Garhi Pukhta
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Garhi Pukhta is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Muzaffarnagar district
in the state of Uttar Pradesh
, India
.
, Garhi Pukhta had a population of 12,104. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Garhi Pukhta has an average literacy rate of 44%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 52%, and female literacy is 36%. In Garhi Pukhta, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Now a days a young social worker Mr. Rankumar Tomar is contributing in the growth of fast growing Town (Garhi Pukhta) and getting huge support from town's people. He is focusing and attracting peoples attention towards general problems that everybody is facing but not getting resolved due to unawarness and lake of information so over all he is doing best for human being like "anna hazare" in guidiance of Mr. Krishanpal Singh Tomar (Teacher). Mr. K.P. Tomar himself is a good personality and good social worker and working as a teacher in Lal bahadur Shastari Junior High School, Garhi Pukhat" as known for his excellance social work.
Many a families have added values to the glory of this historic town. One of them is "Sharma's" family, whose ancestors Late Mr. Vishnu Dutt Sharma (Indian Freedom Fighter - non co-operation movement) helped the growth of this town. The town has a big bazaar, and in the past nearby villagers used to come at least once to this bazaar on Sunday, which used to be called "Haat". Though nowadays this town has better connectivity by buses to nearby villages and towns, and hence instead of one day's main trading, now the entire week has good trading.
Many of the graduates, engineers, MBAs etc. from this town serve the nation by rendering their services to reputed companies. "Sachin Sharma" has been main young generation guy in adding values and making it famous even in the current time. He did his masters from IIT Delhi in 2002 by achieving awards. Most of them are educated and have scattered across country flagging its glory and reputation across India and making the people of this town proud.
This town has a good blend of different communities, and there have never been any unwanted disputes amongst them. Most of the population of this town is "Farmer", and each one of them works hard to get better crop out of his fields. It helps all of them to get better livelihood, more ease to their life and raising the living standards. This town has a higher secondary college by the name of "Jawaharlal Nehru College" and a high school which is locally known as "Bees wala school", though officially it is "Lal bahadur Shastari Junior High School".
This town has a post office, two banks, a government school, A girl's college, hospitals for both animals and human beings and many private schools. One of the oldest school has been by the name of "Adarsh Bal Vidya Mandir", which is managed by a lady popularly known as "Shail Behanji". This school is one of the oldest in this town and has given many good scholars, who in turn are now highly reputed and good earning either private of government job officers across India.
Having agriculture its main livelihood in nearby areas too, most farmers belong to "Jaat" community, who are very hard worker in their job. They plough the field, take care of crops and yield good grains, helping maintain good economy in this area. Muslims have equally a good share and importance there. Main crops of this area are sugar cane, grain, rice only.
This area generally faces a shortage of electricity. Most of time there are power cuts, and on an average there is an electric supply of 6–8 hours a day only. There have been instances where due to technical reasons, there have not been any power supply for 10–15 days also.
Recent developments are taking this town towards new growth. A new B.Ed college has been set up in the midst of greenery, and the view of the nearby location from this college's building has a capacity to attract anybody. One newly launched school cum college is being set up by "Khan Brothers--- Mohd Nawaz Khan and Noor Nawaz Khan" in this town, and expectedly it would take education to its new heights in due course of time.
Mr. Amir Alam Khan, who belongs to this town, has been selected as an M.L.A. and later on as an M.P also. During his tenure he had been given a responsibility as "Transport Minister" too. No need to say his name adds value to this town. This town is home to a settlement of the Baloch
community.
One other prominent person of this town is Mr. Shreepal Jain, who has been a Pradhan in past and has served the town as a "Chairman" in recent years too. He is basically called "Babuji" there and gains respect from all major societies of the town. There has been a major contribution of this person in the development of this town. All roads of this town are well maintained, and most of the electricity polls have either bulbs or electric tubes to keep the roads lighted at night. Major places like main bazaar chowk etc., have been electrified with the help of solar power, and this equipment helps people to avoid any mishaps at night, in the absence of electricity.
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 Muzaffarnagar district
Muzaffarnagar District
Muzaffarnagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is part of Saharanpur division. The town of Muzaffarnagar is the district headquarters.-Communication:...
