Kairana

Kairana
Town

Nickname(s):

Kairana
Kairana (Uttar Pradesh)

Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shamli
Elevation 242 m (794 ft)
Population (2001)
  Total 73,046
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 247774
Telephone code 01398
Vehicle registration UP-19

Kairana is a historical city and a municipal board in Shamli district. Shamli was declared as a district in September 2011 and was named Prabuddh Nagar by Mayawati, the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. In July 2012, Shamli got its original name back by Akhilesh Yadav, who became CM of UP in 2012. Prior to that, Kairana was a tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district. Both districts are located in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics and people

As of the 2011 India census,[1] Kairana had a population of 89000. Males population is 47047and females population is 41953. Kairana has a literacy rate of 47.23%, which is lower than the state literacy rate 67.68%. Male literacy in Kairana is 55.16%, and female literacy is 38.24%. In Kairana,18.06% of the population is under 6 years of age.In a bid to create an efficient manpower pool and hone talents of young Indians, Care for All Trust and Rahbar Foundation have been jointly running Indian community center (ICC) in the small town Kairana of western UP since 2014. According to the 2011 Census,[2] 80.74% people are Muslims, 18.34% are Hindus, rest being people of other faiths[2]

Notable people

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