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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Meerut}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Meerut district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Meerut.svg
| map_caption = Location of Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|28.984|77.704}}
| coor_pinpoint = Meerut
| 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 = [[Meerut division]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Meerut]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 3
| area_total_km2 = 2522
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3,443,689
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 51.07 %
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 74.80 %
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 885
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 7
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 58 (India)(old numbering)|NH-58]],NE-3
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://meerut.nic.in/
}}

'''Meerut district''', is one of the [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of India, and [[Meerut]] is the district headquarters. Meerut district is also a part of the [[Meerut division]].<ref>For Literacy rate, population aged 7 and above only is considered in India.</ref> The administrative head of district of Meerut is a [[District Magistrate]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://meerut.nic.in/geninfo/dm.htm|title=District Magistrates of Meerut|website=meerut.nic.in|access-date=2017-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811214824/http://meerut.nic.in/geninfo/dm.htm|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> while the administrative head of Meerut Division is [[Divisional Commissioner]], an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://meerut.nic.in/geninfo/commr.htm|title=Commissioners of Meerut Division|website=meerut.nic.in|access-date=2017-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811215319/http://meerut.nic.in/geninfo/commr.htm|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History ==
The district was established under British rule in 1818 and, on establishment, constituted the then [[tehsil]]s of Meerut, Ghaziabad, Mawana, Baghpat, Sardhana and Hapur.<ref name=imp>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_262.gif Meerut District – History] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1909, v. 17, p. 256-257, 261.</ref><ref name="kinship">{{cite book|title=Kinship and Urbanization: White Collar Migrants in North India|author=Sylvia Vatuk|publisher=University of California Press|year=1972|url=https://archive.org/details/kinshipurbanizat0000vatu|url-access=registration|isbn=9780520020641|page=[https://archive.org/details/kinshipurbanizat0000vatu/page/2 2]}}</ref> These now constitute the districts of Meerut, [[Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]], [[Hapur district|Hapur]], [[Bagpat district|Bagpat]], [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]], [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]] and a part of [[Gautam Buddh Nagar district]].<ref name=imp/>

== Geography ==
Meerut district lies between 28°57’ to 29°02’ North latitude and 77°40’ to 77°45’ East longitude in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India.<ref name=ch3>{{cite web|title=Chapter 3 – Findings: Metro Cities of India|url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf|publisher=Central Pollution Control Board|access-date=1 April 2011|pages=63|format=pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210838/http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is bound on the north by [[Muzaffarnagar district]], in the south by [[Bulandshahar district]] while [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]] and [[Baghpat district|Baghpat]] districts form the southern and western limits.<ref name=jn>{{cite web|title=Consultancy Services for preparation of the City Development Plan(CDP) for Meerut in the state of Uttar Pradesh under JNNURM |url=http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CDP_Meerut.pdf |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India |access-date=30 September 2012 |pages=209 |format=pdf |date=August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031161415/http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CDP_Meerut.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The river [[Ganges]] forms the eastern boundary and separates the district from [[Moradabad district]] and [[Bijnor district]]. The [[Hindon River|Hindon]] forms the western boundary and separates the district from [[Baghpat district|Baghpat]].<ref name=jn /> The ground is not rocky and there are no mountains. The soil is composed of pleistocene and sub-recent alluvial sediments transported and deposited by river action from the Himalayan region. These alluvial deposits are unconsolidated. Lithologically, sediments consist of clay, silt and fine to coarse sand. Land is very fertile for growing crops, especially wheat, sugarcane and vegetables.<ref name=ch3 />

== Administration ==
The administrative head of district of Meerut is a [[District Magistrate]]<ref name=":1" /> while the administrative head of Meerut Division is [[Divisional Commissioner]], an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer.<ref name=":2" />

=== Tehsil ===
The District administration comprises three [[Tehsils of India|tehsils]], namely:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://meerut.nic.in/meerut/index.html|title=DISTRICT MEERUT DETAILS|website=meerut.nic.in|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* Meerut
* Mawana
* Sardhana

=== Block ===
District is divided into 12 [[Block (district subdivision)|blocks]], namely:<ref name=":0" />
* Meerut
* Rajpura
* Kharkhauda
* Jani
* Rohata
* Mawana
* Parikshitgarh
* Machhara
* Hastinapur
* Sardhana
* Daurala
* Saroorpur

== Politics ==
Meerut is in part served by the [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut-Hapur constituency]] for elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] of the [[Parliament of India]].

