Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr | |
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City | |
Left to right, top to bottom: Garden Gate, Mahatma Gandhi bust (Malika park), Bathing ghat, Nahar (Canal), Kala Aam, Exhibition grounds, Kali Nadi bridge and MiG-27 fighter aircraft at Veteran's Air Force School in Ganganagar | |
| Coordinates: 28°24′25″N 77°50′59″E / 28.40694°N 77.84972°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bulandshahr |
| Founded by | King Ahibaran |
| Area | |
• Total | 72 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 195 m (640 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 235,310 |
| • Density | 788/km2 (2,040/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 203001 |
| Telephone code | 91 (5732) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-13 |
| Sex ratio | 1.892 ♂/♀ |
| Website | bulandshahar |
Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr district and part of Delhi NCR region. According to the Government of India, district Bulandshahr is one of the Minority Concentrated Districts of India on the basis of the 2011 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.