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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Firozabad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2010}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chandr Nagar district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Firozabad.svg
| map_caption = Location of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|27.1518|N|78.4016|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint = Chandr Nagar
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Agra division|Agra]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Firozabad]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2,407
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2023
| population_total = 3,472,437<ref>As per UIDAI data in 2023</ref>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 74.6%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| leader_title = [[District Magistrate]]
| leader_name = [[Dr. Ujjwal Kumar (IAS)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://firozabad.nic.in/about-district/dm-profile/ |title=DM Profile | District Firozabad, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Firozabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Firozabad]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://firozabad.nic.in/
| image_skyline = Firozabad UP 2.jpg
| image_caption = Jain temple in [[Firozabad]]
}}
'''Firozabad district''' ({{IPA|hns|fɪɾoːzaːbaːd̪}}) is one of the western [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] of the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], which has [[Firozabad]] city as its district headquarters. Administratively, the district is a part of the [[Agra division]].

==History==
The city lies in the cultural region of [[Braj]] and was a part of the [[Surasena]] [[Mahajanapada]] of Aheers during the [[Vedic Age]]. It was subsequently ruled by larger kingdoms like the Mauryas, Guptas, Scythians, Kushans, and Indo-Greeks before falling into the hands of local [[Rajput]], [[Ahir]] and [[Jat]] rulers. The Bhadoria Rajputs from Agra, Jats of Bharatpur and Aheers of Gundhau and Dheerpura have ruled the city for some time.
It was named after Firoz Shah Mansab Dar in 1566 during the reign of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]]. The 1596 gazetteer of Agra and Mathura records that Firozabad was upgraded to a [[Pargana]] then given to Nabab Sadulla as a [[jagir]] during the reign of [[Shah jahan]] (r. 1627–1658). Mr. Peter, a businessman connected with the [[East India Company]], visited the town on 9 August 1632 and found it in good condition. [[Etawah]], [[Budaun]], [[Mainpuri]] and Firozabad were all first class mansabdars of the emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]] (r. 1713–1719). The estate of [[Rajput clans]] the [[Labhowa]] [[Jhala (clan)|Jhala]] Hindu Rajas were subdued during the Mughal sultanate which captured many regions in the United Provinces, and by 1680 the Rajas of Labhowa lost control of Firozabad district. As written by British historian Matthew Atmore in his book ''Hindu Tribes and Castes'', [[Jadaun]] [[Rajputs]] are here in huge numbers and other cities of [[Firozabad]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Matthew Atmore Sherring |url=http://archive.org/details/hindutribesandc00shergoog |title=Hindu Tribes and Castes |date=1872 |publisher=Trubner and co.; [etc ., etc.] |others=Oxford University |pages=222–223 |language=English}}</ref>

Bajirao [[Peshwa]] captured Firozabad and Etmadpur in 1737 in the regime of [[Mohammad Shah]]. [[Jat]] Rulers from Mahawan attacked Faujdar Hakim Kajim at Firozabad where they killed him on 9 May 1739, then went on to rule Firozabad for 30 years. Firozabad was also part of Bharatpur Kingdom. Gajuddin, Hidayat Vaksh (son of [[Alamgir II]]), his nephew, and Mirza Baba, his son in law, looted Firozabad. Mirza Nabab Khan stayed here until 1782. At the end of 18th century Firozabad was ruled by Himmat Bahadur Gusain with the cooperation of the Raja of Labhowa.

The French Army Chief Marathas D. Wayan established an ordnance factory in Firozabad in November 1794, an event that Thomas Traving mentions in his book ''Travels in India''. Marathas appointed his subadar Lakwadads here who built a fort near the old [[tehsil]]. General Lek and General Vellajally attacked Firozabad in 1802. At the beginning of the [[British India|British regime]] Firozabad was in the [[Etawah district]] and later attached to the [[Aligarh district]]. When [[Sadabad district]] was created in 1832, Firozabad was made a part of it then later in 1833 the town came under the aegis of [[Agra district]]. In 1847 the ''lakh'' business flourished in Firozabad.{{Clarify|date=May 2011}}

In 1857, the freedom-fighting Chauhans and Aheers of Mainpuri, the Aheers Jamidar, Zamindaar of Chandwar and the local Malahs all took active parts in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]]. Noted [[Urdu]] poet Munir Shikohabadi was sentenced to [[Kala pani (taboo)|Kala pani]] by the ruling East India Company. People from this city took part in the [[Khilafat Movement]], the [[Quit India Movement]] and the [[Dandi March]] with some participants jailed. [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited Firozabad 1929 followed by Semant Gandhi in 1935, Pandit [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in 1937 and Netaji [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] in 1940.

Firozabad district was established on February 4, 1989 by an executive order passed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Previously, the areas had been part of [[Agra district]] and [[Mainpuri district]].<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1210/download/3854/DH_2011_0916_PART_A_DCHB_FIROZABAD.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|3}}

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=520466|13=1911|14=501357|15=1921|16=464114|17=1931|18=487700|19=1941|20=580115|21=1951|22=6,66,941|23=1961|24=8,21,189|25=1971|26=10,34,964|27=1981|28=12,79,726|29=1991|30=15,55,685|31=2001|32=20,81,752|33=2011|34=24,98,156|35=2021|36=2,959,000|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Firozabad district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|85.69}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|12.60}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Uttar Pradesh|Jainism]]|pink|0.76}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.95}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Firozabad district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,498,156,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Firozabad |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1210/download/3854/DH_2011_0916_PART_A_DCHB_FIROZABAD.pdf |access-date= |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<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=Kuwait 2,595,62 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226212024/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<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=Nevada 2,700,551 |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 173rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1044 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.62%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Firozabad has a [[sex ratio]] of 867 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 74.6%. 33.35% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 18.97% of the population.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{Pie chart
| caption = Languages of Firozabad district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
| label1 = [[Hindi]]
| value1 = 97.03
| color1 = Orange
| label2 = [[Urdu]]
| value2 = 2.6
| color2 = green
| label3 = Others
| value3 = 0.37
| color3 = Grey
| thumb = left
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 97% spoke [[Hindi]] as their first language and 2.6% [[Urdu]] as their first language. The local language of the district is [[Brajbhasha]].<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10224/download/13336/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

