Agra

This article is about the city in Uttar Pradesh, India. For other uses, see Agra (disambiguation).

Agra
Metropolis[1]
Nickname: 
The Taj City (Taj Nagari)
Agra is located in Uttar Pradesh
Agra
Agra
Agra is located in India
Agra
Agra
Agra is located in Asia
Agra
Agra
Coordinates: 27°11′N 78°01′E / 27.18°N 78.02°E / 27.18; 78.02
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
DivisionAgra
DistrictAgra[2]
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyAgra Municipal Corporation
 • MayorHemlata Divakar[3] (BJP)
 • Municipal CommissionerAnkit Khandelwal, IAS[4]
Area
[5]
 • Metropolis[1]121 km2 (47 sq mi)
Elevation
[6]
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2011)[7]
 • Metropolis[1]1,585,704
 • Rank23rd
 • Density13,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
[8]
1,760,285
Language
 • OfficialHindi[9]
 • Additional officialUrdu[9]
 • RegionalBraj Bhasha
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode
282001-282009
Telephone code0562
Vehicle registrationUP-80
GDP Nominal$ 1.53 Billion (2019-20)[10]
Sex ratio875 ♀ / 1000 ♂
Literacy73.11%
WebsiteOfficial District Website

Agra (/ˈɑːɡrə/ AH-grə; Hindi: [ˈaːɡɾaː] ⓘ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 230 kilometres (140 mi) south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the fourth-most populous city in Uttar Pradesh and twenty-third most populous city in India.[11]

Agra's notable historical period began during Sikandar Lodi's reign, but the golden age of the city began with the Mughals in the early 16th century. Agra was the foremost city of the Indian subcontinent and the capital of the Mughal Empire under Mughal emperors Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Under Mughal rule, Agra became a centre for learning, arts, commerce, and religion, and saw the construction of the Agra Fort, Sikandra and Agra's most prized monument, the Taj Mahal, constructed between 1632 and 1648 by Shah Jahan in remembrance of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. With the decline of the Mughal empire in the late 18th century, the city fell successively first to Marathas and later to the East India Company. After Independence, Agra has developed into an industrial town, with a booming tourism industry, along with footwear, leather and other manufacturing. The Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The city features mild winters, hot and dry summers and a monsoon season, and is famous for its Mughlai cuisine. Agra is included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Jaipur; and the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a tourist circuit of Uttar Pradesh, along with Lucknow and Varanasi.

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  2. ^ "District census handbook (Part A & B) – Agra" (PDF). Directorate Of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh. 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "BJP's Hemlata Diwakar Is New Mayor Of Agra, Wins By 1.13 Lakh Votes". Jagran English. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Administration : Agra Municipal Corporation". 26 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Agra Nagar Nigam" (PDF). nagarnigamagra.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Elevation of Agra - Wolfram|Alpha". www.wolframalpha.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Uttar Pradesh (India): State, Major Agglomerations & Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Metroverse - Agra, India". Harvard Growth Lab. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Cities in India with population more than 100,000". Census2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2016.