Atrauli


Atrauli is a city and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
It is around 25 km from Aligarh, which is famous for Aligarh Muslim University. and 52 km from Khair. 20 km from Narora Atomic Power Plant, situated at river bank of Holy river Ganga. The name of the town is taken from Atri Muni who visited Atrauli.
It also known as the birthplace of music legend Ustad Alladiya Khan, the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana school of music.

Geography

Atrauli is located at. It has an average elevation of 136 metres.

Demographics

As per 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 have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.

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