| Voice of Moradabad :
Mohd. Anas
The quality of elementary education is very bad.
High unemployment, specially among the illiterate women of the district
Unsafe and impure water from the Municipality. This causes many
health problems in the district.
Moradabad District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3646.5 Km2
Population in Moradabad (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 4,773,138
Male : 2,508,299
Female : 2,264,839
Under 6 population
Total : 763,000
Male : 399,613
Female : 363,387
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 50301
In seeing : 17148
In speech : 6439
In hearing : 2440
In movement : 18939
Mental : 5335
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 389
Sex Ratio Rank : 95 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
Disability : 150 (Census 2001)
HIV : Does not figure in A & B Category dists
Minority : Yes
Literacy Ratio : 546 (Census 2001)
Brief About Moradabad District
Origin And Development
Present
Moradabad city was established as the head office of Chaupala Pargana
during Emperor AKBAR ‘s regime. In 1624, Rustom Khan, the governor
of Sambhal, captured it and set up a fort at this place and named
it as Rustom Nagar. Later on it was named as MORADABAD after the
name of SHAHJAHAN ‘s son MURAD BUX and this name still persists.
Physical development of the city was started after the construction
of JAMA MASJID by Rustom Khan in 1632.
Geographical Location
Moradabad city is famous for Brass Metal Handicrafts not only
in India but also abroad since ancient times. This city is situated
in western U.P. between 28°-21´ to 28°-16´ Latitude North and
78°- 4´ to 79 ° Longitude East. Presently it is an Administrative,
Industrial and Commercial city. After the establishment of Divisional
Commissioner Office,its importance and status has further been
elevated. This city lies on National Highway 24 from traffic and
transport point of view and is a main Railway
Station, also Divisional Headquarters of Northern Railways, on HAWRA & AMRITSER main line. It
is very well connected with main cities like DEHLI, LUCKNOW, BAREILLY,
PATNA, HARIDWAR, etc. by both Rail and Road transport. Ramganga
river flows in the north east and Gangan river is there in south
west of the city. Being situated on the main railway line and
National Highway, Moradabad city has bright prospects of development.
Industrial and commercial development has taken place at a fast
pace because the raw material becomes easily available to the
city and manufactured goods are easily exported.
Area
& Population
The geographical area of the Moradabad District is
3493 Sq. Km. Its Total population is 27,61,620 out of which
males are 14,94,220 and females are 12,67,400. Of the total
population, 18,77,570 constitute the rural population and the
rest i.e. 8,84,040 makes the urban population.
Infrastructure
The Moradabad District is divided into 5 Tehsils & 13
Blocks. Total no. of Nyay Panchayats in the district are 87 while
Gram Sabhas stands at 883. The total populated villages are 1388.
The total no. of Police Stations in the district are 26 out of
which 9 are in rural area and 17 in the Urban area. The total
no. of Railway Stations (including Halts) are 29. Total length
of Broad Gauge line is 219 Km. The total no. of Post Offices are 226
out of which 42 are in urban area while 184 in rural area.
Economy
Primarily the Economy of the Moradabad District is Agrarian based
while the Economy base of Moradabad city is Small Scale Cottage
industry, Commerce & Trade. Major crops are Paddy, Wheat,
Sugar cane & Mustard. There is a network of Agro based industries
namely Rice & Dal Processing Units and a large no. of Gur
& Khandsari Units. Over 15000 Small Scale Industry Units are
spread all over the District having more concentration on Urban
cities – Moradabad & Sambhal. Moradabad city is famous for the Brass
Metal Handicrafts and exports to the tune of Rs. 2200 Crores on
yearly basis. A good
no. of Artisans are also engaged in home manufacturing of Horn
and Bone handicrafts articles in Sambhal.
About 12 lakh metric tons of food grain, 10 thousand
metric tons of oil seeds, 90 lakh metric tons of sugar cane
& 2.6 lakh metric tons of potatoes are annually produced
here and a major part of it is exported to other districts of
the state and out of the state
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