Amroha is a city in the state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It is located north-west of

Moradabad Moradabad () is an industrial city, commissionerate, and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Del ...

. It is the administrative headquarters of

Amroha district Amroha district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Amroha was earlier a part of Moradabad district. On 15 April 1997, it was separated from Moradabad and made a new district. This district was named Jyotiba Phule Nagar, but in 2012 i ...

Geography

Amroha is located north-west of

, near the Sot (सोत) River. Being just 130 km away, Amroha's weather is very similar to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

's. The city is divided into localities and blocks. The climate of the Amroha is similar to other districts of Western

situated at the base of Himalaya which becomes hot in summer and dry and cold in winter.

Demographics

Amroha is a city in Uttar Pradesh. As per the 2011 census, Amroha had a population of 198,471. Population of children within the age group of 0–6 is 28323 which is 14.27% of the total population of Amroha (NPP). In Amroha Nagar Palika Parishad, the female sex ratio is of 925 against the state average of 912. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Amroha is around 950 compared to the Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The total number of literates in Amroha was 198,471, which constituted 53.5% of the population with male literacy of 57.2% and female literacy of 49.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Amroha was 62.4%, of which male literacy rate was 66.7% and female literacy rate was 57.6%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 12,039 and 14 respectively. Amroha had 33903 households in 2011.

Economy

Amroha is known for its production of

mangoes A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South and Southeast Asi ...

. Some of the industries in Amroha include cotton & textiles, and small-scale production of

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

cloth, hand-loom

weaving Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal ...

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...

making,

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose Glucose is a sugar with the Chemical formula#Molecular formula, molecul ...

milling and secondary ones are carpet manufacturing, wood handicrafts and

dholak The ''dholak'' is a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument. The dholak is most commonly recognised in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, but can also be found amongst the Indo-Diaspora in countries s ...

manufacturing.

Connectivity

Amroha is well connected through Railways and roads with the Indian capital

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

Amroha railway station Amroha railway station is a main railway station in Amroha district, Uttar Pradesh established in 1885. Its code is AMRO. It serves Amroha city. The station consists of three platforms. The platforms are not well sheltered. It lacks many fac ...

is situated on the Delhi-Moradabad line, and all passenger trains & most of the express trains stop here. Amroha railway station is on a line built by

Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was an extensive railway network in North India, mostly north of the Ganges, starting from Benares and subsequently up to Delhi. History The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was formed in 1872 with the assets of th ...

, 868 miles from Kolkata. Amroha is about 5 km away from NH 24, a four-lane highway that connects New Delhi to Lucknow.

Landmark places

Amrohas has many tourist attractions. Vasudev Temple for Hindus. Dargah Shah Wilayat of Sufi saint Syed Husain Sharaf-ud-din Soharwardi Naqvi is visited by people across the country. The Sufi Shah wilyat came to Amroha from Wasit, Iraq in 13th century. It is claimed that at his resting place, scorpions never sting.

Notable people

Ahmad Hasan Amrohi Ahmad Hasan Amrohi (1850 – 18 March 1912) also known as Muhaddith Amrohi within the Deobandi movement; was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. He was an al ...

, Indian Islamic scholar and freedom fighter *

Azeem Amrohvi Azeem Amrohi (), was an Urdu poet and a scholar. Amrohi started writing poetry early in his life and has written almost every form of Urdu poetry, including Hamd, na`at, nazm, ghazal, qasida, salaam and manqabat). He is most famous for his ...

, Indian Urdu poet * Bilal Amrohi, Indian actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi *

Ahmad Saeed Kazmi Syed Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (13 March 1913 – 4 June 1986, ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and Sufi who belonged to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. He migrated to Multan in 1935 from Amroha. He is known for his contribution to the P ...

Islamic scholar from

Multan Multan is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fifth-most populous city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Located along the eastern bank of the Chenab River, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by populatio ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

who migrated from Amroha in 1935 *

Bhagwan Sahay Bhagwan Sahay (15 February 1905 – 6 December 1986) was the Governor of Kerala, India, from 6 February 1966 to 15 May 1967. Bhagwan Sahay took over as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on 15 May 1967 and continued till 3 July 1973. He was ...

, ICS, CBE, Padma Bhushan, former Lt. Governor of Punjab, Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, and Kerala *

Eqbal Mehdi Eqbal Mehdi (1 April 1946, Amroha, British India – 19 May 2008, Karachi, Pakistan) was a Pakistani painter artist. He is famous for his pen drawings. Early life Eqbal Mehdi was born to Syed Mir Ali, in Amroha, then British India (now Ind ...

, Pakistani artist * Hayat Amrohvi, Indian literary figure. *

Izaz Ali Amrohi Izaz Ali Amrohi (; November 1882 – 1955) was an Indian Islamic scholar who served as the second and ninth Head Mufti of the Darul Uloom Deoband. His book ''Nafahtul Arab'' is taught in madrassas including the Darul Uloom Deoband. Biography I ...

, Indian Hanafi scholar of Islam *

Jaun Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known by his pen name Jaun Elia, (14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was a Pakistani poet. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets of (odes), popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired k ...

, Urdu poet *

Javed Khan Amrohi Javed Khan Amrohi (24 March 1949 – 14 February 2023) was an Indian film and television actor. He started his acting career in the theatre in the 1970s and then later in films. He worked in a number of theatrical productions and over 150 films ...

, Indian actor * K. A. Nizami, Indian historian and diplomat *

Kamal Amrohi Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (17 January 1918 – 11 February 1993), popularly known as Kamal Amrohi, was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet. His Hindi films include '' Mahal'' (1949), (1972) and ''R ...

, Indian film director and writer * Khayal Amrohvi, Pakistani writer and educationist * Mahboob Ali, Indian politician * Mashhoor Amrohi, Indian actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi *

Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami (; born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowling, fast-bowler, for the India national cricket team and for the Bengal cricket team, Bengal in domestic cricket and for the Sunrise ...

, Indian national cricketer * Mustajab Shelle, Indian painter and writer *

Nasim Amrohvi Nasim Amrohvi or Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi (; (24 August 1908 – 28 February 1987) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer who was born as Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi on 24 August 1908 in Amroha, British India.

, Pakistani Urdu lexicographer and writer * Waqar-ul-Mulk, Indian Muslim politician *

Nisar Ahmed Faruqi Nisar Ahmed Faruqi (29 June 1934 – 28 November 2004) was an Indian scholar and authority on Sufism in South Asia, with over 50 works and 700 articles to his credit. Early life Professor Nisar Ahmed Faruqi was born at Amroha in Uttar Prade ...

, Indian Sufi scholar of Islam *

Rais Amrohvi Rais Amrohvi (), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (12 September 1914 – 22 September 1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia. He was known for his style of ''qatani ...

, Pakistani writer, elder brother of Jaun Elia * Saiyed Zegham Murtaza, Indian columnist and blogger *

Sadequain Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi () (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the fines ...

, Pakistani artist and calligraphist * Syed Mahmood Naqvi, Indian earth scientist * Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi, Indian marine scientist * Saqi Amrohvi, Urdu poet and writer *

Vishnu Sahay Vishnu Sahay (22 November 1901 – 3 April 1989) was a former Indian Civil Service, ICS officer and Cabinet Secretary (India), Cabinet Secretary of India who served as Governor of Assam and Governor of Nagaland, Nagaland following his retiremen ...

, ICS, former Cabinet Secretary, Governor of Assam and Nagaland * Zubair Rizvi, Indian poet, author and critic.

References

External links

Amroha Lok Sabha constituency 2019 Election Candidate Website
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