Amroha

Not to be confused with Amhara (disambiguation).

For the state assembly constituency, see Amroha (Assembly constituency). For the parliamentary constituency, see Amroha (Lok Sabha constituency).

Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is located north-west of Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of Amroha district.

Amroha
City
Amroha railway station
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Coordinates: 28°54′15.95″N 78°28′3.10″E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Amroha
Elevation [1]	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	198,471
Language
• Official	Hindi[3]
• Additional official	Urdu[3]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	244221[4]
Telephone code	05922
Vehicle registration	UP-23
Website	www.jpnagar.in

Geography

Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad, near the Sot (सोत) River. Being just 130 km away, Amroha's weather is very similar to Delhi's. The city is divided into localities and blocks. The climate of the Amroha is similar to other districts of Western Uttar Pradesh 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.^[2]

Economy

Amroha is known for its production of mangoes.^[5] Some of the industries in Amroha include cotton & textiles, and small-scale production of cotton cloth, hand-loom weaving, pottery making, sugar milling and secondary ones are carpet manufacturing, wood handicrafts and dholak manufacturing.

Connectivity

UP SH-77 Joya

Amroha is well connected through Railways and roads with the Indian capital New Delhi. Amroha railway station 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, 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

Syed Husain Sharaf-ud-din Shahvilayat

Scorpion on Palm at Amroha.

Azakhana wazeer un nisa

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. ^[6][7]

Notable people

• Ahmad Hasan Amrohi, Indian Islamic scholar and freedom fighter
• Azeem Amrohvi, Indian Urdu poet
• Bilal Amrohi, Indian actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi
• Ahmad Saeed Kazmi Islamic scholar from Multan, Pakistan who migrated from Amroha in 1935^[8]
• Bhagwan Sahay, ICS, CBE, Padma Bhushan, former Lt. Governor of Punjab, Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, and Kerala
• Eqbal Mehdi, Pakistani artist
• Hayat Amrohvi, Indian literary figure.
• Izaz Ali Amrohi, Indian Hanafi scholar of Islam
• Jaun Elia, Urdu poet
• Javed Khan Amrohi, Indian actor
• K. A. Nizami, Indian historian and diplomat
• Kamal Amrohi, 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, Indian national cricketer
• Mustajab Shelle, Indian painter and writer
• Nasim Amrohvi, Pakistani Urdu lexicographer and writer
• Waqar-ul-Mulk, Indian Muslim politician
• Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Indian Sufi scholar of Islam
• Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani writer, elder brother of Jaun Elia
• Saiyed Zegham Murtaza, Indian columnist and blogger
• Sadequain, 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, ICS, former Cabinet Secretary, Governor of Assam and Nagaland
• Zubair Rizvi, Indian poet, author and critic.

See also

• Amrohi Syed
• Amroha