| Voice of Muzaffaranagar
: Pradeep Kumar
People lack awareness.
Inter caste marriage is denied.
The quality of education is improving. NGOS are doing a great job
in improving the quality of education. The condition of women has
not improved yet. They still succumb to violence. Women are not
literate and empowered. Female infanticide is high. Sex determination
of the unborn child is still prevalent. Government should take strict
stand on this.
Muzaffaranagar
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4008.0 Km2
Population in Muzzafarnagar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 4,138,605
Male : 2,194,540
Female : 1,944,065
Under 6 population
Total : 630,329
Male : 339,201
Female : 291,128
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 66869
In seeing : 28290
In speech : 5154
In hearing : 3181
In movement : 23607
Mental : 6637
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 403
Sex Ratio Rank : 86
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 69 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 364 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Brief About Muzaffaranagar District
A HISTORICAL OUTLINE
In pages of history and revenue records SARVAT
was known as pargana which was given as JAGIR to one of the chieftains
named SAIYED MUZAFFARKHAN by emperor SHAHJHAN. He founded the city
of Muzaffarnagar in 1633 with lands of KHERA & SUJRU. His project
was completed by his son MUNAWAR LASHKAR KHAN who in turn named
the city after his father MUZAFFARKHAN.But recent finding of archeological
site at village MANDI (Tehsil SADAR) in west of river KALI takes
the roots of district Muzaffarnagar to HARAPPAN civilization. Hordes
of gold ring like objects and other precious stones prove that the
site was the part of mature HARAPPAN culture and also important
center of trade during ancient times. More excavations are being
carried out by Archeological Survey of India and in near future
better picture will emerge from these findings.Proximity with HASTINAPUR
and KURUKSHEHTRA indicates that this district was hub of activities
during the MAHABHARAT era. With exceptions of few findings of GREECO-ROMAN
coins, there is hardly any direct mention of the region for a long
period of time. But with strategic location of MUZAFFAR NAGAR, it
can be safely presumed that there were a lot of political as well
as economic activities here. RAJPUTS, TAGAS and BRAHMINS dominated
the area according to C.H.NEVILLE, I.C.S. in his compilation of
Muzaffarnagar Gazetteer. Later JATS replaced the TAGAS.Persian literature
has mention of the place during TIMUR's invasion of India. A large
number of Hindus gathered at BHOKAR HERI on the banks of river GANGA
to resist his armies according to TIMUR. But unorganized Hindu force
were defeated by him in year 1399.
GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE
Muzaffarnagar is located at northern part of Uttar
Pradesh. The district of Muzaffarnagar forms a portion of division
Saharanpur, and situated in the DOAB of the Ganges and the Jamuna,
between the districts of Meerut on the South and Saharanpur on the
North. On the west, the Jamuna separates it from the Panipat
and Thaneswar tahsil of the Karnal district of
Haryana; and on the east the river Ganges forms the boundary between
this district and the Bijnor tahsil of the district of same name.
It is roughly rectangular in shape, lying between north latitude
29º 11' 30'' and 29º 45' 15" and east longitude 77º 3' 45"
and 78º 7'. The greatest length of district from east to west is
sixty-one miles, and its greatest breadth from north to south thirty-six
miles. The average length and breadths are about fifty-three and
thirty-one miles, respectively. The total area in 1901 amounted
to 1,963,662 acres, or 1,662 square miles and in 2000 amounted to
4049 square k.m.. The district is well connected by road and railway
network. National Higway-58 passes through Muzaffarnagar city. Upper
Ganga & Lower Yamuna canal lie in this district.
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