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| subdivision_name2 = [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]]
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'''Atrauli''' is a town and a [[municipal board]] in [[Aligarh district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census2011Gov"/>

It is around 25 km from [[Aligarh]], which is famous for [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. and 52 km from [[Khair]]. 20 km from Narora Atomic Power Plant (the only Nuclear Project in UP), situated at river bank of Holy river Ganga. The name of the town is taken from Atri Muni who visited Atrauli.

It also known as the birthplace of music legend [[Ustad Alladiya Khan]] (1855–1946), the founder of the [[Jaipur-Atrauli gharana]] school of music.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678747.cms Where talent matters] ''[[Times of India]]'', 26 June 2006. "Heaven knows how many singers were fortunate to have sat at the feet of Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauali gharana."</ref><ref name="Mukhopādhyāẏa2006">{{cite book|author=Kumāraprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa|title=The Lost World of Hindustani Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MR_6Gr26hAC&pg=PA154|access-date=12 July 2013|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306199-1|pages=154–}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Atrauli is located at {{Coord|27.18|N|80.68|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Atrauli.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Atrauli, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet).

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Indian Census]], Atrauli had a population of 50,412, of which 26,368 were males and 24,044 were females. Atrauli has an average literacy rate of 47.5%, with 53.4% of the males and 41.1% of females literate. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 7,254. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Atrauli |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=140864 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>

==Notables residents==
* [[Ashok Singhal]]- National President [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]]
* [[Chandra Bhanu Gupta]]- Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times.* Ghamandi Singh Arya IPS special duty operation for Nagaland.
* [[Kalyan Singh]]- Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh two times and M.P one time and ex-Governor Himachal pradesh and current Governor of [[Rajasthan]].
* [[Khadim Hussain Khan]], Indian classical singer of [[Agra gharana]]
* [[Ravikant Nagaich]]- Hindi film director.
* [[Sharafat Hussain Khan]] - Indian classical music singer.
* [[Ustad Alladiya Khan]]- founder of the [[Jaipur-Atrauli gharana]] school of music.
* Ghamandi Singh Arya -IPS OFFICER OF Mizoram

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Aligarh district}}

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

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