Amroha is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradeshstate in northern India.[2]Amroha town is the district headquarters. According to the Government of India, the district is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.[3]
The Battle of Amroha was fought between the Mongols and Alauddin Khilji on 20 December 1305. Alauddin won the battle. Later, the territory occupied by the present district was part of the Sambhal sarkar of Delhi subah under the Mughal empire. Later it came under the control of Awadh. In 1801, the administration of this territory was ceded to the British East India Company by the Nawab of Awadh. On 24[4] April 1997, this district was carved out by separating Amroha, Dhanora and Hasanpur tehsils of the erstwhile Moradabad district. In 2012, this district was renamed from Jyotiba Phule Nagar district to Amroha district.[2]
According to the 2011 census, 'Amroha District' has a population of 1,840,221,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo[7] or the US state of Nebraska.[8] This gives it a ranking of 258th in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The population density is 818 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120/sq mi)[6] and the population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.66%.[6] Amroha has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1,000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 65.7%. 24.93% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 17.28% of the population.[6]
Even though the district is Hindu majority, Muslims form a significant minority and dominate urban areas. As per the 2011 census out of 9 Census towns Muslims formed the majority in 7 while Hindus were in majority in Gajraula (77.33%) and Dhanaura (66.38%) towns.[9]
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