Shamli district

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Shamli district
India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Shamli.svg
Location of Shəmli district in Uttar Pradesh
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
Division Saharanpur
Headquarters Shamli
Tehsils Shamli, Kairana, Oon
Government
   Vidhan Sabha constituencies Shamli, Thanabhawan and Kairana
Area
  Total1,063 km2 (410 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,273,578
  Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Demographics
   Literacy 81.97%
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways (709B), (709A), (709AD)
Website shamli.nic.in

Shamli is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district was carved out from Muzaffarnagar District on 28 September 2011 as Prabudh Nagar and renamed Shamli in July 2012. Shamli is the headquarters of the district. Shamli is located along the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway, Ambala-Shamli Expressway, Gorakhpur-Shamli Expressway, DelhiSaharanpur (National Highway-709B), Meerut-Karnal (National Highway-709A) and Panipat-Khatima (National Highway-709AD) Highways.

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Shamli district comes in National Capital Region of India. [1]

Formation

The district was carved out of Muzaffarnagar district in September 2011 and named Prabudh Nagar. Shamli and Kairana tehsils of Muzaffarnagar formed the new district. It was renamed Shamli in July 2012 by the Uttar Pradesh government. [2]

Geography

Shamli City lies at the intersection of NH 709A, NH 709B and NH 709AD and is within the National Capital Region.

Location

Shamli is 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Delhi, 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Meerut and Saharanpur, 60 km (37 mi) from Baghpat, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Muzaffarnagar, Karnal, Panipat, and Baraut.

Economy

Shamli city has an agriculture and industry based economy where sugarcane is the main crop. There are three major sugar mills located at Shamli, Un and Thanabhawan. Shamli is known worldwide for its Rim-Axle industry which also got selected under Uttar Pradesh Governments One District One Product Scheme.

It is served by Shamli railway station.

2013 Riots

As in many other districts of western Uttar Pradesh, Shamli also suffered rioting during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. [3] [4] A May 2015 report in India Today said that Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts were "considered sensitive" ever since the violent riots of August and September 2013. [5]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Shamli district had a population of 1,273,578. Shamli has a sex ratio of 880 females per 1000 males. 386,102 (30.32%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 141,263 (11.09%) of the population. [6]

Religions in Shamli district (2011) [7]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
57.09%
Islam
41.73%
Sikhism
0.57%
Other or not stated
0.61%
Distribution of religions
Tehsil Hindus Muslims Others
Shamli 67.08%32.18%0.74%
Kairana 45.38%52.94%1.68%

Languages of Shamli district (2011) [8]

   Hindi (88.44%)
   Urdu (10.97%)
  Others (0.59%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 88.44% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 10.97% Urdu as their first language. [8]

Administration

Legislative constituencies

There are three Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Shamli district: Shamli, kairana, and Thanabhawan. All of these are part of Kairana Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA for Shamli is Prasan Chaudhary, the Lok Sabha MP is Pradeep Choudhary.

Tehsils and blocks

Shamli district is divided into 3 tehsils: Shamli, Kairana, and Oon. [9]

Tehsils

Blocks

Transport

Rail

Single electric line is available from Shamli to Saharanpur and Delhi Shahdara Junction.

Farrukhnagar–Saharanpur Janta Express (Train No. 14545/14546) is the only major express train that runs through, averages a speed of 26 km/h.

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National Highway 709AD, commonly called Panipat-Khatima Highway is a national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 9. NH-709AD traverses the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana passes through various Cities and Town in Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh like Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor in India before its terminal at Nagina in Bijnor. Shamli acts as one of the major junction as two other major highways of the area (709A) and (709B) intersects with (709AD) at Shamli. The other major junction is Muzaffarnagar where this highway intersects with (334) Delhi-Rishikesh National Highway and UP State Highway 59

The Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, also known as National Highway 72A (NH 72A), is an under-construction, 210 kilometres (130 mi) long, 12/6 lane access-controlled expressway, which will connect Delhi, the national capital of India, with Dehradun, the capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It will pass through the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and will pass through the cities of Baghpat, Baraut, Shamli and Saharanpur. It will have two spurs, or link roads, to ensure connectivity with cities lying nearby to its route: one 50.7-kilometre-long (31.5 mi), six-lane Saharanpur–Roorkee–Haridwar Expressway, and another 121-kilometre-long (75 mi), six-lane Ambala–Shamli Expressway. It is being built at a cost of around ₹13,000 crore, and will reduce both travel time and distance, from around 5-6 hours to only 2.5 hours, and from around 280 kilometres (170 mi) to 210 kilometres (130 mi). It will be completed by January 2024. It connect to Char Dham Highway in Uttarakhand.

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References

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  2. Shamli district
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  8. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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