Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway (NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It is known as the sugarbowl of Uttar Pradesh.
Muzaffarnagar | |
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City | |
| Nickname: Sugar Bowl of Uttar Pradesh | |
Muzaffarnagar | |
| Coordinates: 29°28′55″N 77°42′00″E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Muzaffarnagar |
| First Settled | 1399 |
| Founded | 1633 |
| Incorporated as City | 1826 |
| Founded by | Syed Muzaffar Ali Khan |
| Named for | Syed Muzaffar Ali Khan |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Board of Muzaffarnagar |
| • District Magistrate | Arvind Mallappa Bangari IAS |
| • Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (BJP) |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly | Kapil Dev Agarwal (BJP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 204.8 km2 (79.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 494,792 |
| • Rank | 15 (In U.P.) |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) |
| • City | 351,838 |
| Demonym | Muzaffarnagri |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | Urdu |
| • Literacy rate | 85.16 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 251001 |
| PIN | 251002 |
| Telephone code | 0131 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-12 |
| First newspaper | Dainik Dehat (est. 1936) |
| Website | muzaffarnagar |
The city previously called Sarwat and is located in the middle of the highly fertile upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab region and is very near to New Delhi and Saharanpur, making it one of the most developed and prosperous cities of Uttar Pradesh. It comes under the Saharanpur division. This city is part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC). It shares its border with the state of Uttarakhand and it is the principal commercial, industrial and educational hub of Western Uttar Pradesh.