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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Baraut
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| image_skyline = Office of Baraut Municipality.jpg
| imagesize =
| image_alt = Office of Baraut Municipality
| image_caption = Office of Baraut Municipality
| map_alt = Baraut on map of Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|29|10|02|N|77|26|29|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Uttar Pradesh|Division]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Meerut division|Meerut]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Baghpat district|Baghpat]]
| parts_type =
| parts =
| governing_body = [[Nagar Palika|Municipality]]
| leader_title = [[Chairperson]]
| leader_name = Dushyant Tomar
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 10.36
| area_total_sq_mi =
| area_rank =
| elevation_m = 231
| population_total = 103,764
| population_as_of = [[2011 census of India|2011]]
| 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=23 November 2020|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_title3 = Regional
| demographics1_info3 = [[Khariboli dialect|Khari Boli]], [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 250611
| area_code = 91-1234 xxx xxx
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = UP-17
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 70.22% [[male|♂]]/51.12% [[female|♀]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Literacy in India#Definition of literacy|Literacy rate]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = Crude (66.2%), Effective (76.7%)
}}
'''Baraut''' is a city and municipal board in [[Bagpat district|Baghpat]] district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

==Geography==
Baraut is located at [https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Baraut&params=29.6_N_77.16_E_ 29.6°N 77.16°E], covering an area of 10.36 square kilometers (4.00 sq mi) and lying between the [[Ganges|Ganga]] and [[Yamuna]] river plains. Its average elevation is 231 m (758 feet). Baraut is served by [[National Highway 709B (India)|NH-709B]] and state highways SH-57 and SH-82.

Baraut is located 55 kilometers (34 mi) from [[Delhi]] (the national capital of India) and 55 kilometers from Meerut, and is within the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region (NCR)]]. It is within Baghpat district; prior to that, within [[Meerut district|Meerut]] district. Baraut is well linked by road to Meerut (MDR 34 W) and Muzaffarnager (MDR 135W) to the east, to Chhaprauli to the northwest, and Kotana to the west.

==Demographics==
===Population===
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Baraut had a total population of 103,764, of which 55,013 were males and 48,751 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,149. The total number of literates in Baraut was 68,690 , which constituted 66.2% of the population with male literacy of 71.8% and female literacy of 59.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Baraut was 76.7%, of which male literacy rate was 83.5% and female literacy rate was 69.0%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 6,357. Baraut had 17924 in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Baraut |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=136886 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Baraut is a multi-religious place with 32 [[Hindu temple|temples]], 21 [[mosque]]s, 1 [[gurdwara]], and 2 [[Church (building)|church]]es in Baraut city.<ref name="BagpatBarautAboutOld">{{cite web |title=About Baraut |url=http://bagpat.nic.in/about_baraut.htm |date=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410121708/http://bagpat.nic.in/about_baraut.htm |archive-date=10 April 2007 |access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>

===Languages===
The official languages of the city is [[Hindi]], and [[Urdu]] is the additional official language.<ref name="langoff"/>

== Administration and politics ==
[[Baraut (Assembly constituency)|Baraut]] is one of the 403 constituencies of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], India. The first election of this assembly constituency was held in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=DPACO (1952) |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3952-dpaco-1951/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> In 1952, Umrao Dutta Ved won the elections and became the first [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of Baraut.<ref name=" 1952 Election Results ">{{cite news|title= 1952 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=1 October 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1952/StatRep_UP_1952.pdf}}</ref> After the 1969 elections, the constituency was dissolved. In 2008, when the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed, the constituency was re-constituted and elections were held in 2012. The constituency is assigned identification number 51. Krishan Pal Malik is the current MLA.

Baraut is part of the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]] (NCR).

==See also==
*[[Asara, India]]
*[[Baoli village]]
*[[Baraut (Assembly constituency)]]
*[[Kishanpur baral]]
*[[List of cities in Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Nagla Rawa]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070410121708/http://bagpat.nic.in/about_baraut.htm Official site of Baraut]

{{Bagpat district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bagpat district]]
[[Category:Cities in Uttar Pradesh]]
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