Gajraula | |
Other Name: | Gajgarh |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | Right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 28.8347°N 78.2439°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Amroha |
Established Date: | 1921 |
Named For: | Raja Gaj Singh |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Rank: | 09 |
Area Total Km2: | 21 |
Elevation M: | 257 |
Population Total: | 55048 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Rank: | 18 |
Population Density Km2: | Auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 244235 |
Area Code: | 05924 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | UP-23 |
Gajraula is a town and municipal board in Amroha district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Gajraula is also the headquarters of Gajraula block. It is located on NH 9, a four-lane highway connecting Uttarakhand and cities such as Bareilly and Lucknow via Delhi. It is a significant industrial hub in Uttar Pradesh and home to a number of multinational corporations, including Jubliant Life Sciences, RACL Geartech, and Israeli Pharma Teva API, as well as several engineering colleges. Moradabad, Meerut, Bulandsahar, Budaun, Hapur, and Delhi NCR are among the larger nearby cities.
Gajraula is located at .[1] It is away from New Delhi, the capital of India. River Ganga is just away from the city. It has an average elevation of .
Gajraula has been ranked the 18th-best National Clean Air City (under Category III: Cities with population under 3 lakh) in India according to the Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results.[2]
As of the 2001 Census of India,[3] Gajraula had a population of 39,826. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gajraula has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 66%. In Gajraula, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Gajraula is well connected through Indian Railways. Gajraula Railway Station is situated on Gajraula-Najibabad, Delhi-Lucknow line and all passenger trains and some of the express trains stop here. There are trains for location such as Varanasi, Allahabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Aligarh, etc.
Gajraula is located on NH-9 which is also AH2. It is also connected through SH 51 which is Badaun- Haridwar Highway. Every minute there is a bus to Delhi and Bareilly.
In city the commutation takes place through eco friendly e-rickshaws and autos.