Nehtaur
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Nehtaur is a city, near Bijnor city in Bijnor district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Nehtaur is an ancient and well known town because of its culture and educational backgrounds. Nehtaur Town was established by the Taga Minister family of Ajmer state when they came from Ranthambhor, Rajasthan after it was captured by Qutubuddin Aibak and the place was called Nai+thour = Nehtaur (New Abode). This is how Nehtaur derived its name.
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- Locality
- Nahtaur
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 48,389
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nehtaur
- Settlement.native_name
- (Cotton City)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bijnor
- Settlement.founder
- Munshi abdur rahim
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 288
- Settlement.population_total
- 68500
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Nehtaur is a city, near Bijnor city in Bijnor district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Nehtaur is an ancient and well known town because of its culture and educational backgrounds. Nehtaur Town was established by the Taga Minister family of Ajmer state when they came from Ranthambhor, Rajasthan after it was captured by Qutubuddin Aibak and the place was called Nai+thour = Nehtaur (New Abode). This is how Nehtaur derived its name.
The population included Muslims of various classes as well as Tyagi Brahmins, chowdhrys, and Jains. Zamindars, cultivators, weavers (Julahas) and block printers (Chhipies) were the main social divisions of its rather insular society.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nehtaur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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