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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khatauli
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| 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 = [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| governing_body = [[Khatauli Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Bilqees Begam
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 438
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 242
| population_total = 72,949
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="cen11ua">{{cite web|url=http://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, Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|format=pdf|access-date=25 August 2013|publisher=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]] [[urdu]] [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] [[haryanvi]] and [[Khari Boli]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 251201
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 1396
| registration_plate = UP12
| website = https://muzaffarnagar.nic.in/
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| leader_party = [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| leader_title1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name1 = [[Vikram Singh Saini]] ([[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]] )
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'''Khatauli''' is a city and [[nagar palika]] in [[Muzaffarnagar district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. A part of [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]], the town is situated 100 km away from the national capital [[New Delhi]]. <ref>{{Cite news|title=NCR gets bigger; Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar districts added|work=Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ncr-gets-bigger-jind-karnal-and-muzaffarnagar-districts-added/articleshow/47600351.cms}}</ref> 

Khatauli lies on the [[National Highway 58 (India)|National Highway 58]] which is an important route for trade and commerce and also a main route for the many Hindu pilgrim places like [[Haridwar]], [[Rishikesh]], [[Kedarnath]], [[Badrinath]] and many hill stations like [[Dehradun]], [[Mussoorie]], and [[Chopta]]. Khatauli was declared as [[Tehsil]] in 2007. The town lies on Delhi - Saharanpur (via Meerut) railway route.

Khatauli came into news because of an unfortunate train accident on 19th Aug 2017 because of human negligence. As many as 14 coaches of Puri Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express went off track.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/live-puri-haridwar-kalinga-utkal-express-derails-khatauli-muzaffarnagar-uttar-pradesh-least-20-injured/815461/|title=Kalinga Utkal Express train accident LIVE: 23 dead, 97 reportedly injured; restoration in full swing|date=2017-08-19|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-08-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
Khatauli is listed in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] as a [[pargana]] under the [[sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] of [[Saharanpur]], producing a revenue of 3,624,588 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 40 cavalry.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last1=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |last2=Jarrett |first2=Henry Sullivan (translator) |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |page=292 |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

==Attractions==
Khatauli's Triveni [[Sugar mills|Sugar Mill]] is the largest in [[Asia]] in terms of scale of production and storage capacity. The mill has been operational since 1933.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trivenigroup.com/sugar/co-generation/facilities.html|title=Triveni Sugar generation facilities}}</ref> Khatauli is a large, rural town and offers some tourist attractions. Khatauli's position on the banks of the upper [[Ganga]] canal serves as the area's main tourist attraction. Khatauli is also known for its combination of cultural influences from the Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Christian and Sikh religions.
There are nine Jain temples in the town.
==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Khatauli municipality had a population of 4,33,910 and the urban agglomeration had a population of 1,04,108. The municipality had a [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 898 females per 1,000 males and 15% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 73%; male literacy was 83% and female literacy was 63%.

The Tehsil has 70% [[Hindu|Hindus]], 25% [[Muslim|Muslims]],4% [[Sikh|Sikhs]], 0.2% [[Christians]] and 0.8% [[Jain|Jains]].

Khatauli is governed by Municipal Council. The city's population is 4,33,910; the urban population is 1,04,108, of which 54,756 are males and 49,352 are females. The majority of the population speaks [[Hindi]].

==See also==
*[[2017 Khatauli train derailment]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Muzaffarnagar district]]

Khatauli - Revision history

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