{{As of|2017|1|25}}, the district has seven [[Vidhan Sabha]](Legislative Assembly) constituencies, which return members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]. These are [[Siwalkhas (Assembly constituency)|Siwalkhas]], [[Sardhana (Assembly constituency)|Sardhana]], [[Hastinapur (Assembly constituency)|Hastinapur]] (which is [[reservation in India|reserved]] for candidates from the [[Scheduled Castes]]), [[Kithore (Assembly constituency)|Kithore]], [[Meerut Cantt. (Assembly constituency)|Meerut Cantonment]], [[Meerut (Assembly constituency)|Meerut]], and [[Meerut South (Assembly constituency)|Meerut South]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://meerut.nic.in/finals2017/vidhansabha_list.html|title=VOTER LIST 2017 ELECTION|website=meerut.nic.in|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,75,150|13=1911|14=6,66,027|15=1921|16=6,63,961|17=1931|18=7,09,677|19=1941|20=8,40,218|21=1951|22=10,10,618|23=1961|24=12,01,058|25=1971|26=14,92,928|27=1981|28=18,97,593|29=1991|30=23,97,099|31=2001|32=29,73,877|33=2011|34=34,43,689|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Meerut district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,443,689,<ref name=":4" /> roughly equal to the nation of [[Panama]]<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 =Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Connecticut]].<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=Connecticut 3,574,097
|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 94th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} The district has a population density of {{convert|1346|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 1.489%. Meerut has a [[sex ratio]] of 886 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, lower than the state average of 908; while the child sex ratio is 852, lower than the state average of 899.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} The district has a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 72.84%, higher than the state average of 69.72%.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

According to the 2001 census, the district ranked 6th in terms of population density<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-3.htm|title=Ranking of districts by population density|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122203101/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-3.htm|archive-date=22 November 2011|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh}}</ref> in Uttar Pradesh. The district had an average literacy rate of 65.96%, higher than the national average of 64.8% and the state average of 57.36%.<ref name=CUP2/><ref name=cen4>{{cite web|title=CENSUS-2001|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-4.htm|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=6 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122212113/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-4.htm|archive-date=22 November 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/literates1.aspx Census of India 2001]</ref> 16.66% of the population was under 6 years of age.<ref name=CUP/> The percentage of Muslim population over 36% (one of the largest among the cities of India).<ref name=CI/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 86.55% of the population of the district spoke [[Hindi]], 12.43% [[Urdu]] and 0.47% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

=== Area-Based ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ Demographics of Meerut District (2011 Census)<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/population_enumeration.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2017-06-15}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
! rowspan="2" |[[Tehsil]]
! rowspan="2" |Town/Village {{efn-lr|1=M Corp. = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipal Corporation]], NP = [[Nagar panchayat]], NPP = [[Nagar Palika Parishad]], CB = [[Cantonment Board]], CT = [[Census Town]]}}
! colspan="3" |

