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Meerut

Administration
Native ameMeerut
Other nameमेरठ
میرٹھ
NicknameThe Sports Capital of India
TypeMetropolitan City
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionMeerut
DistrictMeerut district
Government
M.P.Rajendra Aggarwal
Geography
Total Area105 sq mi (272 km2)
Altitude219 m
Demography
Total Population1451983 (2001)
Density (pop.)8123/km2 (21038.6/sq mi)
Metro Population2086194 (16) (2009)
Other information
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)
Pincode250001234
Telephone0121
VehicleUP-15

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Meerut ( , ) is a metropolitan city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an ancient city located 70 km (43.5 mi) northeast of the national capital New Delhi, and 453 km (281.5 mi) northwest of the state capital, Lucknow. It is a part of the National Capital Region of India. It is the second Largest city of National Capital Region of India after Delhi, the 16th largest metropolitan area in India and the 17th largest city in India. It ranked 292 in 2006 and 242 in 2010 in the list of largest cities and urban areas in the world and is the second fastest developing city in Uttar Pradesh (after Noida). It covers an area of about 172 km2 (66.4 sqmi). The total metropolitan area is 198 km2 (76.4 sqmi), which is the third largest in Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow and Kanpur. It has the 2nd largest army cantonment in the country.

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Obsessed with the desire to have a son, Om Kali, a seventy year old woman in Meerut risked her life to go in for invitro-fertilisation, a process by which eggs are fertilised by sperms outside the woman's womb. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl at a nursing home in Meerut. The twins born barely a week ago, weigh a little over a kilo each. Their father Charan Singh, a retired government employee, is seventy six years old.
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2.22 min. | 4.54 user rating		 Girl, a medical student in Saharanpur, alleges that her boyfriend Kasif, who is a B-Tech student, ditched her and now blackmailing her.
10.93 min. | 5.0 user rating		 A man from Meerut, who already has three daughters, rescued a baby girl and adopted her as she was about to be thrown into a river. The decision may have surprised some but Atiq-ur-Rehman had no doubt at all that he would raise the baby girl.
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Just three minutes of India traffic to give you a feel for the experience. Cities of Meerut, New Delhi and Jaipur.
2.15 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Raj Thakur, a fitness trainer from Meerut joins the show as a contestant. He admits to have spoken to a woman on the phone pretending to be her husband. Raj holds himself responsible for ruining a classmate's career, at the Indian Maritime Academy. He admits of hiding pornographic DVDs under his senior's chair to get him arrested by Dubai police.
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More job aspirants providing false info to employers: Report - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--According to the report, Mumbai, -Meerut- and Kanpur are the top three cities, where most instances of education-related discrepancies (of job applicants) were found. "Sixty-seven per cent of all discrepancies observed involved as - Date : Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:31:21 GMT+00:00
Airtel launches 3G services in Uttar Pradesh (West) circle - Business Standard Tweet this news
Business Standard--In the first phase, 3G services have been launched in Dehra Dun, Agra and -Meerut- towns, where Airtel has set up 35 'Experience Zones' for its subscribers. The 3G rollout would subsequently cover 30 towns in the circle over t - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:40:18 GMT+00:00
Man arrested for illegal arms supply - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--Mohd Qasif (23), hailing from -Meerut- in Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended from Rohini Sector-3 on Sunday, Ashok Chand, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.A pistol along with magazine is sold for around Rs 40000.Five sophisticated 7.65 - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:15:04 GMT+00:00
Students faint after made to stand in sun - Mangalorean.com Tweet this news
Mangalorean.com---Meerut- (Uttar Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) Several students in a prominent Uttar Pradesh school Wednesday fainted and many became sick after they were forced to stand in the sun as a punishment. The authorities have ordered an enquiry agai - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:57:01 GMT+00:00
BPO employee jumps to death from office building - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--According to investigators, Toshika Rana, the victim, was a resident of Ashwamegh Society, Shyamal crossroads, Satellite, and a native of -Meerut-, Uttar Pradesh. She has been living in the city for one-and-a-half months and was working in - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:02:56 GMT+00:00
Major fire in UP chemical factory, no casualties - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--Goods worth Rs 40 lakh were destroyed as a major fire broke out in the warehouse of a chemical factory in -Meerut- on Wednesday, police said. No casualties have been reported. The fire engulfed the warehouse of Chahat Chemicals in Brahmap - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:50:51 GMT+00:00
FIR Against Facebook for Denigrating Hindu Gods - Techtree.com Tweet this news
Techtree.com--An FIR was filed in -Meerut- against the social networking website by a social activist alleging that a Facebook profile lampoons Indian gods with an image of the deities titled ''3 idiots'. Apparently, the profile is one amon - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:38:12 GMT+00:00
Woman shot dead in Meerut, husband arrested - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--PTI | 02:04 AM,Apr 16,2011 -Meerut-, Apr 15 (PTI) A woman was shot dead allegedly by her in-laws in the city, police said today. The victim's family filed a police complaint against her husband and in-laws, following which the husband wa - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:13:32 GMT+00:00
Rly augments AC coach in Nauchandi Express - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--14512/14511 -Meerut- City-Allahabad Nauchandi Express will have an additional AC 3 tier coach till July 1. Similarly, train 12903/12904 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Golden Temple will be augmented by an additional AC 3 tier coach till July 2. . - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:51:02 GMT+00:00
UP top cop forces juniors to clean his toilet - India Today Tweet this news
India Today--The state's director general of police (DGP) Karanveer Singh on Thursday ordered an inquiry against Shafiq Ahmed, SP in the crime branch in -Meerut-. Ahmed had forced half-a-dozen Home Guards constables, including three Dalits, to clean - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:25:57 GMT+00:00

