Amroha district is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Amroha was earlier a part of Moradabad district. On 15 April 1997, it was separated from Moradabad and made a new district. This district was named Jyotiba Phule Nagar, but in 2012 it was changed to Amroha. It is located in western India near the Ganga River region of Rohilkhand.
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History
The Battle of Amroha was fought between the Mongols and Alauddin Khilji on 20 December 1305. Alauddin won the battle. Later, the territory occupied by the present district was part of the Sambhal sarkar of Delhi subah under the Mughal Empire. Later it came under the control of Awadh. In 1801, the administration of this territory was ceded to the British East India Company by the Nawab of Awadh. On 24 April 1997, this district was carved out by separating Amroha, Dhanora and Hasanpur tehsils of the erstwhile Moradabad district. In 2012, this district was renamed from Jyotiba Phule Nagar district to Amroha district.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, 'Amroha District' has a population of 1,840,221, roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 258th in India (out of a total of 640). The population density is 818 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120/sq mi) and the population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.66%. Amroha has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 65.7%. 24.93% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 17.28% of the population.
Religion
Even though the district is Hindu majority, Muslims form a significant minority and dominate urban areas. As per the 2011 census out of 9 Census towns Muslims formed the majority in 7 while Hindus were in majority in Gajraula (77.33%) and Dhanaura (66.38%) towns.
Language
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 80.10% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 19.70% Urdu as their first language.
Village & Panchayats
Tehsil – 4
Blocks – 6
Nayay Panchayats – 48
Panchayats – 601
Adarsh Rajasv Gram – 216
Village – 1133
Notable people
Ahmad Hasan Amrohi, Islamic scholar
Kamal Amrohi, filmmaker, lyricist, actor, director, husband of Meena Kumari
Dr. Azeem Amrohvi, poet and critic
Dr Naseem uz Zafar Baquiri, poet, lyricist, doctor
Jaun Elia, poet and columnist
Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, scholar and authority on Sufism
Eqbal Mehdi, artist
Saiyed Zegham Murtaza, journalist, author, blogger and documentary film maker
K. A. Nizami, historian
Sadequain, (AKA Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi) - artist
Mohammed Shami, cricketer
Nawab Waqar ul Mulk, educationalist, politician
Media
Amroha has several active media groups which continuously give the populace Hindi news updates on Amroha:
Amar Ujala
Dainik Bhaskar
Dainik Jagran
Awam-e-hind
Amroha ki Ekta(Hindi Weekly newspaper)