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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|City in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Amroha<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|28|54|15.95|N|78|28|3.10|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Amroha district|Amroha]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://citypopulation.de/India-UttarPradesh.html|title=Uttar Pradesh (India): State, Major Agglomerations & Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|website=citypopulation.de|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><br />
| elevation_m = 210<br />
| population_total = 198,471<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| 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><br />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 244221<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypincode.in/PinCodeOf.jsp?area=Amroha%20&district=Jyotiba%20Phule%20Nagar |title=Amroha Pin code |publisher=citypincode.in |access-date=21 March 2014}}</ref><br />
| registration_plate = UP-23<br />
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| area_code = 05922<br />
| website = {{URL|https://www.jpnagar.in}}<br />
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'''Amroha''' is a city in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It is located north-west of [[Moradabad]], near the [[Son River]]. It is the administrative headquarters of the [[Amroha district]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Amroha is located north-west of [[Moradabad]], near the Son River. Being just 130&nbsp;km away, Amroha's weather is very similar to [[Delhi]]. The city is divided into localities and blocks. The climate of the Amroha is similar to other districts of Western [[Uttar Pradesh]] situated at the base of Himalaya which becomes hot in summer and dry & cold in winter.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
Amroha is a city in Uttar Pradesh. As per the 2011 census, Amroha had a population of 198,471. Population of children within the age group of 0–6 is 28323 which is 14.27% of total population of Amroha (NPP). In Amroha Nagar Palika Parishad, the female sex ratio is of 925 against state average of 912. Moreover, child sex ratio in Amroha is around 950 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The total number of literates in Amroha was 198,471, which constituted 53.5% of the population with male literacy of 57.2% and female literacy of 49.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Amroha was 62.4%, of which male literacy rate was 66.7% and female literacy rate was 57.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 12,039 and 14 respectively. Amroha had 33903 households in 2011.<ref name="CensusGov">{{cite web |title=Census of India- Amroha|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=135043 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
Amroha is known for its production of [[mangoes]].<ref>{{cite news |title=अमरोही आम की नायाब क़लमी क़िस्में |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/regionalnews/story/2004/08/040807_mango_amroha |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=BBC |date=7 August 2004}}</ref> Some of the [[industry (economics)|industries]] in Amroha include cotton & textiles, and small-scale production of [[cotton]] cloth, hand-loom [[weaving]], [[pottery]] making, [[sugar]] milling and secondary ones are carpet manufacturing, wood handicrafts and [[dholak]] manufacturing.<br />
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==Connectivity==<br />
Amroha is well connected through Railways and Road with Indian capital [[New Delhi]]. [[Amroha railway station]] is situated on Delhi-Moradabad line and all passenger trains & most of the express trains stop here. Amroha railway station is on a line built by [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]], 868 miles from Kolkata. Amroha is about 5&nbsp;km away from [[National Highway 24 (India)|NH 24]], a four-lane highway which connects New Delhi to Lucknow.<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
* [[Azeem Amrohvi]]<br />
* [[Eqbal Mehdi]]<br />
* [[Jaun Elia]]<br />
* [[Kamal Amrohi]]<br />
* [[K. A. Nizami]]<br />
* [[Khayal Amrohvi]]<br />
* [[Mehboob Ali (Uttar Pradeshi politician)|Mahboob Ali]], M.L.A (Ex.Cabinet Minister, U.P.Govt)<br />
* [[Mohammed Shami]], cricketer<br />
* [[Mustajab Shelle]], painter and writer<br />
* [[Nasim Amrohvi]]<br />
* [[Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh]]<br />
* [[Nisar Ahmed Faruqi]]<br />
* [[Qaem Amrohvi|Qaem Amrohi]]<br />
* [[Rais Amrohvi]]<br />
* [[Syed Mahmood Naqvi]]<br />
* [[Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi]]<br />
* [[Sadequain]]<br />
* [https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-city-kanushi-garg-winner-of-eo-up-and-navneet-chandan-is-runner-up-21303079.html Navneet Chandan] [https://linkedin.com/in/navneet-chandan Navneet] is the Founder of [https://www.linkedin.com/company/lokaci-private-limited/ Lokaci] - The Salon Booking App, spent 3 years during his school life in Amroha District.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312173025/http://jpnagar.in/ Amroha Lok Sabha constituency 2019 Election Candidate Website.]<br />
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