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Modinagar
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Modinagar is a town and a municipal board in Ghaziabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is 24 km from Ghaziabad city, 48 km from New Delhi. It is a part of National Capital Region.

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Vinony's link graph records 52 inbound references to Modinagar, and connects out to Ghaziabad, Gurjar and Ghaziabad district.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Cities and towns in Ghaziabad district, Cities in Uttar Pradesh and Company towns in India.

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Modinagar
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Modi mandir.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Modinagar,
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ghaziabad
Settlement.established_date
1933
Settlement.governing_body
Municipal Committee
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
219.16
Settlement.population_total
475,843
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
India
Population
130325
Area
14
Elevation
219
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Modi mandir.jpg
Dialing code
01232
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Commons category
Modinagar
postal code
201204
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Boundaries
  • Economics
  • Demographics
  • Rail
  • Population of Modinagar Tehsil
  • Government and politics
  • References
  • External links

Modinagar is a town and a municipal board in Ghaziabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is 24 km from Ghaziabad city, 48 km from New Delhi. It is a part of National Capital Region.

The city was founded in 1933 by Gujarmal Modi who established the Modi Group of Industries here along with his brother, Kedar Nath Modi. It is approximately 45 kilometres north-east of New Delhi. It is situated on Ghaziabad Meerut National Highway No. 58, approximately equally distant from Meerut and Ghaziabad. It is best known as the home of business conglomerate Modi Enterprises. In recent years, Modinagar has been developed as an educational hub as many new institutions are being established in and around the city due to its location in National Capital Region. Modinagar is also a part of Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System. It is connected to recently constructed Delhi - Meerut Expressway (NE-3) via Bhojpur exit.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Modinagar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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