Aligarh district

About: The District

For other uses, see Aligarh.

Aligarh district
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Settlement type	District
Country	India
State
District
Subdivision

Aligarh district is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. This district is a part of Aligarh Division. The districts which adjoin Aligarh are (clockwise from north) Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Sambhal, Badaun, Kasganj, Hathras and Mathura.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Aligarh district has a population of 36,73,889,^[1] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritania^[2] or the US state of Oklahoma.^[3] This gives it a ranking of 76th in India (out of a total of 640).^[1] The district has a population density of Template:Convert .^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.78%.^[1] Aligarh has a sex ratio of 876 females for every 1000 males,^[1] and a literacy rate of 69.61%.^[1]

Religion-Hindu 79.05%, Muslim 19.85% and rest are others.

The local language is Brajbhasha. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 94.53% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 5.34% Urdu as their first language.^[4]

Template:Historical populations

Tehsils

In 1941 to 1991 Census Aligarh District Includes the following tehsils

Following Creation of Hathras District In 1997 Hathras , Sikandra Rao , Iglas . Later Iglas was again returned to Aligarh District.

Blocks

1. Block-Gonda
2. Block-Atrauli
3. Block-Tappal
4-गंगीरी, अतरौली (अलीगढ़)
5. बिजौली, अतरौली (अलीगढ़)
6. Block-Dhanipur
7. Block-Iglas
8. Block-Jawan Sikandarpur
9. Block-Lodhaa
10. Block-Chandous
11. Block-Khair
12. अकराबाद, कोइल (अलीगढ़)
13. Block-Gabhana

Education in Aligarh

With around 30,000 students, Aligarh Muslim University is the centre of higher education in Aligarh. The university offers more than 250 courses in both traditional and modern fields of education. In addition, there are many decent schools and colleges for primary and secondary level education.