Atrauli
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Atrauli is a town and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated on the bank of the river Ganges, Atrauli is around {{cvt|27|km}} from Aligarh and {{cvt|52|km}} from Khair.
Etymology
The town is named after the sage Atri Muni who is believed to have visited the town.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} The town was earlier known as Atravali (अत्रावली), which later had been colloquially altered to Atrauli (अतरौली).{{cn|date=January 2023}}
History
During the 18th century Rao Durjan Singh Punia of Bijauli took possession of Atrauli.{{Cite book|last=Siddiqi|first=Jamal Muhammad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KuwdAAAAMAAJ&q=+durjan+singh+|title=Aligarh District: A Historical Survey, from Ancient Times to 1803 A.D.|date=1981|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|isbn=978-0-8364-2355-6|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagbir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9H9uAAAAMAAJ&q=Durjan+Singh+of+Bijauli|title=The Jat Rulers of Upper Doab: Three Centuries of Aligarh Jat Nobility : a Regional Micro History of Thenuas|date=2002|publisher=Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors|isbn=978-81-7910-016-5|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Oudh (India)|first=United Provinces of Agra and|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EJuAAAAMAAJ&q=Durjan+Singh+of+Bijauli|title=District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Aligarh|date=1926|publisher=Supdt., Government Press, United Provinces|language=en}}
Geography
Atrauli is located at {{Coord|28.029|N|78.286|E|}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Atrauli.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Atrauli, India|website=fallingrain.com|access-date=1 January 2021}} It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet). It is located . Also, Atrauli is in the plains of Ganga-Yamuna Doab, located at the right bank of the Ganges.{{cite book |last1=Hassan |first1=Mohammad Izhar |last2=Roy |first2=Shouraseni Sen |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Uday |last4=Chakraborty |first4=Samik |last5=Singh |first5=Uttara |title=Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability |date=8 July 2022 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-96760-4 |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yjx6EAAAQBAJ&dq=atrauli+Ganga-Yamuna+Doab&pg=PA355}}
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Atrauli had a population of 50,412, of which 26,368 were males and 24,044 were females. Atrauli has an average literacy rate of 47.5%, with 53.4% of the males and 41.1% of females literate. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 7,254. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have a population of 4,568 and 2 respectively. Atrauli had 8093 household in 2011.{{cite web |title=Census of India: Atrauli |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=140864 |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=9 October 2019}}
Notable people
- Nanua Chaprasi, Hindu spiritual guru and saint.
- Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- Khadim Hussain Khan, Indian classical singer of Agra gharana.
- Sharafat Hussain Khan, Indian classical music singer.
- Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana school of music.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678747.cms |title=Where talent matters |work=The Times of India |date= 26 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701234546/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678747.cms |archive-date=1 July 2006 |access-date=27 March 2022|quote=Heaven knows how many singers were fortunate to have sat at the feet of Ustad Alladiya Khan, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauali gharana}}{{cite book|author=Kumāraprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa|title=The Lost World of Hindustani Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MR_6Gr26hAC&pg=PA154|access-date=12 July 2013|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306199-1|pages=154–}}
- Ravikant Nagaich, Hindi film director.
- Ashok Singhal, National President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
- Kalyan Singh, Two-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former member of Lok Sabha, former governor of Himachal Pradesh and of Rajasthan.
- Sandeep Kumar Singh, Minister of State, Basic Education (Independent Charge), Uttar Pradesh