Dadri
Town
Dadri is located in Uttar Pradesh
Dadri
Dadri
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Dadri is located in India
Dadri
Dadri
Dadri (India)
Coordinates: 28°33′00″N 77°33′11″E / 28.550°N 77.553°E / 28.550; 77.553
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGautam Buddha Nagar District
Elevation
216 m (709 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total91,189
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
203207
Vehicle registrationUP-16

Dadri is a town and a municipal board in Gautam Buddha Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Noida, Dadri and Jewar are the 3 sub-divisions of GB Nagar district, each headed by a SDM.

Dadri is founded by Bhatti Gujjars and Gaur Brahmin 300 years ago

[2]

History

Dadri is located at 28°33′00″N 77°33′11″E / 28.550°N 77.553°E / 28.550; 77.553. It has an average elevation of 216 metres (709 ft).

Wetlands

Large swathes of Dadri have been classified as a wetland and is home to Blackbuck and Nilgai.[3] It is also home to a significant population of migratory birds coming from as far as Siberia and Europe.[4]

Demographics

Religions in Dadri
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 98.78%
Muslims
 
 00.22%
Jains
 
 0.5%
Others†
 
 0.5%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

As of 2001 India census,[5] Dadri had a population of 57,457. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dadri hahs an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80% and, female literacy is 68%. In Dadri, 18% of the population is under 5 years of age.Dadri has high concentration of gurjars.

Connectivity

Road

Dadri is well connected by roads and highways to Noida, Greater Noida and Dasna. Dadri is situated on old NH-91, which connects Lal Kuan in Ghaziabad with Aligarh via Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr and Khurja.

Rail

The Dadri railway station is a complex station & yard spread over 6 km on busy route of Delhi–Kanpur section of Indian Railways with connectivity with NTPC Dadri and Container Depot at Tilpata Karanwas.[6]

Politics

Dadri falls under Dadri Assembly constituency represented by a MLA.

Noida, Dadri, Jewar, Khurja and Sikandrabad falls under the Gautam Buddha Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, represented by a MP.

Educational Institutions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Singh, Raja Lachchman (1874). Memoir of Zila Bulandshahr. Allahabad: North Western Provinces publisher. p. 141.
  3. ↑ Das, Ayaskant (23 May 2013). "Explain damage to Dadri wetlands". Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ↑ h "Dadri 'wetland' puts Ansals, UP govt in hot spot". Business Standard. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  6. ↑ "The mobility in Train Operations on the busiest route of Delhi Howrah section of Indian Railway network gets a boost with the commissioning of Electronic Interlocking & massive Yard Remodeling commissioned at Dadri". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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