Gajraula

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Gajraula
city
Gajraula Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°50′05″N 78°14′38″E / 28.83472°N 78.24389°E / 28.83472; 78.24389Coordinates: 28°50′05″N 78°14′38″E / 28.83472°N 78.24389°E / 28.83472; 78.24389
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Amroha
Elevation	257 m (843 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	39,826
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	244235
Vehicle registration	UP 23

Gajraula (Hindi: गजरौला) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Amroha district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on NH 24 a 4-lane highway connecting Lucknow and Delhi.

Geography

Gajraula is located at 28°51′N 78°14′E / 28.85°N 78.23°E / 28.85; 78.23.^[1] It is 105 km away from New Delhi, the capital of India. It has an average elevation of 257 metres (879 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Gajraula had a population of 39,826. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gajraula has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 66%. In Gajraula, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Gajraula
Religion			Percent
Hindus			34%
Muslims			65%
Jains			0.7%
Others†			0.3%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

References

↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gajraula
↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

v t e Cities and towns in Amroha district

Amroha	Amroha Bachhraon Dhanaura Gajraula Hasanpur Joya Naugawan Sadat Syed Nagli Ujhari

Other districts	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Auraiya Azamgarh Badaun Bagpat Bahraich Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bhimnagar Bijnor Bulandshahr Chandauli Chitrakoot Deoria Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Nagar Kanshi Ram Nagar Kaushambi Kushinagar Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Panchsheel Nagar Pilibhit Prabuddhanagar Pratapgarh Raebareli Ramabai Nagar Rampur Saharanpur Sant Kabir Nagar Sant Ravidas Nagar Shahjahanpur Shravasti Siddharthnagar Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi

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