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Budhana

Town in Uttar Pradesh, India

29°17′N 77°28′E / 29.28°N 77.47°E / 29.28; 77.47Country

IndiaStateUttar PradeshDistrictMuzaffarnagarElevation

231 m (758 ft)Population

(2015)

• Total82,439Languages

• OfficialHindi, UrduTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

251309

Telephone code01392Vehicle registrationUP-12

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.

Demographics

As 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

Budhana 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]

Notable residents

Nawazuddin Siddiqui^[3]

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 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.