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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chandausi
| native_name_lang = Chanda-Si
| other_name =
| nickname = Chanda-si
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Chandausi Jn.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = A platform at the [[Chandausi Junction railway station]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|28.45|N|78.77|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 = [[Sambhal district|Sambhal]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder = Maharishi [[Balmiki]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 284
| population_total =114,384
| population_as_of = 2011
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| 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 = 244412
| registration_plate = UP-38
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'''Chandausi''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] in [[Sambhal district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].

The original name of the city was "Chanda Si", meaning "moon-like" (in Indian poetry the moon is considered to be beautiful). Actually, Chandausi is a large town which is approximately 45 km away from the city of [[Moradabad]]. It has an average elevation of 284 metres (603 feet). It is 187.5 km from New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://distancebetween2.com/delhi/chandausi|title = Distance between Delhi and Chandausi is 155 KM / 96.3 miles}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/shift-district-hq-to-sambal-residents/1001978/ | title=Shift district HQ to Sambal: Residents | date=13 September 2012 | newspaper=The Indian Express | access-date=13 July 2018 }}</ref>

On 5 September 2017 it was declared by Government that the district and session courts for Sambhal District will be established in Chandausi. Also, the district headquarter of Sambhal district is established in [[Bahjoi]] of Chandausi Tehsil.

Zonal Railway Training Institute (ZRTI) at Chandausi, Moradabad UP is the oldest (and North India's only) Railway Training Institute, where group C railway employees like Driver, Guard, Ticket Checker, Station Master, Traffic Inspector, Commercial Inspector, JE (signal & Telecom) etc. are trained for initial, promotional and refresher courses. ZRTI is an ISO 9001 Institute. Applicants pass All India Railway Examinations to get admission into the institute. ZRTI is headed by a senior Civil Services Officer.

== History ==
Chandausi was founded by Ibrahim Khan, a pathan chief of [[Rohilkhand]] in 1755.<ref name="Gommans">{{cite book |last1=Gommans |first1=Jos J. L. |title=The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire: C. 1710-1780 |date=1995 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-10109-8 |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2TH8UYeAaoC |access-date=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Khan enticed several Bania merchants to settle in the town, so that they would carry out trade with the western territories. It later became an important centre for rice and sugar exports to the west.<ref name="Gommans" />

==Demographics==
As per provisional data of 2011 census, Chandausi had a population of 1,14,254 out of which males were 60,238 and females were 54,016. The literacy rate was 72.63 percent.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 2012-07-07 }}</ref>
{{See also|List of cities in Uttar Pradesh}}

==Education==
*[[N.K.B.M.G Postgraduate College]]

==Transport==
Chandausi Junction is situated on Aligarh - Bareilly Railway Route. It is also on a loop line of Lucknow - Moradabad Railway Route. A major railway station Moradabad junction is just 30 mins away from here via railway. [[Lucknow-Moradabad line|line]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html | title = Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | publisher = Management Ebooks | access-date = 18 January 2014 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140111051716/http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html# | archive-date = 11 January 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Bus services from Kaushambi Bus Depot, Gaziabad to Chandausi Depot under Uttar Pradesh State Transport Corporation UPSRTC. Buses are also available from Anand Vihar, Noida City Center and Greater Noida to Chandausi.

==Climate==
The climate of the area is similar to that of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]], with hot dry summers and cold winters and an average of 35 inches of rainfall.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

* Summer: 45.0 °C (max), 32.5 °C (min)
* Winter: 28.5 °C (max), 1 °C (min)
* Average rainfall: 1143 mm (per year)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Historical regions of Rohilkhand}}
{{Sambhal district}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Sambhal district]]
[[Category:Cities in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Chandausi]]

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