Muzaffarnagar district


Muzaffarnagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is part of Saharanpur division. The city of Muzaffarnagar is the district headquarters. This district is the part of National Capital Region.

History

Medieval period

Muzaffarnagar's early medieval history is obscure till the Indo-Mughal period. Timur's army had marched to Delhi through this region in 1399; its people fought it unsuccessfully. In Mughal Emperor Akbar's time, most of the Muzaffarnagar district region, called Sarwat then under the Mahal control of Taga / Tyagi brahmans of Sarvat village, belonged to the sarkar of Saharanpur. Akbar bestowed pargana of Sarwat on Sayyed Mahmud Khan Barha which remained with his descendants up to the 17th century. After killing Peer Khan Lodi styled as Khan Jahan lodi, Shahjahan bestowed title of deceased Peer Khan Lodhi and Pargana of Sarwat on Sayyed Muzaffar Khan Barha, whose son Munawwar Lashkar Khan Barha established the city and named it Muzaffarnagar in honour of his father, and Sarwat also became Muzaffarnagar.

Modern era

Muzaffarnagar district gained notoriety in the 20th century with frequent incidents of loot, murders, kidnappings and dacoity.

Blocks

The district is divided into 9 blocks, these are:
Sr. No.Block Name
1Muzaffarnagar
2Budhana
3Baghra
4Shahpur
5Purquazi
6Charthawal
7Morna near Sukartal
8Jansath
9Khatauli

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Muzaffarnagar district has a population of 4,143,512 roughly equal to the nation of Lebanon or the US state of Oregon. This gives it a ranking of 125th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.8%. Muzaffarnagar has a sex ratio of 886 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 70.11%.
Minority population is about 40% of the total population of the district
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.02% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 12.58% Urdu as their first language.

Education