Moradabad district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Moradabad.

District of Uttar Pradesh in India

Moradabad District

District of Uttar Pradesh

Ramganga at Moradabad

Location of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh

Coordinates (Moradabad): 28°50′N 78°46′E﻿ / ﻿28.84°N 78.76°E﻿ / 28.84; 78.76
Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
Division| Moradabad
Headquarters| Moradabad
Government

• Lok Sabha constituencies| Moradabad
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies| Barhapur
Kanth
Thakurdwara
Moradabad Rural
Moradabad Nagar
Area

• Total| 3,741 km2 (1,444 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Total| 3,126,507
• Density| 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Demographics

• Literacy| 58.67 per cent[1]
Time zone| UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website| moradabad.nic.in

Moradabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Moradabad is the district headquarters. Moradabad district is a part of Moradabad division. It is used to be the second most populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of 75), after Prayagraj[2] till a new district Sambhal was carved out of it in 2011.

The district of Moradabad lies between 28°21´ to 28°16´ north latitude and 78°4´ to 79° east longitude.

## Demographics[edit]

Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1901| 854,603| —
1911| 905,439| +0.58%
1921| 859,151| −0.52%
1931| 920,336| +0.69%
1941| 1,055,828| +1.38%
1951| 1,190,434| +1.21%
1961| 1,423,487| +1.80%
1971| 1,747,420| +2.07%
1981| 2,257,867| +2.60%
1991| 2,965,293| +2.76%
2001| 3,810,983| +2.54%
2011| 4,772,006| +2.27%
source:[3]

According to the 2011 census Moradabad district has a population of 4,772,006,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Singapore[4] or the US state of Alabama.[5] This gives it a ranking of 26th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 1,284 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,330/sq mi).[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.25%.[2] Moradabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 58.67%.

After bifurcation, the residual Moradabad district has a population of 3,126,507 and a sex ratio of 910 females per 1000 males. 1,156,525 (36.99%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 436,149 (13.95%) of the population.[2][6]

### Religion[edit]

Religions in Moradabad district (2011)[7]

Religion |  | Percent
Islam |

| 50.80%
Hinduism |

| 48.32%
Other or not stated |

| 0.88%
Distribution of religions

After the separation of Sambhal district, Moradabad district became the second Muslim-majority district after Rampur.[7]

Religions in Moradabad by tehsil (2011)[7] Tehsils  | Muslims | Hindus  | Others

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Thakurdwara | 54.53%  | 44.83%  | 0.64%
Kanth | 44.95%  | 54.28%  | 0.77%
Moradabad | 51.17%  | 47.73%  | 1.10%
Bilari | 49.72%  | 49.73%  | 0.55%

### Language[edit]

Languages of Moradabad district (2011)[8]

Hindi (64.49%)

Urdu (35.20%)

Others (0.31%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 64.49% of the population of the residual district spoke Hindi and 35.20% Urdu as their first language.[8]

## Administrative divisions[edit]

There is one Lok Sabha constituencies for the district:

* Moradabad composed of Kanth, Thakurdwara, Moradabad Rural, Moradabad City and Barhapur (from Bijnor District).

For election purposes Moradabad District is divided into six Vidhan Sabha constituencies:[9]

1. Kanth
2. Thakurdwara
3. Moradabad Rural
4. Moradabad Nagar
5. Kundarki
6. Bilari

Moradabad District has one division: Moradabad Subdivision. There are five tehsils in Moradabad District and eight blocks.

* In Moradabad Subdivision there are three tehsils: Bilari Tehsil, Kanth Tehsil, Thakurdwara Tehsil;[10] and there are five blocks: Kundarki, Chajlet, Bhagtpur, Dilari and Mundapandey.

