Atrauli is a town and a

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Aligarh district Aligarh () is one of the 75 districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Aligarh Division. The districts which adjoin Aligarh are (clockwise from north) Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Sambhal, Bada ...

in the state of

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, India. Situated on the bank of the river

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, Atrauli is around from

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Koil) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capital, New Delhi. ...

and from

Khair Khair is a town and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Khair is the biggest town of Aligarh district. It is situated around 27 km from Aligarh, 114 km from Delhi and 60 km from Mathura ...

Etymology

The town is named after the sage Atri Muni who is believed to have visited the town. The town was earlier known as ''Atravali (अत्रावली)'', which later had been colloquially altered to ''Atrauli (अतरौली)''.

History

During the 18th century Rao Durjan Singh Punia of Bijauli took possession of Atrauli.

Geography

Atrauli is located at . It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet). It is located . Also, Atrauli is in the plains of

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, located at the right bank of the

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Atrauli had a population of 50,412, of which 26,368 were males and 24,044 were females. Atrauli has an average literacy rate of 47.5%, with 53.4% of the males and 41.1% of females literate. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 7,254. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.

Notable people

* Nanua Chaprasi, Hindu spiritual guru and saint. *

Chandra Bhanu Gupta Chandra Bhanu Gupta (14 July 1902 – 11 March 1980) served three terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1970s he was a member of Congress (O) and Janata Party. Early life He was born in A ...

, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. * Khadim Hussain Khan, Indian classical singer of Agra gharana. * Sharafat Hussain Khan, Indian classical music singer. * Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the

Jaipur-Atrauli gharana The Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (also known as Jaipur Gharana, Atrauli-Jaipur Gharana, and Alladiyakhani Gayaki) is a Hindustani music apprenticeship fraternity ('' gharana''), founded by Alladiya Khan in the late-19th century. Evolved from the dhr ...

school of music. *

Ravikant Nagaich Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality born at Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India. He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu films, N.T. Rama Rao's '' Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam'' ...

, Hindi film director. * Ashok Singhal, National President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad *

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, Two-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former member of

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, former governor of

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and of

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. * Sandeep Kumar Singh, Minister of State, Basic Education (Independent Charge), Uttar Pradesh

References

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