Garhmukteshwar

Garhmukteshwar is a town, just outside of Hapur city, and tehsil in Hapur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to Census 2011 information the sub-district code of Garhmukteshwar block is 00741. Total area of Garhmukteshwar is 272 km2 including 237.38 km2 rural area and 34.13 km2 urban area. It has a population of 46,077. There are 64,688 houses in the sub-district. There are about 137 villages in Garhmukteshwar block. The city is part of the Delhi–NCR.

==History== Garhmukteshwar is an ancient settlement that is mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana and the Mahabharata. There are claims that it was a part of ancient Hastinapur, the capital of the Pandavas. An ancient fort, repaired by the Maratha leader Mir Bhawan, became, under the British, the headquarters of the tehsil. The name of the town is derived from the temple of Mukteshwar Mahadeva, dedicated to the goddess Ganga who is worshipped there in four temples. The town has 80 sati pillars, marking the spots where Hindu widows are said to have become "sati". The town also has a mosque, built by Gays-ud-din Balban, that bears an inscription in Arabic dating to 682 Hijri (1283 A.D.).