Moradabad district
The district Moradabad (Hindi: मुरादाबाद जिला ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh; Council is based in the eponymous city of Moradabad.
Geography
The district Moradabad is situated in the Rohilkhand region in the north-west Uttar Pradesh and is part of the Moradabad Division. Neighboring districts are Rampur in the east, in the south Sambhal, Amroha in the West, Bijnor in the northwest and Udham Singh Nagar in the Northeast. The latter already belongs to the neighboring Federal State of Uttarakhand.
Before the spin-off of the district Sambhal in 2011, the district Moradabad had an area of 3,718 square kilometers. The area belongs to the flat and intensively farmed Gangetic Plain. The district area is the Ramganga, a tributary of the Ganges, flowing through it.
The district Moradabad is divided into four Tehsils Thakurdwara, Kanth, Moradabad and Bilari. The Sambhal Tehsils and Chandausi 2011 came to the newly formed District Sambhal.
History
The district Moradabad was established in 1801 by the British after the Nawab of Oudh had assigned them the Rohilkhand region. Initially, the district Moradabad also included the area of the later Bijnor districts and Budaun, which were released in 1817 or 1822 as a separate district from Moradabad. 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, the district Amroha (originally under the name of Jyotiba Phule Nagar ) formed from the western part of the district of Moradabad. 2011, the district area reduced again, as from parts of the districts of Moradabad and Budaun district Sambhal (originally Bheemnagar ) was founded.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the district Moradabad under the old territorial status has 4,772,006 inhabitants ( all subsequent figures refer to the former district area, including the district today to Sambhal related areas). Thus, the district Moradabad was measured by the number of inhabitants to Allahabad Uttar Pradesh is the second largest district. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 25 percent. The district Moradabad is very densely populated: The population density is 1,283 inhabitants per square kilometer with well above the already high average Uttar Pradesh ( 829 inhabitants per square kilometer). (22 Uttar Pradesh is the average percent) 33 percent of the residents of the district live in cities: Here, the district Moradabad is relatively highly urbanized. The literacy rate is below average, however: At 57 percent, it is well below the average of the state of 68 percent.
As large parts of the Rohilkhand region is the district Moradabad strongly influenced Muslim: According to the 2001 census put among the inhabitants of the district of Moradabad Hindus with 54 per cent was just the majority, Muslims make up 46 percent of the population. The Muslim share of the population is under the neighboring district Rampur Uttar Pradesh is the second highest. Among the urban population, Muslims represent the majority.
Cities
The list also includes those cities with one belonging to the district Sambhal since 2011: