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Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.

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Saharanpur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It serves as the administrative capital of both Saharanpur district and Saharanpur division. The city is situated at an elevation of 268 meters above sea level and covers an area of 46.74 square kilometers. Its postal code is 247001, and it operates within the UTC+05:30 time zone.

The population of Saharanpur is recorded as 705,478, though another source lists it as 484,873. The local dialing code for the city is 132. Saharanpur is described in historical sources such as The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Synthesized by Vinony from 46 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Saharanpur
Region
Uttar Pradesh
Country
India
Population
484,873
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

107US AQIUnhealthy (sensitive)
PM2.5
50.1 µg/m³
PM10
50.8 µg/m³
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Key facts

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Saharanpur
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City
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India Uttar Pradesh#India
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right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Saharanpur
Settlement.leader_title2
Lok Sabha MP
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Native
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Khariboli
Settlement.leader_name2
Imran Masood (INC)
Settlement.leader_title1
Mayor
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Ajay Kumar Singh (BJP)
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Municipal Corporation
Settlement.governing_body
Saharanpur Municipal Corporation

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections
Contents
  • Historical
  • Medieval period
  • Mughal period
  • The Sayyids and Rohillas
  • Maratha period
  • British colonial period (1803–1947 AD)
  • Geography and climate
  • Demographics
  • Government and politics
  • Civic utilities
  • Culture
  • Places of interest
  • Company Garden
  • Shakumbari Devi Temple
  • Wood Carving City
  • Archaeological site Hulas
  • Transport
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.

Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.

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

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