Dadri
Dadri
Town in Uttar Pradesh, India
Dadri is a town and a municipal board in Gautam Buddha Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Noida, Dadri and Jewar are the 3 sub-divisions of GB Nagar district, each headed by a SDM.
Dadri | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Coordinates: 28.550°N 77.553°E / 28.550; 77.553 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Gautam Buddha Nagar District |
| Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 91,189 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 203207 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-16 |
Dadri is located at 28.550°N 77.553°E / 28.550; 77.553. It has an average elevation of 216 metres (709 ft).
Large swathes of Dadri have been classified as a wetland and is home to Blackbuck and Nilgai.[2] It is also home to a significant population of migratory birds coming from as far as Siberia and Europe.[3]
| Religions in Dadri | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Hindus | 64.16% | |||
| Muslims | 35.22% | |||
| Jains | 0.5% | |||
| Others† | 0.5% | |||
| Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%). | ||||
As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Dadri had a population of 57,457. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dadri hahs an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80% and, female literacy is 68%. In Dadri, 18% of the population is under 5 years of age.
Road
Dadri is well connected by roads and highways to Noida, Greater Noida and Dasna. Dadri is situated on old NH-91, which connects Lal Kuan in Ghaziabad with Aligarh via Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr and Khurja.
Rail
The Dadri railway station is a complex station & yard spread over 6 km on busy route of Delhi–Kanpur section of Indian Railways with connectivity with NTPC Dadri and Container Depot at Tilpata Karanwas.[5]
Dadri falls under Dadri Assembly constituency represented by a MLA.
Noida, Dadri, Jewar, Khurja and Sikandrabad falls under the Gautam Buddha Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, represented by a MP.
- "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- Das, Ayaskant (23 May 2013). "Explain damage to Dadri wetlands". Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- h "Dadri 'wetland' puts Ansals, UP govt in hot spot". Business Standard. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.