Mawana

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Place details

Locality: Mawana
Region: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 76,973
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Mawana
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.nickname: Muhana
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Meerut
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 221
Settlement.population_total: 81443
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Language

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Demographics
Work profile
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Notable people
Mawana tehsil - Meerut
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Mawana is a city in Meerut district in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is 26 km from the district headquarters Meerut. Its name comes from the word "Muhana" which means gateway. It is supposed to be the Muhana of Hastinapur kingdom. Hastinapur is a Mahabharata period town situated 9 km from the city center.

==Geography== The river Ganga is 10 km from Mawana. NH-34 joints Meerut to Mawana then Mawana to Bijnor.

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