Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr
City
Left to right, top to bottom: Garden Gate, Mahatma Gandhi bust (Malika park), Bathing ghat, Nahar (Canal), Kala Aam, Exhibition grounds, Kali Nadi bridge and MiG-27 fighter aircraft at Veteran's Air Force School in Ganganagar
Bulandshahr is located in Uttar Pradesh
Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Bulandshahr is located in India
Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr (India)
Coordinates: 28°24′25″N 77°50′59″E / 28.40694°N 77.84972°E / 28.40694; 77.84972
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBulandshahr
Founded byKing Ahibaran
Area
 • Total72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation
195 m (640 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total235,310[1]
 • Density788/km2 (2,040/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[2]
 • Additional officialUrdu[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
203001
Telephone code91 (5732)
Vehicle registrationUP-13
Sex ratio1.892 /
Websitebulandshahar.nic.in

Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[3]

It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr district and part of Delhi NCR region. According to the Government of India, district Bulandshahr is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts of India on the basis of the 2011 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CoI 2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 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 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ "District-Profile | District Bulandshahr, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ "List of Minority Concentration Districts (Category 'A' & 'B')" (PDF). minorityaffairs.gov.in. Retrieved 25 February 2019.