Khatauli

Khatauli
Khatauli is located in Uttar Pradesh
Khatauli
Khatauli
Khatauli is located in India
Khatauli
Khatauli
Coordinates: 29°16′34″N 77°43′52″E / 29.276°N 77.731°E / 29.276; 77.731
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
Government
 • BodyKhatauli Municipal Corporation
 • Member of Legislative AssemblyMadan Bhaiya (RLD)
Area
 • Total
438 km2 (169 sq mi)
Elevation
242 m (794 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
72,949
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Haryanvi and Khari Boli
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
251201
Telephone code91 1396
Vehicle registrationUP12
Websitehttps://www.khatauli.in/

Khatauli is a city and nagar palika in Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A part of National Capital Region, the town is situated 100 km away from the national capital New Delhi[2] 

Khatauli lies on the National Highway 58 which is an important route for trade and commerce and also a main route for the many Hindu pilgrim places like Haridwar, Rishikesh, Kedarnath, Badrinath and many hill stations like Dehradun, Mussoorie, and Chopta. Khatauli was declared as Tehsil in 2007. The town lies on Delhi - Saharanpur (via Meerut) railway route.

Khatauli came into news because of a train accident on 19 August 2017 caused by human negligence. As many as 14 coaches of the Puri Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express went off track.[3]

  1. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ^ "NCR gets bigger; Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar districts added". Economic Times.
  3. ^ "Kalinga Utkal Express train accident LIVE: 23 dead, 97 reportedly injured; restoration in full swing". The Financial Express. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.