Khurja
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Khurja is a small town situated around 90 km from Delhi. Though a small town of Uttar Pradesh, it supplies a large portion of the pottery used in the country.
It can be reached by road or train. The drive takes about two & half hours, as there is heavy traffic on the road. However a lot of time can be reduced by taking the expressway from Delhi to Noida, and the Dankaur station road to Sikandrabad, 37 km from Khurja. Starting early enough, a day trip is sufficient to see Khurja. There are nearly 500 factories producing ceramic works.
Khurja has always been an important town. It is linked by rail on the Delhi - Howrah line and via the old GT Road to many major cities in India.
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[edit] Education
[edit] Schools
There are various eduactional institutes in the city and it has been one of the oldest study centers in western U.P.
J.A.S. Inter College Founded 1916, Ahmed Sayeed Khan Rifah-e-aam Inter College, S.M.J. Inter College, N.R. Public school, Arya Kanya Pathshala, Bi-Bi Fatima Junier High School, K.P. Montessori, Nehru Bal Niketan, H.R.High School, Muslim Girls Public School, etc.
[edit] Higher education
NREC college offers various courses to students leading up to PhDs. The total enrollment in the college in 2003 was around 2900 students and around 110 faculty members.The College also conducts LLb classes
Arya Kanya Pathshala Degree College is a girls' college offering BA degrees. In 2003 it had enrollment of around 300 students and 12 faculty members.
Both NREC and AKPDC are affiliated with Meerut University.
Seth Surajmal Jatia Polytechnic, Khurja, providing the diploma in various fields e.g. Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, etc.
[edit] Population, town & people
Khurja has seen a huge population increase in recent years, from 80305 in 1991 to 98403 in 2001. The increase in population was principally due to the boom in the ceramic industry in the 1970s and 80s.
Khurja is a vibrant small town, with shops open till 11 p.m. in the Bindawala Chowk and Tareenan. It is easy to find people sipping hot milk in the winter and cold lassi and mango juice in the summer.
Khurja city is the home town of the Pathans of Khurja, who in 2004 celebrated their 400th year of arrival in India in Khurja, making them one of the oldest Pathan communities to settle in the Gangatic Plains. They are among the most important power groups in Khurja. There was a huge population of Pathans before 1947, when India was divided and many left for the newly created Pakistan. There also has been constant Pathan migration to the west and more recently to Australia and New Zealand.
Rajputs form the major constituent of the Khurja Legislative assembly seat and also have the highest population in and around Khurja. Khurja parliamentary seat consists of Khurja, Jewar , Sikandrabad and Dadri-Noida.
[edit] Infrastructure & industry
Though an industrial region, Khurja severely lacks the infrastructure for good industry according to European standards. Nonetheless, industry has flourished there. Since there are often power cuts lasting around eight hours, all factories and most homes have private generators. The municipality water supply is not enough for everybody's need so everybody has water pumps, pumping groundwater.
Khurja also hosts one of the two Central Ceramics and Glass Research Institutes in India.
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