## Towns and villages[edit]

In addition to the city of Moradabad, which is governed as a Municipal Corporation, there are four municipalities: Bahjoi, Bilari, Chandausi, and Thakurdwara. There are Eight Town Panchayats:[11]

* Kanth
* Chhajlet
* Kundarki
* Narauli
* Rustamnagar Sahaspur
* Umri Kalan
* Sherua Dharampur
* Dhakia

There are 1210 grams and 584 gram panchayats in the district.[12]

### Villages[edit]

* Bhikanpur
* Khalilpur Amru
* Handalpur
* Ratupura
* Sadarpur Matlabpur

## Notable people[edit]

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* Jigar Moradabadi
* Piyush Chawla
* Ponty Chadha
* Robert Vadra
* Sufi Amba Prasad
* Arun Lal
* Govind Swarup
* Javed Jaffrey
* Zainul Abideen

## See also[edit]

* Bhikanpur, Moradabad
* 1888 Moradabad hailstorm

## References[edit]

1. ^ "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
2. ^ a b c d e f g "District Census Handbook: Moradabad" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
3. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
4. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. "Singapore 4,740,737 July 2011 est."
5. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011. "Alabama 4,779,736"
6. ^ MINUTES OF THE 34th MEETING OF EMPOWERED COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE REVISED PLAN FOR BALANCE FUND FOR THE DISTRICTS OF GHAZIABAD, BAREILLY, BARABANKI, SIDDHARTH NAGAR, SHAHJANPUR, MORADABAD, MUZAFFAR NAGAR, BAHRAICH AND LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH) UNDER MULTI-SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS HELD ON 22nd JULY, 2010 AT 11.00 A.M. UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS. Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine F. No. 3/64/2010-PP-I, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
7. ^ a b c "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
8. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
9. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 461–462.
10. ^ The National Panchayat Directory lists Moradabad Tehsil instead of Kanth Teshil. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Blocks of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
11. ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Report on Urban Local Bodies: Uttar Pradesh: Moradabad". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
12. ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Blocks of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

## External links[edit]

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* Official website

Places adjacent to Moradabad district

| Bijnor district | Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh |

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Moradabad district

| Rampur district
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| Budaun district |

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Cities and towns in Moradabad district

Moradabad|

* Bilari
* Dilari
* Kanth
* Kundarki
* Moradabad
* New Moradabad
* Sirsi
* Thakurdwara
* Umri Kalan

Other districts|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Amroha
* Auraiya
* Azamgarh
* Badaun
* Bagpat
* Bahraich
* Ballia
* Balrampur
* Banda
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Bijnor
* Bhadohi
* Bulandshahr
* Chandauli
* Chitrakoot
* Deoria
* Etah
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Fatehpur
* Firozabad
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Ghazipur
* Gonda
* Gorakhpur
* Hamirpur
* Hardoi
* Hapur
* Hathras
* Jalaun
* Jaunpur
* Jhansi
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kanpur Dehat
* Kasganj
* Kaushambi
* Kushinagar
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lalitpur
* Lucknow
* Maharajganj
* Mahoba
* Mainpuri
* Mathura
* Mau
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Muzaffarnagar
* Pilibhit
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj
* Raebareli
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Sambhal
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Shahjahanpur
* Shravasti
* Siddharthnagar
* Shamli
* Sitapur
* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

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Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

Agra division|

* Agra
* Firozabad
* Mainpuri
* Mathura

Aligarh division|

* Aligarh
* Etah
* Hathras
* Kasganj

Ayodhya division|

* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Ayodhya
* Barabanki
* Sultanpur

Azamgarh division|

* Azamgarh
* Ballia
* Mau

Bareilly division|

* Bareilly
* Budaun
* Pilibhit
* Shahjahanpur

Basti division|

* Basti
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Siddharthnagar

Chitrakoot division|

* Banda
* Chitrakoot
* Hamirpur
* Mahoba

Devipatan division|

* Bahraich
* Balrampur
* Gonda
* Shravasti

Gorakhpur division|

* Deoria
* Gorakhpur
* Kushinagar
* Maharajganj

Jhansi division|

* Jalaun
* Jhansi
* Lalitpur

Kanpur division|

* Auraiya
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kanpur Dehat

Lucknow division|

* Hardoi
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lucknow
* Raebareli
* Sitapur
* Unnao

Meerut division|

* Bagpat
* Bulandshahr
* Gautam Buddh Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Hapur
* Meerut

