Budhana

Randi Town in Uttar Pradesh, India

Budhana

Randi Town

Budhana

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Budhana

Budhana (India)

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Coordinates: 29°17′N 77°28′E﻿ / ﻿29.28°N 77.47°E﻿ / 29.28; 77.47
Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
District| Muzaffarnagar
Elevation

| 231 m (758 ft)
Population

(2015)

• Total

| 82,439
Languages

• Official| Hindi, Urdu
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

251309

Telephone code| 01392
Vehicle registration| UP-12

Budhana is a town famous for block, tehsil, nagar panchayat, and one of the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India.

## Demographics

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As of the 2001 India census,[1] the town of Budhana had a population of 32,950. Males constitute 53% (17,416) of the population and females 47% (15,534). Budhana has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5% with a male literacy rate of 57% and a female literacy rate of 40%. More than 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The total population of Budhana tehsil is 430,700 with 229,877 males and 200,823 females.

## History

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Budhana is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under the sarkar of Saharanpur, producing a revenue of 3,698,041 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 40 cavalry.[2]

## Temples

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### Jain Temples

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1\. Shri 1008 Chandraprabhu Digamber Jain Mandir

2\. Shri 1008 Parashvanath Digambar Jain Mandir

## Notable people

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* Nawazuddin Siddiqui[3]
* Atikur Rahman,
* Puja Tomar[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
2. ^ Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak; Jarrett (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 291. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
3. ^ "Star banna boring lagta hai, says 'Gangs of Wasseypur' actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui". CNN-IBN. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
4. ^ "When the commitment to social change is a provocation for an increasingly repressive State: A profile of Atikur Rahman – The Polis Project". Retrieved 13 May 2024.

## External links

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* "Budhana" at Census India

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany