Thana Bhawan
| Thana Bhawan | |
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 Thana Bhawan
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| Coordinates: 29°35′N 77°25′E / 29.583°N 77.417°ECoordinates: 29°35′N 77°25′E / 29.583°N 77.417°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | SHAMLI |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 31,183 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Thana Bhawan is a small town in Muzaffarnagar District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the birthplace of the famous Islamic scholar Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi.
It is situated on Delhi Saharanpur highway around 120 km from Delhi.
During 1857 Indian Liberation War, in Thana Bhawan there were the leaders from different communities but they were fighting for their own mother country in the consequences the famous Battle of Shamli took place between the forces of Hazrat Haji Imdadullah and the British.
Religions
This is the town of great Muslim Scholar Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi.
Education
There are four Inter colleges: Kisan Inter College, Lala Lajpat Rai Inter College and Lala Lajpat Rai Kanya Inter College, Arpan Senior Secondary School, and Alpine International School.There is high school: Sanatan Dharm Senior Secondary School.(S.D.Public School)
There are two degree colleges called Alpine College of Education & Chaudhary Atar Singh Degree College which are affiliated to C. C. S. University, Meerut. Alpine offers BBA ,BCA & BTC where as Atar singh offers art courses . It was opened with the objective to provide higher education to the town people so that they can study at their town and not to travel to nearby city for graduation.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Thana Bhawan had a population of 31,183. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Thana Bhawan has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 54%, and female literacy is 39%. In Thana Bhawan, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Thana Bhawan is also a state constituency itself, which has nearly 2.4 lakh voters.
References
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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