Chhata is a small city and a

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in the state of

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. Earlier this city was known as Chhatravan.

Geography

Chhata is located at . It has an average elevation of 186 metres (610 feet).

Demographics

As of

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, Chhata has a population of 19,836. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chhata has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 63% and female literacy of 37%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

In Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary of BJP became the Member of Legislative Assembly from Chhata Constituency.

Industries

Chhata is a small Town but has many types of industries in and around the town.

Packaging material

Vacmet India, which is a packing material manufacturing company, has four production units in Chhata at different locations.

Beverages

Varun Beverages Limited is a bottling plant (

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), there is another bottling plant belongs to Brindavan Agro Industries ( a franchise bottler for

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Textiles

There are textile manufacturing and processing companies like Ginnifilaments limited which turned Chhata into a

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, a 25-year old

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situated in Chhata, providing employment for female and male workers of Chhata and neighboring villages. The other old textile mills include Pashupati, Shamken, and newer textile companies like Jain Cord Industries Pvt Ltd, etc.

Sugar mill

A sugar mill (Chhata Sugar Mill) was established in 1975, which is closed now. The mill was started on 100 acres of land. It was the only sugar mill in Agra mandal.

Nearby cities

Vrindavan Vrindavan (; ), also spelt Vrindaban and Brindaban, is a historical city in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in the Braj, Braj Bhoomi region and holds religious importance for Hindus who believe that Krishna, one of ...

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the states and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located south-east of Delhi; and about from the town of Vrindavan. In ancient ti ...

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 ...

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. ...

References

Cities and towns in Mathura district {{Mathura-geo-stub