th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1007 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.78%.<ref name=districtcensus/> [[Aligarh]] has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 876 females for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 69.61%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Religion-Hindu 79.05%, Muslim 19.85% and rest are others.

The local language is [[Brajbhasha]].
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 94.53% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 5.34% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,69,799|13=1911|14=8,44,344|15=1921|16=7,69,060|17=1931|18=8,48,737|19=1941|20=9,94,253|21=1951|22=11,18,017|23=1961|24=12,78,945|25=1971|26=15,41,536|27=1981|28=18,84,955|29=1991|30=24,49,597|31=2001|32=29,92,286|33=2011|34=36,73,889|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}}

==Tehsils==
In 1941 to 1991 Census Aligarh District Includes the following tehsils
* [[Aligarh]]
* [[Khair]]
* [[Atrauli]]
*[[Hathras]]
*[[Sikandra Rao]]
*[[Iglas]]
Following Creation of Hathras District In 1997 [[Hathras]] , [[Sikandra Rao]] , [[Iglas]] . Later [[Iglas]] was again returned to Aligarh District.
* Koil [[Aligarh]]
* [[Khair]]
* [[Atrauli]]
* [[Iglas]]
* [[Gabhana]]

==Blocks==
*1. [[Gonda, Aligarh|Block-Gonda]]
*2. [[Atrauli|Block-Atrauli]]
*3. [[Tappal|Block-Tappal]]
*4-गंगीरी, अतरौली (अलीगढ़)
*5. बिजौली, अतरौली (अलीगढ़)
*6. Block-Dhanipur
*7. [[Iglas|Block-Iglas]]
*8. [[Jawan Sikandarpur|Block-Jawan Sikandarpur]]
*9. [[Lodha, Aligarh|Block-Lodhaa]]
*10. [[Chandaus|Block-Chandous]]
*11. [[Khair|Block-Khair]]
*12. अकराबाद, कोइल (अलीगढ़)
*13. [[Gabhana|Block-Gabhana]]

== Education in Aligarh ==
With around 30,000 students, [[Aligarh Muslim University]] is the centre of higher education in [[Aligarh]]. The university offers more than 250 courses in both traditional and modern fields of education. In addition, there are many decent schools and colleges for primary and secondary level education.

==Cities in Aligarh district==
* [[Aligarh]]
* [[Khair]]
* [[Atrauli]]

==Near by Districts==
*[[Hathras district]]
*[[Mathura district]]
*[[Bulandshahr district]]
*[[Sambhal district]]
*[[Gautam Buddha Nagar district]] ([[Noida]])
*[[Kasganj district]]
*[[Budaun district]]
*[[Palwal district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{official website|http://aligarh.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Aligarh district
|North = [[Bulandshahr district]]
|Northeast = [[Budaun district]]
|East = [[Kanshiram Nagar district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Hathras district]]
|Southwest = [[Mathura district]]
|West = [[Khair]]
|Northwest = [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district]]
}}

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