Farah is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Mathura district

Mathura District

Mathura District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. The historic town of Mathura is the district headquarters.The district is bounded on the northeast by Aligarh District, on the southeast by Hathras District, on the south by Agra District, and on the west by Rajasthan and...

  in the state of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Geography

Farah is located at 27.33°N 77.77°E. It has an average elevation of 172 metres (564 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Farah had a population of 8199. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Farah has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 41%. In Farah, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Government Institute

Central Institute Of Research on Goats (Known as CIRG).
It is the institute under ICAR (Indian Council Of Agricultural Research).
It is the only institute for research on goats in India.

Institutes

There are many Engineering and Degree Colleges in Farah.
Some of them are:

Sachdeva Institute Of Technology

It is an important and known college affiliated to U.P. Technical University, Lucknow.

Hindustan College Of Science and Technology

It is an important and known college affiliated to U.P. Technical University, Lucknow. It is a college of Sharda Group Of Institutions.

Nikhil Institute Of Technology