==== Population ====
! rowspan="2" |

==== [[Sex ratio|Sex Ratio]] ====
! colspan="3" |

==== [[Literacy in India|Literacy Rate]] ====
{{efn-lr|For Literacy rate, population aged 7 and above only is considered in India. }}
|-
!Male
!Female
!Total
!Male
!Female
!Total
|-
| rowspan="9" |Meerut
| Kharkhoda (NP) || 7584 || 6780 || 14,364 || 894 || 85.68% || 67.51% || 76.99%
|-
| Sewalkhas (NP) || 13073 || 11809 || 24,882 || 903 || 66.52% || 45.94% || 56.74%
|-
| Meerut (CB) || 53024 || 40288 || 93,312 || 760 || 87.99% || 79.48% || 84.33%
|-
| Meerut (M Corp.) || 688118 || 617311 || 1,305,429 || 897 || 80.97% || 69.79% || 75.66%
|-
| Mohiuddinpur (CT) || 2811 || 2389 || 5,200 || 850 || 89.17% || 69.63% || 80.13%
|-
| Aminagar Urf Bhurbaral (CT) || 3314 || 2827 || 6,141 || 853 || 91.01% || 69.68% || 81.02%
|-
| Amehra Adipur (CT) || 2844 || 2641 || 5,485 || 929 || 85.68% || 68.05% || 77.14%
|-
| Sindhawali (CT) || 2782 || 2553 || 5,335 || 918 || 79.92% || 64.44% || 72.53%
|-
| '''Tehsil Meerut Total''' || '''1114701''' || '''987456''' || '''2,102,157''' || '''886''' || '''81.54%''' || '''67.26%''' || '''74.81%'''
|-
| rowspan="7" |Mawana
| Kithaur (NP) || 14488 || 13445 || 27,933 || 928 || 69.85% || 51.71% || 61.11%
|-
| Parikshitgarh (NP) || 10385 || 9445 || 19,830 || 909 || 87.83% || 70.92% || 79.73%
|-
| Mawana (NPP) || 43029 || 38414 || 81,443 || 893 || 77.81% || 62.49% || 70.55%
|-
| Hastinapur (NP) || 14010 || 12442 || 26,452 || 888 || 82.50% || 63.47% || 73.48%
|-
| Bahsuma (NP) || 6307 || 5446 || 11,753 || 863 || 84.14% || 66.12% || 75.70%
|-
| Phalauda (NP) || 10423 || 9485 || 19,908 || 910 || 71.54% || 51.01% || 61.79%
|-
| '''Tehsil Mawana Total''' || '''409829''' || '''362612''' || '''772,441''' || '''885''' || '''80.30%''' || '''59.27%''' || '''70.40%'''
|-
| rowspan="5" |Sardhana
| Lawar (NP) || 11599 || 10425 || 22,024 || 899 || 69.82% || 47.92% || 59.37%
|-
| Daurala (NP) || 10565 || 9211 || 19,776 || 872 || 87.64% || 69.71% || 79.23%
|-
| Sardhana (NPP) || 30171 || 28081 || 58,252 || 931 || 70.96% || 54.88% || 63.18%
|-
| Karnawal (NP) || 6296 || 5367 || 11,663 || 852 || 86.81% || 66.50% || 77.36%
|-
| '''Tehsil Sardhana Total''' || '''301213''' || '''267878''' || '''569,091''' || '''889''' || '''78.34%''' || '''58.05%''' || '''68.74%'''
|-
| colspan="2" |'''District - Meerut Total'''|| '''1,825,743''' || '''1,617,946''' || '''3,443,689''' || '''886''' || '''80.74%''' || '''63.98%''' || '''72.84%'''
|-
| colspan="9" |{{notelist-lr|close=1}}
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Population Statistics
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year ||colspan="3"| Urban ||colspan="3"| Rural ||colspan="3"| Total ||rowspan="2"| Growth rate ||rowspan="2"| Sex ratio{{Efn|In females per 1000 males}} ||rowspan="2"| Density{{Efn|In persons per square kilometer}}
|-
! Male || Female || Total || Male || Female || Total || Male || Female || Total
|-
|| 1971<ref name="bhatia">{{cite book|title=Existence of Cooperation & Consumers-cooperatives|author=Basant Lal Bhatia|publisher=Sarup & Sons|access-date=20 August 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3A7kybmnjcC|isbn=9788185431178|year=1992|pages=21–22}}</ref><ref name="sr">{{cite web|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-9.htm|title=Sex Ratio since 1901 for state and districts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011224190825/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-9.htm|archive-date=24 December 2001|access-date=17 October 2013|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh}}</ref>{{Efn|Includes Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar districts}}{{Efn|name=bagpat|Includes Bagpat district}}
| NA
| NA
| 817,445
| NA
| NA
| 2,546,204
| NA
| NA
| 3,363,649
| 24.04%
| 830
| 563
|-
|| 1981<ref name="sr"/><ref name="pundir2">{{cite book|title=Banking, Bureaucracy, and Social Networks: Scheduled Castes in the Process of Development|author=Jagdish Kumar Pundir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=svyVzV0n8DQC|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=1998|isbn=9788176250245|page=50}}</ref><ref name="decadal growth">{{cite web|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-8.htm|title=Percentage decadal variation in population since 1901 for state and districts|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122200556/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-8.htm|archive-date=22 November 2011}}</ref>{{Efn|name=bagpat}}
| NA
| NA
| 863,280
| NA
| NA
| 1,903,280
| NA
| NA
| 2,767,246
| 28.43%{{efn|name=growth|Ghaziabad district (including parts of Gautam Buddh Nagar district) was separated from Meerut district in 1976. Baghpat district was separated in 1998. Growth rates in the 1971-1981 and 1991-2001 periods exclude the populations of these districts.}}
| 841 (+11)
| 708 (+145)
|-
|| 1991{{Efn|Does not include Bagpat district}}<ref name=CUP2>{{cite web|title=Census-2001: Literacy Rates by sex for State and Districts|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-5.htm|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=8 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222161313/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-5.htm|archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=cen1>{{cite web|title=Census-2001: Ranking of Districts by population size in 1991 and 2001|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-1.htm|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=8 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222155553/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-1.htm|archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=cen7>{{cite web|title=Population distribution, percentage decadal growth, sex ratio and Population Density|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-7.htm|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=8 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222033755/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-7.htm|archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref>
|NA
|NA
| 849,799
|NA
|NA
| 1,567,714
| 1,301,137 (53.82%){{citation needed|date=April 2011}}
| 1,116,376 (46.18%){{citation needed|date=April 2011}}
| 2,417,513
| 24.91%
| 858 (+17)
| 959 (+251)
|-
|| 2001<ref name=CUP2/><ref name=CUP>{{cite web|url=http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-10.htm|title=Population in the age group 0-6, number of literates and literacy rate for state and districts|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122203039/http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/census01/cen01-10.htm|archive-date=22 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=CI>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-0907.pdf|title=Basic data sheet, District Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Census of India 2001|format=pdf}}</ref><ref name=censusofindia>[http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/District_Master.aspx?state_code=09] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128111714/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/District_Master.aspx?state_code=09 |date=28 November 2011 }}. Census of India.</ref>
| 774,670
| 677,313
| 1,451,983
| 826,908
| 718,470
| 1,545,378
| 1,601,578 (53.43%)
| 1,395,783 (46.56%)
| 2,997,361
| 24.16%{{efn|name=growth}}
| 871 (+13)
| 1190 (+231)
|-
|| 2011{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
| 932,736
| 829,837
| 1,762,573
| 896,456
| 788,376
| 1,684,832
| 1,829,192 (53.06%)
| 1,618,213 (46.94%)
| 3,443,689
| 15.92%
| 885 (+14)
| 1347 (+157)
|-
|colspan="13"|{{notelist|close=1}}
|}
[[File:Meerut District population Charts.png|thumb|right|Change in the population of Meerut, 2001–2011|alt=bar graph showing population change in Meerut, 2001–2011]]

