Gulaothi

Gulaothi
city
Gulaothi Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°36′N 77°47′E / 28.6°N 77.78°E / 28.6; 77.78Coordinates: 28°36′N 77°47′E / 28.6°N 77.78°E / 28.6; 77.78
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bulandshahr
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	42,872
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Gulaothi is a city and municipal board in the Bulandshahr district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Gulaothi is located at 28°36′N 77°47′E / 28.6°N 77.78°E / 28.6; 77.78. at a distance of 73 km from National capital New Delhi. You can reach via Ghaziabad-Hapur or via Ghaziabad-Daasna-Mansoori.^[1] It has an average elevation of 200 metres (656 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Gulaothi had a population of 42,872. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gulaothi has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 45%. In Gulaothi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Gulaothi was earlier known as "Gulab Basi" because of large scale cultivation of Roses called "gulab" in Devnagri Hindi.Gulaothi has been a great learning center of spiritualism and formal education. Seemingly small city is the birthplace of many great scholars now settled in Canada, USA.^[3][4] There are several visiting places in Gulaothi, The Jama Masjid, Madarsa Mumbahul Uloom, which as established by Maulana Hazrat Qasim Nanautwi, many old Mahal's and the old bada mandir are being one of them. Gulaothi has the largest hedge funnel in India, but is better known for its many elaborate and beautiful smaller hedge funnels.

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