Nagina

Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Place details

Region: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 76,593
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Nagina
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bijnor
Settlement.leader_title: MLA
Settlement.leader_name: Manoj Kumar Paras
Settlement.government_type: Nagar Palika
Settlement.governing_body: Town centre
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 282
Settlement.population_total: 95,246
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Wikidata facts

Area: 10.3
Elevation: 282
Dialing code: 1343

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postal code: 246762

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Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

==Name== According to Paul Whalley, the name Nagīnā may ultimately come from Sanskrit nāga-ina, meaning "snake lord", via a regularly-derived intermediate form *Nāgena. Nagina is also the word for "Jewel" (See Negin), it was named by Syed's who received this place as jagir by the Mughals.