Budhana is a town, block, tehsil, nagar panchayat, and one of the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Budhana | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Budhana Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Budhana Budhana (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°17′N 77°28′E / 29.28°N 77.47°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Muzaffarnagar |
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 82,439 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 251309 |
| Telephone code | 01392 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-12 |
Demographics
editAs of the 2001 India census,[1] the town of Budhana had a population of 32,950. Males constitute 53% (17,416) of the population and females 47% (15,534). Budhana has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5% with a male literacy rate of 57% and a female literacy rate of 40%. More than 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The total population of Budhana tehsil is 430,700 with 229,877 males and 200,823 females.
History
editBudhana is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under the sarkar of Saharanpur, producing a revenue of 3,698,041 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 40 cavalry.[2]
Temples
editJain Temples
edit1. Shri 1008 Chandraprabhu Digamber Jain Mandir
2. Shri 1008 Parashvanath Digambar Jain Mandir
Notable people
edit- Nawazuddin Siddiqui[3]
- Atikur Rahman,
- Puja Tomar[4]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak; Jarrett (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 291. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Star banna boring lagta hai, says 'Gangs of Wasseypur' actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui". CNN-IBN. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "When the commitment to social change is a provocation for an increasingly repressive State: A profile of Atikur Rahman – The Polis Project". Retrieved 13 May 2024.
External links
edit- "Budhana" at Census India