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Muzaffarnagar
Sign in to saveMuzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway (NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It is known as the sugarbowl of Uttar Pradesh.
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Muzaffarnagar is a city in India, situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as the capital of Muzaffarnagar district and is also located within Meerut district. The city was established in 1633 and has an area of 12.04 square units. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 272 meters by one source and 251 meters by another.
The population of Muzaffarnagar is listed as 392,768 in one dataset and 349,706 in another. The city operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone and uses the local dialing code 131. Its postal code is 251001. Muzaffarnagar is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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- Locality
- Muzaffarnagar
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 349,706
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Muzaffarnagar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.nickname
- Sugar Bowl of Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Muzaffarnagar
- Settlement.established_title
- First Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1399
- Settlement.established_title1
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1633
- Settlement.established_title2
- Incorporated as City
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1826
- Settlement.founder
- Syed Muzaffar Ali Khan
- Settlement.named_for
- Syed Muzaffar Ali Khan
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal Board of Muzaffarnagar
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots
- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Religion
- Language
- Economy
- Healthcare
- Transportation
- Environmental concerns
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Muzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway (NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It is known as the sugarbowl of Uttar Pradesh.
The city previously called Sarwat and is located in the middle of the highly fertile upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab region and is very near to New Delhi and Saharanpur, making it one of the most developed and prosperous cities of Uttar Pradesh. It comes under the Saharanpur division. This city is part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC). It shares its border with the state of Uttarakhand and it is the principal commercial, industrial and educational hub of Western Uttar Pradesh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muzaffarnagar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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