26-504: Thana Bhawan is a town in Shamli district (formerly part of Muzaffarnagar district ) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . It was known as Prabuddhnagar first time, when this district came into focus. It is situated on Delhi–Shamli national highway, it is 100 km away from Delhi, 45 km from Saharanpur, 38 km from Muzaffarnagar and 59.6 km away from Panipat (Haryana). Border of this district
52-590: A grand mela is organised in worship of Gogaji . The town is home to Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi 's house, his grave, madrasa and library. Maulana Fateh Mohammed's house is also situated in Thana Bhawan. There are five Inter colleges and tuition: Kisan Inter College, Divya Public School, Lala Lajpat Rai Inter College and Lala Lajpat Rai Kanya Inter College. Anand Public School, Arpan Senior Secondary School, Alpine International School, Sanatan Dharm Higher Secondary School, Saraswati Public Junior High School There
78-549: Is 272 meters above sea level in the Doab region of Indo-Gangetic Plain . It is 125 kilometres north east of the national capital, New Delhi , and 200 kilometres south east of Chandigarh , and near to Roorkee , Saharanpur , Meerut & Bijnor . Muzaffarnagar has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by much hot summers and cooler winters. Summers last from early April to late June and are extremely hot. The monsoon arrives in late June and continues until
104-520: Is Prasan Chaudhary, the Lok Sabha MP is Iqra Choudhary . Shamli district is divided into 3 tehsils: Shamli , Kairana , and Oon . Single electric line is available from Shamli to Saharanpur and Delhi Shahdara Junction. Farrukhnagar–Saharanpur Janta Express (Train No. 14545/14546) is the only major express train that runs through, averages a speed of 26 km/h. Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar
130-515: Is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh . It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar / Dehradun National Highway ( NH 58 ) and is also well connected with the national railway network . It is known as the sugarbowl of Uttar Pradesh. The city previously called Sarwat and is located in the middle of the highly fertile upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab region and
156-854: Is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . This district was carved out from Muzaffarnagar District on 28 September 2011 as Prabudh Nagar and renamed Shamli in July 2012. Shamli is the headquarters of the district. Shamli is located along the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway , Ambala-Shamli Expressway , Gorakhpur-Shamli Expressway , Delhi – Saharanpur (National Highway-709B), Meerut - Karnal (National Highway-709A) and Panipat - Khatima (National Highway-709AD) Highways. Shamli district comes in National Capital Region of India. The district
182-614: Is connected with district Muzaffarnagar in east and with Haryana in west and with Saharanpur in north and with district Baghpat it is connected in south. It is said that the name Thana Bhawan emerged from the name of Devi Bhawan Temple. In the 18th century it was home to mostly Hindu and Muslims families. It is situated on the Delhi – Saharanpur highway NH 709B around 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Delhi. Hindu and Muslim families reside in Thana Bhawan. The ancient Devi Bhawan Temple and other temples like Jassu Wala, Ashram Panchtirthi and Jahar Veer Goga Ji Maadhi are situated here. Every year
208-427: Is only one college, Chaudhary Atar Singh Degree College, which is affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University , Meerut . It was opened with the objective of providing higher education to the town's people so that they could study in their own town. As of 2001, Thana Bhawan had a population of 31,183. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Thana Bhawan has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than
234-586: Is the main crop. There are three major sugar mills located at Shamli , Un and Thanabhawan . Shamli is known worldwide for its Rim-Axle industry which also got selected under Uttar Pradesh Governments One District One Product Scheme. It is served by Shamli railway station . As in many other districts of western Uttar Pradesh, Shamli also suffered rioting during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots . A May 2015 report in India Today said that Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts were "considered sensitive" ever since
260-503: Is the native tongue of the city which resembles the Haryanvi dialect of adjoining Haryana . The official languages of Hindi, Urdu and English are also widely understood. Sugar and Muzaffarnagar jaggery production are important industries in the district. As a result of the farming activities around, the city is an important hub of jaggery trading business. Muzaffarnagar is an industrial city with sugar , steel and paper being
286-524: Is very near to New Delhi and Saharanpur, making it one of the most developed and prosperous cities of Uttar Pradesh. It comes under the Saharanpur division. This city is part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC). It shares its border with the state of Uttarakhand and it is the principal commercial, industrial and educational hub of Western Uttar Pradesh. The earliest settlers of Muzaffarnagar and
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#1732780595309312-643: The 2011 census , Muzaffar Nagar municipality had a population of 351,838 The municipality had a sex ratio of 897 females per 1,000 males and 12.01% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 85.16%; male literacy was 88.83% and female literacy was 81.05%. The urban/metropolitan population is 494,792, of which 261,338 are males and 233,454 are females. Religion in Muzaffarnagar City (2011) The city has 55.79% Hindus , 41.39% Muslims , 1.7% Jains , 0.67% Sikhs , 0.67% Buddhists and 0.17% Christians The Khariboli dialect
338-643: The Barah Sayyids , who controlled the upper Doab. From Muzaffarnagar, the influential Sayyid brothers became de-facto rulers of the Mughal empire in the 1710s. The Indian Muslim inhabitants of Barha especially from near the town of Jansath were heavily recruited in the Mughal army and in the personal cavalry of the Sayyid Brothers . In 1901, during the British Raj , it was a district in
