Baraut is a city and municipal board in

Baghpat Baghpat, historically known as Vyaghraprastha, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bagpat district, which was established in 1997. It is part of the National Capital Region, surrounding New ...

district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Name

According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Baṛaut'' is derived from ''baṛ'', one of the Hindi-Urdu names for the

banyan A banyan, also spelled banian ( ), is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a strangler habit that begin life as ...

tree, plus the Sanskrit possessive suffix
-vat
' (which has often been shortened to ''-aut'' in modern place names), so the name originally meant "having banyan trees".

Geography

Baraut is located a
29.6°N 77.16°E
covering an area of 10.36 square kilometres (4.00 sq mi) and lying between the

Ganga The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary riv ...

and

Yamuna The Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Low ...

river plains. Its average elevation is 231 m (758 feet). Baraut is served by NH-709B and state highways SH-57 and SH-82. Baraut is located 55 kilometers (34 mi) from

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 ...

(the national capital of India) and 55 kilometers from Meerut, and is within the National Capital Region (NCR).

Demographics

Population

As of 2011 Indian Census, Baraut had a total population of 103,764, of which 55,013 were males and 48,751 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,149. The total number of literates in Baraut was 68,690, which constituted 66.2% of the population with male literacy of 71.8% and female literacy of 59.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Baraut was 76.7%, of which male literacy rate was 83.5% and female literacy rate was 69.0%. The Scheduled Castes population was 6,357. Baraut had 17924 in 2011.

Religion

Most people in the city are followers of

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

, with significant population of

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

s and

Jains Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion whose three main pillars are nonviolence (), asceticism (), and a rejection of all simplistic and one-sided views of truth and reality (). Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and ...

. Baraut is a multi-religious place with 32

temples A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

, 21

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

s, 1

gurdwara A gurdwara or gurudwara () is a place of assembly and place of worship, worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhism, Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths and rel ...

, and 2 churches in Baraut city.

Languages

The official languages of the city is

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

, and

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

is the additional official language. Khariboli (similar to

Haryanvi Haryanvi (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Haryana and the territory of Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which a ...

) is the regional Hindi dialect spoken in Baraut and the adjoining area.

Administration and politics

Baraut Baraut is a city and municipal board in Bagpat district, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Name According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Baṛaut'' is derived from ''baṛ'', one of the Hindi-Urdu names for the banyan tree, plus the Sans ...

is one of the 403 constituencies of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ...

, India. The first election of this assembly constituency was held in 1952. Umrao Dutt Sharma (also known as Umrao Dutt Ved), an Indian Independence activist, won the 1952 assembly election by a huge margin and became the first

Member of Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...

(MLA) of Baraut. After the 1969 elections, the constituency was dissolved. In 2008, when the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed, the constituency was re-constituted and elections were held in 2012. The constituency is assigned identification number 51. Krishan Pal Malik of BJP is the MLA after winning second consecutive term in 2017 and 2022. Babita Tomar is the chairman of the town. Baraut is part of the National Capital Region (NCR). It is part of the

Baghpat district Bagpat district, also spelled as Baghpat district, is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with headquarters at the town of Baghpat. It is within the National Capital Region. Created in 1997, the district has an area ...

, which was established as a separate district in 1997. Prior to that, Baghpat was a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

within

Meerut district Meerut District () is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and a part of Delhi, with the city of Meerut as the district headquarters. Meerut District is also a part of the Meerut division, Meer ...

Villages in Baraut tehsil

* Alawalpur *

Baoli Stepwells (also known as vav or baori) are Water well, wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the ...

* Gopalpur Khadana * Nagla Rawa

References

External links

Official site of Baraut
{{Bagpat district Cities and towns in Bagpat district Cities in Uttar Pradesh Baraut