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Literacy Rate (Percentage)
! Year || Male || Female || Total
|-
| 1991{{Efn|Does not include Bagpat district}}<ref name=CUP2/> || 64.88 || 37.67 || 52.41
|-
| 2001<ref name=CUP2/><ref name=CUP/> || 76.31 (+11.43) || 54.12 (+16.45) || 65.96 (+13.55)
|-
| 2011{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} || 82.91 (+6.6) || 65.69 (+11.57) || 74.80 (+8.84)
|-
|colspan="5"|{{notelist|close=1}}
|}

=== Religion ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ class="nowrap" |Religion-wise demographics of Meerut District(2011 Census; updated)<ref name=":4" />
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="3" |
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" |
|-
!Male
!Female
!Total
!Male
!Female
!Total
|-
| Hindu || 1,169,512 || 1,013,743 || 2,183,255 || 867 || 88.02% || 71.28% || 80.20%
|-
| Muslim || 617,178 || 568,465 || 1,185,643 || 921 || 65.58% || 49.07% || 57.66%
|-
| Christian || 5,500 || 5,082 || 10,582 || 924 || 85.12% || 75.65% || 80.57%
|-
| Sikh || 13,694 || 11,218 || 24,912 || 819 || 85.47% || 73.11% || 79.90%
|-
| Buddhist || 999 || 856 || 1,855 || 857 || 88.39% || 73.73% || 81.63%
|-
| Jain || 9,554 || 8,990 || 18,544 || 941 || 97.51% || 95.02% || 96.31%
|-
| Others || 118 || 118 || 236 || 1,000 || 94.50% || 86.00% || 90.43%
|-
| Not stated || 9,188 || 9,474 || 18,662 || 1,031 || 82.02% || 68.16% || 74.81%
|-
| '''Meerut District''' || '''1,825,743''' || '''1,617,946''' || '''3,443,689''' || '''886''' || '''80.74%''' || '''63.98%''' || '''72.84%'''
|-
| colspan="8" |{{notelist-lr|close=1}}
|}

There were [[1987 Meerut communal riots]] and [[2014 Meerut riots]].
A [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Meerut]] is active in the district.

== Areas ==

=== Cities ===
* [[Meerut]]

=== Towns ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Bahsuma]]
* [[Daurala]]
* [[Hastinapur]]
* [[Karnawal]]
* [[Kharkhoda]]
* [[Kithaur]]
* [[Lawar]]
* [[Mawana]]
* [[Mohiuddinpur]]
* [[Parikshitgarh]]
* [[Partapur, Uttar Pradesh|Partapur]]
* [[Phalauda]]
* [[Sardhana]]
* [[Sewalkhas]]
}}

=== Villages ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Samaypur]]
* [[Ajrara]]
* [[Alamgirpur]]
* [[Bhoopgarhi]]
* [[Bhopgarh]]
* [[Meerpur]]
* [[Fatehapur Narayan]]
* [[Hajipur (Meerut)|Hajipur]]
* [[Harra, Uttar Pradesh|Harra]]
* [[Incholi]]
* [[Khiwai]]
* [[Kaland, India|Kaland]]
* [[Machhra]]
* [[Niloha]]
* [[Pabarsa]]
* [[Palra (Meerut)|Palra]]
* [[Shahjahanpur, Meerut|Shahjahanpur]]
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Meerut district
|North = [[Muzaffarnagar district]]
|Northeast = [[Bijnor district]]
|East = [[Hapur District]]
|Southeast = [[Jyotiba Phule Nagar district]]
|South = [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Baghpat district]]
|Northwest =
}}

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Meerut district - Revision history

122.177.33.155 at 14:19, 27 December 2021