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Moradabad
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Moradabad () is an industrial city, police commissionerate and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is on the banks of the Ramganga river, from the national capital, New Delhi and 356 km north-west of the state capital, Lucknow. Based on the 2011 census, it is the tenth most populous city in the state and 54th most populous city in the country. It is one of the largest cities in the Western UP region, and a hub for employment, education, industry, culture and administration.
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Moradabad is a city and municipal corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It serves as the capital of both Moradabad district and Moradabad division. The city was established in 1625 and has an area of 349 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 198 meters.
The population of Moradabad is 887,871. The city is located in the UTC+05:30 time zone and uses the postal code 244001. Its local dialing code is 591. The official names for the city are मुरादाबाद and مراد آباد.
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Place details
- Locality
- Moradabad
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 721,139
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Air quality
- PM2.5
- 32.1 µg/m³
- PM10
- 32.8 µg/m³
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.nickname
- Brass City
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Moradabad (1955).jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- An old map of Moradabad (1955)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh#India#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Moradabad
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Moradabad
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1625
- Settlement.leader_title
- MP
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ruchi Veera (SP)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- مراد آباد
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Moradabad district
- Population
- 887871
- Area
- 349
- Elevation
- 198
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Moradabad division
- Image
- Moradabad 009.jpg
- Dialing code
- 591
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- Commons category
- Moradabad
- topic's main category
- Category:Moradabad
- postal code
- 244001
- inception
- 1625-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Ursula Buschhorn
- P12749
- Canevino
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Moradabad is an industrial city famous for its brassware. It is also known as Birthplace of the origins of Urdu, and an important railway junction in Northern India.
Get in
You can go to Moradabad by using railways as well as roadways.
Get around
You can visit the malls such as: Westend Mall, Crossroad Mall, Parsvnath Mall, Rap Mall, Pacific Mall, Tdi Mall, Parsvnath Square, Parsvnath Plaza, Tdi Arcade, Wave.
You can also visit the Deer Park and the Prem Wonderland.
Buy
Moradabad has a huge market of brass utensils, brass ornaments jewelry and handicrafts. The city exports a huge amount brass-ware to other countries.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
51 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Delhi Sultanate era (12th century–16th century)
- Mughal empire (1539–1742)
- Rohilkhand state (1742–1774)
- Oudh state (1774–1801)
- British Empire (1801–1947)
- The Rebellion of 1857
- Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India Movement
- Post-independence (1947–present)
- 1980 Hindu-Muslim riots
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Population
- Religion
- Language
- Literacy
- Government and politics
- Civic administration
- Municipal finance
- Politics
- Economy
- Manufacturing
- Export
- Special Economic Zone
- Cityscape
- Parks and recreation spaces
- Shopping centres
- Sports
- Culture
- Arts and literature
- Cuisine
- Education
- Higher education
- Schools
- Police training institutions
- Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC)
- Transport
- Public transport
- Road
- Rail
- Air
- Media
- Environmental issues
- Floods
- Pollution
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Moradabad () is an industrial city, police commissionerate and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is on the banks of the Ramganga river, from the national capital, New Delhi and 356 km north-west of the state capital, Lucknow. Based on the 2011 census, it is the tenth most populous city in the state and 54th most populous city in the country. It is one of the largest cities in the Western UP region, and a hub for employment, education, industry, culture and administration.
The city is sometimes called Pital Nagri ("Brass City") for its brass handicrafts, which are exported across the world. In the last few decades it has started emerging as a hub for working in other metals also, including aluminium, steel, and iron. In October 2014, financial daily Livemint included Moradabad in its list of "25 emerging cities to watch out for in 2025".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moradabad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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