Moradabad district

Moradabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Moradabad is the district headquarters. Moradabad district is a part of Moradabad division. It is used to be the second most populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of 75), after Prayagraj till a new district Sambhal was carved out of it in 2011. The district of Moradabad lies between 28°21 ́ to 28°16 ́ north latitude and 78°4 ́ to 79° east longitude. According to the 2011 census Moradabad district has a population of 4,772,006, roughly equal to the nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama. This gives it a ranking of 26th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.25%. The residual Moradabad district has a population of 3,126,507. Moradabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 58.67%. Scheduled Castes make up 436,149 (13.95%) of the population. After the separation of Sambhal district, Moradabad district became the second Muslim-majority district after Rampur. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 64.49% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 35.20% Urdu as their first language. There is one Lok Sabha constituencies for the district: Moradabad composed of Kanth, Thakurdwara, Moradabad Rural, Moradabad City and Barhapur (from Bijnor District). For election purposes Moradabad District is divided into six Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Kanth Thakurdwara Moradabad Rural Moradabad Nagar Kundarki Bilari Moradabad District has one division: Moradabad Subdivision. There are five tehsils in Moradabad District and eight blocks. In Moradabad Subdivision there are three tehsils: Bilari Tehsil, Kanth Tehsil, Thakurdwara Tehsil; and there are five blocks: Kundarki, Chajlet, Bhagtpur, Dilari and Mundapandey. In addition to the city of Moradabad, which is governed as a Municipal Corporation, there are four municipalities: Bahjoi, Bilari, Chandausi, and Thakurdwara.