Kandhla

Kandhla
town
Kandhla Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 29°19′N 77°16′E / 29.32°N 77.27°E / 29.32; 77.27Coordinates: 29°19′N 77°16′E / 29.32°N 77.27°E / 29.32; 77.27
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shamli district
Elevation	241 m (791 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	46,796
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	247775
Telephone code	+95-1392

Kandhla (Hindi-कान्धला)(Urdu: کاندھلہ‎) is a city and a municipal board in Shamli District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Kandhla is located at 29°19′N 77°16′E / 29.32°N 77.27°E / 29.32; 77.27.^[1] It has an average elevation of 241 meters (790 feet). The Postal Code (Zip Code) is 247775. Sunna, Kiwana, aldi panjokhra, gujjarpur, jasala, bharsi, bhabisa, lisarh, hazipur, dangrol and dugadda are some villages located in its zone. It has a wide range of culture.

Transport

Kandhla is situated midway on the State Highway connecting Delhi to Saharanpur via Baghpat Baraut Shamli [DELHI - Baghpat - Baraut - Kandhla - Shamli - Thana Bhawan - Jalalabad - Nanauta - SAHARANPUR ]. The above route is also accessible and connected by Broad Gauge Train Link.

The major Important Towns and Cities in the neighbourhood are

• Delhi 50 miles (80 km), on the South,
• Saharanpur 50 miles (80 km), on the North,
• Muzaffar Nagar 31 Miles (50 km), on the East
• Meerut 50 miles (80 km), on the South East,
• Panipat 22 miles (33 km), on the west,
• Karnal 45 miles (72 km), on the North west

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[2]The Kandhla Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 46,796 of which 24,535 are males while 22,261 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 7788 which is 16.64 % of total population of Kandhla (NPP). In Kandhla Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 907 against state average of 912. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Kandhla is around 884 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Kandhla city is 55.43 % lower than state average of 67.68 %. In Kandhla, Male literacy is around 63.57 % while female literacy rate is 46.51 %. The town is home of large number of Muslim [jains and Vaishs. Neighboring villages of Kandhla are dominated of Jats and gujjars. It has the distinction of getting one of the first central sewage system and Government Degree (now post-graduate) College exclusively for girls even before many big cities and districts in this area. It has Government Girls Inter College, Hindu Inter College (for boys) and Chandan Lal Inter College (co-education) for schooling up to 12th standards feeding to large population from nearby villages and towns.

Religion

Kandhla has been famous for its religious services as prominent of scholars and spiritual personalities of their time born there. Their services are well known around the world and need not much introduction. Ramlila festival of Kandhla is famous in "North Uttar Pradesh" for its communal reconciliation.

Many streams of religious services and learning of teaching originated from this village and people all over the world are benefiting from the efforts, writings and teachings from Kandhla.

The "Laxmi Narayana Mandir" and "Jama Majid" are the two famous places of Kandhla. It is the only town where both "Jama Masjid and Laxmi Narayana mandir" are adjacent to each other.

Kandhla came into prominence more after the services of the Tableeghi Jamaat reached the world for the movement of Dawat-o-Tableegh was initiated by a man from this obscure village and it still being run by the people from this very Khanwada (family), in the Mohalla Molviyan in Kandhla. The book Fazail-e-Aamal which one of the most read books in the world was written by no other than Maulana Zakariya Kandhlavi.

Kandhla Nagar Palika Parishad election results 2012

Current elections were held on 27 June 2012 and results were declared on 7 July 2012. was elected as the Chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad Kandhla.

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