Aligarh district

The district Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़ जिला ) is a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The administrative headquarters is located in the city of Aligarh.

Geography

The district Aligarh is located in western Uttar Pradesh in the middle Doab, the alluvial plain between the rivers Ganges and Yamuna. The Ganges is to the east, the Yamuna in the west of the boundary of the district. The district is part of the Aligarh Aligarh Division. The area of ​​the district is 3,648 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Gautam Buddha Nagar and Bulandshahr in the north, Badaun in the northeast, Kanshi Ram Nagar in the east, Amroha and Mathura in the south and Palwal in the West. The latter already belongs to the neighboring federal state of Haryana.

The district Aligarh is divided into five Tehsils Khair, Gabhana, Atrauli, Koil and Iglas.

History

The district Aligarh was set up by the British after they conquered the area in 1803 during the Second Marathenkrieg and incorporated into British India. During the British reign, the district part of the ceded and Conquered Provinces was ( 1836 North Western Provinces ), which were in 1902 a part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. After the Indian independence in 1947 showed the state of Uttar Pradesh from the United Provinces. In 1997, a part of Aligarh district was the newly founded district Amroha (then Mahamaya Nagar ) slammed.

Population

According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Aligarh has 3,673,889 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 23 percent, which is slightly faster than in the central Uttar Pradesh ( 20 percent). The population density is 1007 people per square kilometer above the already high average of the state of 829 inhabitants per square kilometer. The district is relatively highly urbanized: 33 percent of the population live in cities. The degree of urbanization is much higher than the average of Uttar Pradesh ( 22 percent). The literacy rate is 68 percent the average of the state.

Hindus make according to the 2001 census, 82 percent of the majority of the inhabitants of the district of Aligarh. In addition, there is a minority of Muslims ( 18 percent).

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