{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2024}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2011}} <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities for details -->{{Infobox settlement | name = Atrauli | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3 | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|28.03|N|78.28|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Aligarh | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 50412 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/> | demographics_type1 = Language | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Minority Affairs|access-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> | demographics1_title2 = Additional official | demographics1_info2 = Urdu<ref name="langoff"/> | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 202280<ref>{{cite web |title= Atrauli|url=http://pincode.net.in/uttar_pradesh/ALIGARH/A/ATRAULI#.Ud_tO9I3CgQ |publisher=pincode |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | registration_plate = UP-81 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Atrauli''' is a town and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="Census2011Gov"/> Situated on the bank of the river Ganges, Atrauli is around {{cvt|27|km}} from Aligarh and {{cvt|52|km}} from Khair.
==Etymology== The town is named after the sage Atri Muni who is believed to have visited the town.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} The town was earlier known as ''Atravali (अत्रावली)'', which later had been colloquially altered to ''Atrauli (अतरौली)''.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
==History== During the 18th century Rao Durjan Singh Punia of Bijauli took possession of Atrauli.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Siddiqi|first=Jamal Muhammad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KuwdAAAAMAAJ&q=+durjan+singh+|title=Aligarh District: A Historical Survey, from Ancient Times to 1803 A.D.|date=1981|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|isbn=978-0-8364-2355-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagbir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9H9uAAAAMAAJ&q=Durjan+Singh+of+Bijauli|title=The Jat Rulers of Upper Doab: Three Centuries of Aligarh Jat Nobility : a Regional Micro History of Thenuas|date=2002|publisher=Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors|isbn=978-81-7910-016-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Oudh (India)|first=United Provinces of Agra and|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EJuAAAAMAAJ&q=Durjan+Singh+of+Bijauli|title=District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Aligarh|date=1926|publisher=Supdt., Government Press, United Provinces|language=en}}</ref>
== Geography == Atrauli is located at {{Coord|28.029|N|78.286|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Atrauli.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Atrauli, India|website=fallingrain.com|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet). It is located . Also, Atrauli is in the plains of Ganga-Yamuna Doab, located at the right bank of the Ganges.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hassan |first1=Mohammad Izhar |last2=Roy |first2=Shouraseni Sen |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Uday |last4=Chakraborty |first4=Samik |last5=Singh |first5=Uttara |title=Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability |date=8 July 2022 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-96760-4 |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yjx6EAAAQBAJ&dq=atrauli+Ganga-Yamuna+Doab&pg=PA355}}</ref>
==Demographics== At the 2011 census, Atrauli had a population of 50,412, of which 26,368 were males and 24,044 were females. Atrauli has an average literacy rate of 47.5%, with 53.4% of the males and 41.1% of females literate. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 7,254. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Atrauli |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=140864 |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
==Notable people== <!--Only add if there is an article in English Wikipedia. Arrange alphabetically by LAST NAME--> * Nanua Chaprasi, Hindu spiritual guru and saint. * Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. * Khadim Hussain Khan, Indian classical singer of Agra gharana. * Sharafat Hussain Khan, Indian classical music singer. * Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana school of music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678747.cms |title=Where talent matters |work=The Times of India |date= 26 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701234546/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678747.cms |archive-date=1 July 2006 |access-date=27 March 2022|quote=Heaven knows how many singers were fortunate to have sat at the feet of Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauali gharana}}</ref><ref name="Mukhopādhyāẏa2006">{{cite book|author=Kumāraprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa|title=The Lost World of Hindustani Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MR_6Gr26hAC&pg=PA154|access-date=12 July 2013|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306199-1|pages=154–}}</ref> * Ravikant Nagaich, Hindi film director. * Ashok Singhal, National President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad * Kalyan Singh, Two-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former member of Lok Sabha, former governor of Himachal Pradesh and of Rajasthan. * Sandeep Kumar Singh, Minister of State, Basic Education (Independent Charge), Uttar Pradesh
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Aligarh district}}
Category:Cities and towns in Aligarh district