District Information (2011 census)
Railways :
District Male Female Total
Population 18,29,192 16,18,213 34,47,405
Literacy 82.91% 65.69% 74.80%

District Population (2001 census)
Railways :
District Male Female Total
Urban 774,670 677,313 1,451,983
Rural 826,908 718,470 1,545,378
Total 1,601,578 1,395,783 2,997,361
Literacy 76.31% 54.12% 65.96%

District population (1991 census) 
Railways :
District Male Female Total
Urban NA NA 849,799
Rural NA NA 1,567,714
Total 1,301,137 1,116,376 2,417,513
Literacy 64.88% 37.67% 52.41%

Cities and towns in Meerut district

MeerutAminagar Urf Bhurbaral * Bahsuma * Daurala * Hastinapur * Karnawal * Kharkhoda * Kithaur * Lawar * Mawana * Meerut * Mohiuddinpur * Parikshitgarh * Phalauda * Sardhana * Sewalkhas
Cities and towns
in other districts		Agra * Aligarh * Allahabad * Ambedkar Nagar * Auraiya * Azamgarh * Badaun * Bagpat * Bahraich * Ballia * Balrampur * Banda * Barabanki * Bareilly * Basti * Bijnor * Bulandshahr * Chandauli * Chitrakoot * Deoria * Etah * Etawah * Faizabad * Farrukhabad * Fatehpur * Firozabad * Gautam Buddha Nagar * Ghaziabad * Ghazipur * Gonda * Gorakhpur * Hamirpur * Hardoi * Jalaun * Jaunpur * Jhansi * Jyotiba Phule Nagar * Kannauj * Kanpur Dehat * Kanpur Nagar * Kanshi Ram Nagar * Kaushambi * Kushinagar * Lakhimpur Kheri * Lalitpur * Lucknow * Mahamaya Nagar * Maharajganj * Mahoba * Mainpuri * Mathura * Mau * Mirzapur * Moradabad * Muzaffarnagar * Pilibhit * Pratapgarh * Raebareli * Rampur * Saharanpur * Sant Kabir Nagar * Sant Ravidas Nagar * Shahjahanpur * Shravasti * Siddharthnagar * Sitapur * Sonbhadra * Sultanpur * Unnao * Varanasi |

* State of Uttar Pradesh

TopicsHistory - Geography - Economy - Culture - Tourism - Demographics
DivisionsAgra * Aligarh * Allahabad * Azamgarh * Bareilly * Basti * Chitrakoot * Devipatan * Faizabad * Gorakhpur * Jhansi * Kanpur * Lucknow * Mirzapur * Moradabad * Saharanpur * Varanasi
DistrictsAgra * Aligarh * Allahabad * Ambedkar Nagar * Auraiya * Azamgarh * Badaun * Bagpat * Bahraich * Ballia * Balrampur * Banda * Barabanki * Bareilly * Basti * Bijnor * Bulandshahr * Chandauli * Chitrakoot * Devaria * Etah * Etawah * Faizabad * Farrukhabad * Fatehpur * Firozabad * Gautam Buddha Nagar * Ghaziabad * Ghazipur * Gonda * Gorakhpur * Hamirpur * Hardoi * Jalaun * Jaunpur * Jhansi * Jyotiba Phule Nagar * Kannauj * Kanpur Dehat (Akbarpur) * Kanpur Nagar * Kanshiram Nagar * Kaushambi * Kushinagar (Padrauna) * Lakhimpur Kheri * Lalitpur * Lucknow * Mahamaya (Hathras) * Maharajganj * Mahoba * Mainpuri * Mathura * Mau * Meerut * Mirzapur * Moradabad * Muzaffarnagar * Pilibhit * Pratapgarh * Raebareli * Rampur * Saharanpur * Sant Kabir Nagar * Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) * Shahjahanpur * Shravasti * Siddharthnagar * Sitapur * Sonbhadra * Sultanpur * Unnao * Varanasi
Major citiesAgra * Allahabad * Kanpur * Lucknow * Meerut * Varanasi * Bareilly



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