Faridnagar
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Faridnagar is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Ghaziabad district
in the state of Uttar Pradesh
, India
.
The decline of town started in early 1930s when Britishers constructed the highways and built the rail roads.All of them bypassed Faridnagar by few miles .Modinagar became the major industrial and educational center.Cotton industries shifted to Pilkhuwa.
Nearest rail heads are Modinagar and Pilkhua.Nearest airport is Delhi.The town hosts the annual "Faridnagar Mahotsav".
, Faridnagar had a population of 11,271. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Faridnagar has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 32%. In Faridnagar, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population is mixed, almost equally divided between Hindus and Muslims. The Hindu population live on Pilkhua side while Muslims live on Hapur side. A vertical divide. Before 1947 Garhi Billochan was exclusively Muslim. A high percentage of Muslims went to Pakistan after partition of the country in 1947.
The decline of town started in the early nineteen hundreds when the railway lines were laid and roads were paved. The town was bypassed by only few miles. Other town grew particularly Pilkhuwa and Modinagar at the expense of Faridnagar. The sugar mill in Modinagar caused the death of local "Gud" making. Later on failure of electric supply killed the weaving industry too. The weaver community fled en masse to nearby cities.
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 Ghaziabad district
Ghaziabad District
Ghaziabad district is a largely suburban district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India of National Capital Region . The town of Ghaziabad is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district is part of Meerut Division...
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
Faridnagar is located at 28.77°N 77.62°E. It has an average elevation of 212 metres (695 feet).History
Faridnagar was founded in great mogul emperor Akbar time by Nabab Farid-ud-din. He was awarded the "Zagir" of seventeen villages between Pilkhua and Begmabad by emperor Akbar the great. The town used to be garrison for small mogul army and housed the Taksal-a place to mint the mogul coins during reigns of Akbar and Jahangir. The highest point of the town is known as "Garhi Billochan" and is guarded by huge iron gates. Next to it is Jama Masjid, a beautiful mosque. Since its inception Faridnagar grew and became prosperous. The major source of revenue were farming, gardening and trade. Important industries were cotton weaving and Khandsari-the gud making, oil extraction and pottery making.The decline of town started in early 1930s when Britishers constructed the highways and built the rail roads.All of them bypassed Faridnagar by few miles .Modinagar became the major industrial and educational center.Cotton industries shifted to Pilkhuwa.
Nearest rail heads are Modinagar and Pilkhua.Nearest airport is Delhi.The town hosts the annual "Faridnagar Mahotsav".
Demographics
India censusCensus
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...
, Faridnagar had a population of 11,271. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Faridnagar has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 32%. In Faridnagar, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population is mixed, almost equally divided between Hindus and Muslims. The Hindu population live on Pilkhua side while Muslims live on Hapur side. A vertical divide. Before 1947 Garhi Billochan was exclusively Muslim. A high percentage of Muslims went to Pakistan after partition of the country in 1947.
The decline of town started in the early nineteen hundreds when the railway lines were laid and roads were paved. The town was bypassed by only few miles. Other town grew particularly Pilkhuwa and Modinagar at the expense of Faridnagar. The sugar mill in Modinagar caused the death of local "Gud" making. Later on failure of electric supply killed the weaving industry too. The weaver community fled en masse to nearby cities.