364-596: The Meerut Division in United Provinces of Agra and Oudh . In 1947, when the country got independence Indian flag was hoisted for the first time in the Muzaffarnagar City. On 18 October 1976, during " The Emergency , Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's suspension of democracy in India, between 25 and 30 people protesting against compulsory sterilisation were killed when Uttar Pradesh police fired into
390-507: The crowd . The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots between Hindus and Muslims resulted in 62 deaths. According to a May 2015 report in India Today : Shamli and adjoining Muzaffarnagar districts are considered sensitive ever since large-scale communal violence erupted in August and September 2013. More than 50 people had died and over 50,000 were rendered homeless ... The riot that ensued had engulfed many districts of western UP. Muzaffarnagar
416-655: The Muzaffarnagar city as well as the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Cities and areas of Hardwar, Rishikesh, Dehradun as well as Badrinath and Kedarnath are served by this highway. City transportation mostly consists of tricycles and 3-wheeled vehicles, rickshaws. An international airport, Muzaffarnagar International Airport, was proposed in the city in order to reduce the traffic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport , however,
442-444: The city along with several general practitioners in the city. The city is also catered by a private medical college ( Muzaffarnagar Medical College ) on the outskirts of the city. Muzaffarnagar connected by road and railway networks. The Ghaziabad - Saharanpur line passes through the city. Indian Railways provides connections to New Delhi , Western Uttar Pradesh , Jammu & Kashmir , Punjab , South India , and other parts of
468-606: The country. Dehradun Shatabdi Express and Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express trains pass through and halt at the Muzaffarnagar station . The National Highway - 58 (NH-58) passes through Muzaffarnagar city. This highway provides connections towards Delhi on the southern direction and upper reaches of the Himalayas in the Uttarakhand state in the northern direction. The highway is the backbone of road transportation for
494-474: The major industries. District Muzaffarnagar has 8 sugar mills. More than 40% of the region's population is engaged in agriculture. According to Economic Research firm Indicus Analytics , Muzaffarnagar has the highest agricultural GDP in Uttar Pradesh, as well as UP's largest granary. Muzaffaranagar has both public and private healthcare system. The District hospital is the major government hospital in
520-530: The middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March. June is the warmest month of the year. The temperature in June averages 30.2 °C. In January, the average temperature goes to as low as 7 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of
546-552: The national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 54%, and female literacy is 39%. In Thana Bhawan, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. Thana Bhawan is also a UP State Assembly constituency itself, with nearly 240,000 voters. Thana Bhawan is famous for many crop production in which the main crops are rice, wheat, garlic, onions, potato, and sugarcane. This place is also famous for clothes, garments, grocery and other items markets. The nearby village people comes here to purchase daily needs items. Shamli district Shamli
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#1732780595309572-522: The region around it were Brahmins and Rajputs , followed by later migrations of Jat and Gurjar tribes. The town was established in 1633 by the son of a Mughal Commander Sayyid Muzaffar Khan Barha, otherwise known as Khan-i-Jahan, during the reign of Shah Jahan . At the time Muzaffarnagar was part of the Barah country as it was intimately connected with the Indian Muslim kinship group called
598-525: The same was transferred to the Jewar Airport. Muzaffarnagar lies approximately halfway on the road from Delhi to Uttarakhand Rishikesh (the NH -58). As a result, many roadside resorts and eateries have sprung up on the highway near the city. Especially, the town of Khatauli is famed for its canal side forest park named "Cheetal". Once visited for the sight of deer and rabbits and other wild animals,
624-733: The violent riots of August and September 2013. At the time of the 2011 census, Shamli district had a population of 1,273,578. Shamli has a sex ratio of 880 females per 1000 males. 386,102 (30.32%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 141,263 (11.09%) of the population. Languages of Shamli district (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 88.44% of the population in the district spoke Hindi , 10.97% spoke Urdu as their first language. There are three Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Shamli district: Shamli , kairana , and Thanabhawan . All of these are part of Kairana Lok Sabha constituency . The current MLA for Shamli
650-426: The whole year. The average annual temperature in Muzaffarnagar is 24.2 °C. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in Muzaffarnagar are 45 °C (113 °F) on 29 May 1994 and −2.6 °C (27.3 °F) on 23 December 1990 respectively. The rainfall averages 929 mm. The driest month is November, with 8 mm of rain. Highest precipitation falls in July, with an average of 261.4 mm. As of
676-721: Was carved out of Muzaffarnagar district in September 2011 and named Prabudh Nagar. Shamli and Kairana tehsils of Muzaffarnagar formed the new district. It was renamed Shamli in July 2012 by the Uttar Pradesh government. Shamli City lies at the intersection of NH 709A, NH 709B and NH 709AD and is within the National Capital Region . Shamli is 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Delhi , 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Meerut and Saharanpur , 60 km (37 mi) from Baghpat , and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Muzaffarnagar , Karnal , Panipat , and Baraut . Shamli city has an agriculture and industry based economy where sugarcane
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