Aligarh district explained

Aligarh district
Settlement Type:District of Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Aligarh
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Aligarh
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
P1:5
Government Type:Municipal Corporation
Governing Body:Aligarh Municipal Corporation
Leader Title:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Leader Name:Satish Kumar Gautam, BJP
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:3788
Population Total:3,673,889
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Demonym:Aligarian
Demographics Type1:Language
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi[2]
Demographics1 Title2:Additional official
Demographics1 Info2:Urdu
Demographics1 Title4:Regional
Demographics1 Info4:Braj
Demographics Type2:Demographics
Demographics2 Title1:Literacy
Demographics2 Info1:69.61%
Demographics2 Title2:Sex ratio
Demographics2 Info2:894
Leader Title1:Lok Sabha constituency
Leader Name1:Aligarh
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:202001, 202002
Area Code:0571
Blank Name Sec1:Major highways
Blank Info Sec1:NH91
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:UP-81

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, Badaun, Kasganj, Hathras and Mathura.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Aligarh district has a population of 3,673,889,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritania[4] or the US state of Oklahoma.[5] This gives the district a ranking of 76th in India (out of a total of 640 districts).[3] The district has a population density of 100PD/sqkm.[3] Its population growth rate over the 2001-2011 decade was 22.78%.[3] Aligarh has a sex ratio of 876 females for every 1,000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 69.61%. 33.13% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 20.56% of the population.[3]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.54% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 5.34% Urdu and 1.90% Braj bhasha as their first language.[6] The local language is Braj bhasha.

Tehsils

In 1941 to 1991 Census Aligarh District Includes the following tehsils

Following Creation of Hathras District In 1997 Hathras, Sikandra Rao, Iglas. Later Iglas was again returned to Aligarh District.

Blocks

Education in Aligarh

Cities in Aligarh district

Villages

Nearby Districts

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India: Search Details . www.censusindia.gov.in . 29 September 2019.
  2. Web site: 52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA. nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 20 December 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. 25 May 2017.
  3. Web site: 2011 . District Census Handbook: Aligarh . censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . 2011-10-01 . Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est. . 27 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead .
  5. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data . U. S. Census Bureau . 2011-09-30 . Oklahoma 3,751,351 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php . 19 October 2013 .
  6. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh. www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.