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
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.
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...
, Garhi Pukhta had a population of 12,104. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Garhi Pukhta has an average literacy rate of 44%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 52%, and female literacy is 36%. In Garhi Pukhta, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Now a days a young social worker Mr. Rankumar Tomar is contributing in the growth of fast growing Town (Garhi Pukhta) and getting huge support from town's people. He is focusing and attracting peoples attention towards general problems that everybody is facing but not getting resolved due to unawarness and lake of information so over all he is doing best for human being like "anna hazare" in guidiance of Mr. Krishanpal Singh Tomar (Teacher). Mr. K.P. Tomar himself is a good personality and good social worker and working as a teacher in Lal bahadur Shastari Junior High School, Garhi Pukhat" as known for his excellance social work.
Many a families have added values to the glory of this historic town. One of them is "Sharma's" family, whose ancestors Late Mr. Vishnu Dutt Sharma (Indian Freedom Fighter - non co-operation movement) helped the growth of this town. The town has a big bazaar, and in the past nearby villagers used to come at least once to this bazaar on Sunday, which used to be called "Haat". Though nowadays this town has better connectivity by buses to nearby villages and towns, and hence instead of one day's main trading, now the entire week has good trading.
Many of the graduates, engineers, MBAs etc. from this town serve the nation by rendering their services to reputed companies. "Sachin Sharma" has been main young generation guy in adding values and making it famous even in the current time. He did his masters from IIT Delhi in 2002 by achieving awards. Most of them are educated and have scattered across country flagging its glory and reputation across India and making the people of this town proud.
This town has a good blend of different communities, and there have never been any unwanted disputes amongst them. Most of the population of this town is "Farmer", and each one of them works hard to get better crop out of his fields. It helps all of them to get better livelihood, more ease to their life and raising the living standards. This town has a higher secondary college by the name of "Jawaharlal Nehru College" and a high school which is locally known as "Bees wala school", though officially it is "Lal bahadur Shastari Junior High School".
This town has a post office, two banks, a government school, A girl's college, hospitals for both animals and human beings and many private schools. One of the oldest school has been by the name of "Adarsh Bal Vidya Mandir", which is managed by a lady popularly known as "Shail Behanji". This school is one of the oldest in this town and has given many good scholars, who in turn are now highly reputed and good earning either private of government job officers across India.
Having agriculture its main livelihood in nearby areas too, most farmers belong to "Jaat" community, who are very hard worker in their job. They plough the field, take care of crops and yield good grains, helping maintain good economy in this area. Muslims have equally a good share and importance there. Main crops of this area are sugar cane, grain, rice only.
This area generally faces a shortage of electricity. Most of time there are power cuts, and on an average there is an electric supply of 6–8 hours a day only. There have been instances where due to technical reasons, there have not been any power supply for 10–15 days also.
Recent developments are taking this town towards new growth. A new B.Ed college has been set up in the midst of greenery, and the view of the nearby location from this college's building has a capacity to attract anybody. One newly launched school cum college is being set up by "Khan Brothers--- Mohd Nawaz Khan and Noor Nawaz Khan" in this town, and expectedly it would take education to its new heights in due course of time.
Mr. Amir Alam Khan, who belongs to this town, has been selected as an M.L.A. and later on as an M.P also. During his tenure he had been given a responsibility as "Transport Minister" too. No need to say his name adds value to this town. This town is home to a settlement of the Baloch
Baluch (Uttar Pradesh)
The Baloch are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are descended from Baluch tribesmen who settled in this region of North India in the late Middle Ages...
community.
One other prominent person of this town is Mr. Shreepal Jain, who has been a Pradhan in past and has served the town as a "Chairman" in recent years too. He is basically called "Babuji" there and gains respect from all major societies of the town. There has been a major contribution of this person in the development of this town. All roads of this town are well maintained, and most of the electricity polls have either bulbs or electric tubes to keep the roads lighted at night. Major places like main bazaar chowk etc., have been electrified with the help of solar power, and this equipment helps people to avoid any mishaps at night, in the absence of electricity.