Firozabad is a primarily rural district, with 66.6% of the population living in rural areas and 33.4% living in urban areas as of 2011. At the sub-district level, this is reversed in the case of Firozabad tehsil, where 63.2% of the population lives in urban areas.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|26}}

==Culture==
The city is home to popular Hindu temples, mainly Vaishno Devi Dham, Kela Devi Temple, and Gopal Ashram (Hanuman Temple). There are many [[Jain]] temples in Firozabad including the well-known Chadamilal Jain temple, Shri Shuparshnath Jain Mandir in Gher Khokal (Mahaveer Chowk) and Chandprabhu Jain Mandir in Khidki. The two temples of Gherkhokal and Khidki are approximately 250–300 years old. The old name of Chandwar was taken from the idol of Chandprabhu made at the time of [[Prithviraj Chauhan]]. [[Muhammad of Ghor]] attacked a holy Jain location situated {{Convert|6|km}} from Firozabad 19 times. An annual fair was held in Chandwar on October 2. The Jama Masjid, founded by the 16th century Mughal Emperor Akbar is the oldest [[mosque]].

==Notable people==
* [[Banarsidas Chaturvedi]]
* [[Totaram Sanadhya]]
* [[Anurag Verma]]
* [[Rajeshwar Prasad]]
* [[Raj Babbar]]
* [[Chandrasen Jadon]]

==Education==
===University===
* [[J.S. University]]
* [[F.S. University]]
* [[C.L. Jain College]]

==Geography==
* The District is connected by rail and bus to major cities. The nearest airport is in [[Agra]].
* Longitude is 78 degree east and latitude 27 degrees north at a height of {{Convert|164.467|m|ft}} above mean sea level.

The district borders Etah district to the North and Mainpuri and Etawah to the East with the [[Yamuna]] River forming the southern boundary. The area of the district accounts for about 0.8 percent of the total area of Uttar Pradesh and 1.1 percent of its population. Approximately 73.6 percent of people live in rural areas. Most of the district lies on a plain sloping from north west to south.

Firozabad has been ranked 1st best "National Clean Air City" under (Category 2 3-10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Result - "PRANA" – Portal |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |access-date=17 September 2024 |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914164336/https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Firozabad district has good transportation links due to [[National Highway 19 (India)|National Highway 19]] linking [[Delhi]] with [[Kolkata]] & Yammuna Express Way passing through it as does the busy railway route from Delhi to Kolkata. Agra is {{cvt|44|km}} away, Kanpur is {{cvt|250|km}} away, Delhi is {{cvt|250|km}} away.

The nearest airport is in Agra which is a domestic airport.

The nearest railway stations are {{rws|Firozabad||Firozabad railway station}} in the center of Firozabad and one in Tundla named {{rws|Tundla Junction}}.

==Local industries==
Firozabad has a major glass industry producing products that include glass bangles and glass hardware so it is also known as Suhag Nagari. {{Clarify|date=May 2011}}.
Various work is done on bangles in many places known locally as ''godam''.

==Administration==
Firozabad district is divided into 5 [[tehsil]]s and more than 10 [[community development block]]s, as follows:<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|4}}
* [[Tundla]] tehsil
** Tundla block
** Firozabad block (part)
* [[Firozabad]] tehsil
** [[Kotla, Firozabad|Kotla]] block
** Firozabad block
* [[Jasrana]] tehsil
** [[Eka, Firozabad|Eka]] block
** [[Kheragarh]] block
** Jasrana block
* [[Shikohabad]] tehsil
** Shikohabad block
** [[Araon, Firozabad|Araon]] block
** [[Madanpur, Firozabad|Madanpur]] block
* Sirsaganj tehsil

==Municipalities==
Firozabad district has 6 statutory towns, including 4 [[nagar palika parishad]]s (municipal boards) and 2 [[nagar panchayat]]s. There are also 3 non-statutory [[census town]]s in the district. The district's towns are as follows:<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|4, 321–3, 325}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Town name
! Classification
! Tehsil
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Tundla]] || [[Nagar palika parishad]] || Tundla || 50,423
|-
| [[Tundla Railway Colony]] || [[Census town]] || Tundla|| 7,404
|-
| [[Tundla Kham]] || [[Census town]] || Tundla || 7,079
|-
| [[Firozabad]] || [[Nagar palika parishad]] || Firozabad || 604,214
|-
| [[Fariha]] || [[Nagar panchayat]] || Jasrana || 6,887
|-
| [[Jasrana]] || [[Nagar panchayat]] || Jasrana || 10,648
|-
| [[Shikohabad]] || [[Nagar palika parishad]] || Shikohabad || 107,404
|-
| [[Sirsaganj]] || [[Nagar palika parishad]] || Shikohabad || 32,098
|-
| [[Makhanpur]] || [[Census town]] || Shikohabad || 7,012
|}

==Villages==


* [[Nagla Beech, Uttar Pradesh|Nagla Beech]]
* [[Nagla Buddh Singh, Shikohabad|Nagla Buddh Singh]]
* [[Parham, Uttar Pradesh|Parham]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://firozabad.nic.in/ Official website]

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|North = [[Etah district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Mainpuri district]]
|Southeast = [[Etawah district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Agra district]]
|West =
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MarioStpierre at 04:26, 11 February 2026