Atrauli is a city and a municipal board in Aligarh district

Aligarh District

Aligarh District is a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its district seat is located in the city of Aligarh .The Aligarh District belongs to Aligarh Division...

  in the state of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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, India

India

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It is around 30 km far from Aligarh, which is famous for Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

. Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh MR. Kalyan Singh

Kalyan Singh

Kalayan Singh is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He has served 3 times as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.-Role in demolition of Babri Masjid:...

 has contested many elections from Atrauli constituency.

Atrauli is also known for milk collection, with collection centers Tulsi dairy, Shahji dairy, Balaji dairy, Paras dairy, Nova dairy, Param dairy and other. It also known as the birthplace of music legend Ustad Alladiya Khan

Ustad Alladiya Khan

Alladiya Khan was an Indian classical singer, known as "Gaan Samraat" . Khan founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana based on the Agra gharana. He is also recognized for his revival and creations of many ragas....

, the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana

Jaipur-Atrauli gharana

The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana is a Khayal-based stylized singing family-hood , founded by Utd. Alladiya Khan in the late 19th century...

 school of music.

Geography

Atrauli is located at 27.18°N 80.68°E. It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet).
Atrauli has many mohallas like vishambahrganj,bholanagar,paith-chauraha,bada-bazar,barolia-tola,kachhigarhi etc.

Demographics

India census

Census

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...

, Atrauli had a population of 43,845. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Atrauli has an average literacy rate of 45%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 62% of the males and 38% of females literate. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Entertainment

Entertainment has also got its own space among people's lives and Atrauli provides its inhabitants the place where they can indulge for three hours, in form of two cinemas as listed below -

• Shiv Palace
• Kailash Pati Cinema

Peoples from rural areas from periphery of 20 km around come to entertain here, It is a very cheap town for shopping.

Notables residents

• Ustad Alladiya Khan
  Ustad Alladiya Khan
  Alladiya Khan was an Indian classical singer, known as "Gaan Samraat" . Khan founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana based on the Agra gharana. He is also recognized for his revival and creations of many ragas....
  
  , founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
  Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
  The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana is a Khayal-based stylized singing family-hood , founded by Utd. Alladiya Khan in the late 19th century...
  
   school of music
• Khadim Hussain Khan
  Khadim Hussain Khan
  Khadim Hussain Khan was an Indian singer born in Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Initiated into music by his father Altaf Hussain Khan, he went on to learn from his grand uncle Ustad Kallan Khan. They were both court musicians of the Jaipur Kingdom....
  
  , Indian classical singer of Agra gharana
  Agra gharana
  Agra Gharana is a tradition of Hindustani Classical Vocal Music descended from the Nauhar Bani. So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 AD, during the reign of Emperor Allauddin Khilji of Delhi....
  
  
• Ravikant Nagaich
  Ravikant Nagaich
  Ravikant Nagaich is an Indian film personality born at Atrauli- Uttar Pradesh, India in a Brahmin family....
  
  , Hindi film firector
• Rajiv Dixit
  Rajiv Dixit
  Rajiv Radheshyam Dixit was an Indian social activist. He started social movements in order to spread awareness on topics of Indian national interest through the Swadeshi Movement, Azadi Bachao Andolan, and various other works...
  
  , orator
• Ashok Singhal
  Ashok Singhal
  Ashok Singhal is the International President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Singhal, born in a Agrawal Vaishya family of Block-Bijauli,Tehsil- Atrauli District- Aligarh UP, has been one of the major faces of Ram Janmabhoomi movement.He was attached to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and inspired by its...
  
  , international president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad