Budaun

Coordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°E / 28.05; 79.12
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Budaun
City
Budaun is located in Uttar Pradesh
Budaun
Budaun
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°03′N 79°07′E / 28.05°N 79.12°E / 28.05; 79.12
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
RegionRohilkhand
DivisionBareilly
DistrictBudaun
Settled905AD (Modern City), 220BC (Ancient City)
Government
 • BodyBudaun Municipal Corporation
 • MayorDeepmala Goyal
 • MPSangh mitra Maurya
 • MLAMahesh Chandra Gupta
Area
 • City81 km2 (31 sq mi)
Elevation
164 m (538 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • City369,221
 • Rank17
 • Density5,489/km2 (14,220/sq mi)
 • Metro
457,665 (Budaun Metro Area)
DemonymBadayuni
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu,English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
243601
Telephone code05832
ISO 3166 codeIN-UP-BD
Vehicle registrationUP-24
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
Sex ratio907 female/1000 male
Literacy73.00%
Civic agencyBudaun Development Authority
Governing bodyGovernment of UP
Government of India
ClimateHS-TH (Köppen)
Precipitation843 millimetres (33.2 in)
Avg. annual temperature27.5 °C (81.5 °F)
Avg. summer temperature39.8 °C (103.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature11.5 °C (52.7 °F)
Websitehttps://budaun.nic.in
Also known as 'City of Saints' or 'Madinat ul Awliya', famous for its Pedas, 'Mentha City' of India.

Budaun (Hindi: बदायूं) (also spelled as Badaun) is a city and Vidhan Sabha seat of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to 2011 Census of India, the population of the city is 159,285 out of 83,176 are males and 76,109 are female.[1] It is 255 Kilometers away from capital of India Delhi.

Kumar Prashant is the current district magistrate of the city, appointed in 2019.[2]

History[change | change source]

According to Prof. Goti John Budaun city was earlier known as Bedamooth and it is mentioned in an ancient inscription (stone writeup) which is now in Lucknow Museum. At that time this city was known as Panchal. According to a line of that Stone Writeup, there was a village named Bhadaunlak near it.[source?] Budaun was captured by the Ghurids under Muhammad Ghori's general Qutb ud-Din Aibak. Budaun was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from 1210 to 1217 during the reign of Sultan Iltutmish.

Geographic Location[change | change source]

Geographically Budaun city is located near Holy River Ganga, at Lattitude 28 Degree 02 Minute 30 Second East and Longitude 79 Degree 01 Minute 20 Second North on Globe. The length of the district is 144 Km. & Width is 60 Km.

References[change | change source]

  1. http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0918_PART_B_DCHB_BADAUN.pdf
  2. "बदायूं के नये जिलाधिकारी कुमार प्रशांत". 12 October 2019.

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