Shamli district


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, Meerut-Karnal and Panipat-Khatima Highways.
Shamli district comes in National Capital Region of India.

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.

Geography

Shamli City lies at the intersection of NH 709A, NH 709B and NH 709AD and is within the National Capital Region.
It is from Delhi, from Meerut, from Muzaffarnagar, from Karnal, from Panipat and from Saharanpur.

Economy

city has an agriculture and industry based economy where sugarcane is the main crop. There are 3 major sugar mills located at Shamli, Oon and Thanabhawan. Shamli is known worldwide for its Rim-Axle industry which also got selected under Uttar Pradesh Governments One District One Product Scheme.

2013 Riots

As in many other districts of western Uttar Pradesh, Shamli also suffered rioting during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. 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.

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 Tejendra Nirwal, Cabinet Minister from MLA seat for Thanabhawan is Mr Suresh Rana and the Lok Sabha MP is Pradeep Choudhary.

Tehsils and blocks

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

Tehsils