Mahamaya Nagar district

Mahamaya Nagar district (Hindi: महामायानगर ज़िला, Urdu: مہامایا نگر ضلع), earlier known as Hathras district, is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The town of Hathras is the district headquarters. Mahamaya Nagar district is a part of Aligarh Division. This district occupies an area of 1800.1 km². The district has a population of 1,336,031 (2001 census).

Origin of name

The district is named after Mahamaya, mother of Gautama Buddha.^[1]

History

Mahamaya Nagar District was created on 3 May, 1997 by incorporating parts of the Aligarh, Mathura and Agra districts. It was given the alternative name Hathras District shortly after.

Divisions

The district comprises four tehsils: Hathras, Sadabad, Sikandra Rao and Sasni, which are further divided into seven blocks: Sasni, Hathras, Mursan, Sadabad, Sehpau, Sikandra Rao and Hasayan. There is a village named Bharat Pur under Hasayan block.

There are four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Hathras,Sasni, Sadabad and Sikandra Rao. All of these are part of Hathras Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Mahamaya Nagar district has a population of 1,565,678 ,^[2] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon^[3] or the US state of Hawaii.^[4] This gives it a ranking of 318th in India (out of a total of 640).^[2] The district has a population density of 851 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,200 /sq mi) .^[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.19 %.^[2] Mahamaya Nagar has a sex ratio of 870 females for every 1000 males,^[2] and a literacy rate of 73.1 %.^[2]

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