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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Atrauli > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Atrauli.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrauli > Source revision: 1281164665 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2024}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2011}} {{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](/source/States_and_territories_of_India) | subdivision_name1 = [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh) | subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/List_of_districts_of_India) | subdivision_name2 = [Aligarh](/source/Aligarh_district) | established_title = | 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 = | demographics_type1 = [Language](/source/Language) | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [Hindi](/source/Hindi_language){{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](/source/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}} | demographics1_title2 = Additional official | demographics1_info2 = [Urdu](/source/Urdu) | timezone1 = [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time) | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [PIN](/source/Postal_Index_Number) | postal_code = 202280{{cite web |title= Atrauli|url=http://pincode.net.in/uttar_pradesh/ALIGARH/A/ATRAULI#.Ud_tO9I3CgQ |publisher=pincode |access-date=1 January 2021}} | registration_plate = UP-81 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Atrauli''' is a town and a [municipal board](/source/municipal_board) in [Aligarh district](/source/Aligarh_district) in the state of [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh), India. Situated on the bank of the river [Ganges](/source/Ganges), Atrauli is around {{cvt|27|km}} from [Aligarh](/source/Aligarh) and {{cvt|52|km}} from [Khair](/source/Khair). ==Etymology== The town is named after the sage [Atri Muni](/source/Atri) 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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} == Geography == Atrauli is located at {{Coord|28.029|N|78.286|E|}}.{{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}} It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet). It is located . Also, Atrauli is in the plains of [Ganga-Yamuna Doab](/source/Ganga-Yamuna_Doab), located at the right bank of the [Ganges](/source/Ganges).{{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}} ==Demographics== At the [2011 census](/source/2011_Indian_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](/source/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes) have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.{{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}} ==Notable people== * [Nanua Chaprasi](/source/Nanua_Chaprasi), Hindu spiritual guru and saint. * [Chandra Bhanu Gupta](/source/Chandra_Bhanu_Gupta), Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. * [Khadim Hussain Khan](/source/Khadim_Hussain_Khan), Indian classical singer of [Agra gharana](/source/Agra_gharana). * [Sharafat Hussain Khan](/source/Sharafat_Hussain_Khan), Indian classical music singer. * [Ustad Alladiya Khan](/source/Ustad_Alladiya_Khan), founder of the [Jaipur-Atrauli gharana](/source/Jaipur-Atrauli_gharana) school of music.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678747.cms |title=Where talent matters |work=[The Times of India](/source/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}}{{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–}} * [Ravikant Nagaich](/source/Ravikant_Nagaich), Hindi film director. * [Ashok Singhal](/source/Ashok_Singhal), National President of [Vishwa Hindu Parishad](/source/Vishwa_Hindu_Parishad) * [Kalyan Singh](/source/Kalyan_Singh), Two-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former member of [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha), former governor of [Himachal Pradesh](/source/Himachal_Pradesh) and of [Rajasthan](/source/Rajasthan). * [Sandeep Kumar Singh](/source/Sandeep_Kumar_Singh), Minister of State, Basic Education (Independent Charge), Uttar Pradesh == References == {{Reflist}} {{Aligarh district}} Category:Cities and towns in Aligarh district --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Atrauli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrauli) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrauli?action=history)). 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