Moradabad district


Moradabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Moradabad is the district headquarters. Moradabad district is a part of Moradabad division. As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Uttar Pradesh, after Allahabad.
The district of Moradabad lies between 28°21´ to 28°16´ north latitude and 78°4´ to 79° east longitude.

Notable people

According to the 2011 census Moradabad district has a population of 4,772,006, roughly equal to the nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama. This gives it a ranking of 26th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.25%.
In 2011 a new district named Sambhal district is formed with two sub districts of Moradabad district.
The rest of Moradabad district have a population of 3126507.
Moradabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 58.67%.

Language

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.48% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 17.31% Urdu as their first language.

Religion

The 1980 Moradabad riots were a conflict between Hindus and Muslims.

Administrative divisions

There is one Lok Sabha constituencies for the district:
For election purposes Moradabad District is divided into six Vidhan Sabha constituencies:
  1. Kanth
  2. Thakurdwara
  3. Moradabad Rural
  4. Moradabad Nagar
  5. Kundarki
  6. Bilari
Moradabad District has two divisions: Moradabad Subdivision and Sambhal Subdivision. There are five tehsils in Moradabad District and eight blocks.
In addition to the city of Moradabad, which is governed as a Municipal Corporation, there are four municipalities: Bahjoi, Bilari, Chandausi, and Thakurdwara. There are six Town Panchayats:
There are 960 gram panchayats in the district.