Mirzapur division|

* Mirzapur
* Sant Ravidas Nagar
* Sonbhadra

Moradabad division|

* Amroha
* Bijnor
* Moradabad
* Rampur
* Sambhal

Prayagraj division|

* Fatehpur
* Kaushambi
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj

Saharanpur division|

* Muzaffarnagar
* Saharanpur
* Shamli

Varanasi division|

* Chandauli
* Ghazipur
* Jaunpur
* Varanasi

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Moradabad division topics

General|

* Rohilkhand

Districts|

* Amroha
* Sambhal
* Bijnor
* Moradabad
* Rampur

Rivers, dams, lakes|

* Ganges
* Ramganga

Languages, people|

* Hindustani
* Standard Hindi
* Urdu
* Western Hindi

Transport|

* NH 24
* NH 87
* NH 93
* Moradabad Airport

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Bijnor
* Amroha
* Moradabad
* Sambhal
* Rampur
* Nagina

See also|

* Cities and towns in Amroha district
* Cities and towns in Bijnor district
* Cities and towns in Moradabad district
* Cities and towns in Sambhal district
* Cities and towns in Rampur district
* Villages in Amroha district
* Villages in Bijnor district
* Villages in Moradabad district
* Villages in Sambhal district
* People from Amroha
* People from Bijnor
* People from Moradabad
* People from Rampur

Other Divisions|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Azamgarh
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Chitrakoot
* Devipatan
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
* Kanpur
* Lucknow
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Prayagraj
* Saharanpur
* Varanasi

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Minority Concentrated Districts in India

Andaman and Nicobar Islands|

* Nicobar

Arunachal Pradesh|

* Changlang
* East Kameng
* Lower Subansiri
* Papum Pare
* Tawang
* Tirap
* West Kameng

Assam|

* Barpeta
* Bongaigaon
* Cachar
* Darrang
* Dhubri
* Dima Hasao
* Goalpara
* Hailakandi
* Kamrup
* Karimganj
* Kokrajhar
* Morigaon
* Nagaon

Bihar|

* Araria
* Darbhanga
* Katihar
* Kishanganj
* Purnia
* Sitamarhi
* West Champaran

Delhi|

* North East Delhi

Haryana|

* Gurgaon
* Sirsa

Jammu and Kashmir|

* Leh

Jharkhand|

* Gumla
* Pakur
* Ranchi
* Sahibganj

Karnataka|

* Bidar
* Kalaburagi

Kerala|

* Wayanad
* Malappuram

Madhya Pradesh|

* Bhopal

Maharashtra|

* Buldhana
* Hingoli
* Parbhani
* Washim

Manipur|

* Chandel
* Churachandpur
* Senapati
* Tamenglong
* Thoubal
* Ukhrul

Meghalaya|

* West Garo Hills

Mizoram|

* Lawngtlai
* Mamit

Odisha|

* Gajapati

Sikkim|

* North Sikkim

Uttar Pradesh|

* Amroha
* Baghpat
* Bahraich
* Balrampur
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Bijnor
* Budaun
* Bulandshahr
* Ghaziabad
* Kheri
* Lucknow
* Meerut
* Moradabad
* Muzaffarnagar
* Pilibhit
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Shahjahanpur
* Shrawasti
* Siddharthnagar

Uttarakhand|

* Haridwar
* Udham Singh Nagar

West Bengal|

* Bardhaman
* Birbhum
* Cooch Behar
* Dakshin Dinajpur
* Howrah
* Kolkata
* Maldah
* Murshidabad
* Nadia
* North 24 Parganas
* South 24 Parganas
* Uttar Dinajpur

Source: "List of 90 Minority Concentration Districts" (PDF). www.minorityaffairs.gov.in. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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Districts|

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* Ballia
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* Gonda
* Gorakhpur
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* Hardoi
* Hathras
* Jalaun
* Jaunpur
* Jhansi
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* Shravasti
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* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

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* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Bareilly
* Ghaziabad
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
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* Lucknow
* Mathura
* Meerut
* Moradabad
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* Saharanpur
* Vrindavan
* Varanasi

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* Deorai
* Eshipur
* Harora Aht.
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* Jafarabad
* Janakpatti
* Jayapur
* Kathiraon
* Khanzadipur
* Kuri, Varanasi
* Lamhi
* Mehdiganj
* Phoolpur
* Raghunathpur
* Rajesultanpur
* Saifai
* Tisaura
* Vyaspur

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