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Sambhal | |
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 Pencil and wash drawing of royal mosque at Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh by Thomas and William Daniell, 24 March 1789. | |
  Sambhal Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Sambhal Sambhal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°35′N 78°33′E / 28.58°N 78.55°E / 28.58; 78.55 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Moradabad |
| District | Sambhal |
| Founded by | Prithviraj Chauhan |
| Government | |
| • MP | Shafiqur Rahman Barq (SP) |
| • MLA | Iqbal Mehmood (SP) |
| • Chairman | Asiya Musheer Chaudhary (AIMIM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] | 203 m (666 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 220,813 |
| • Density | 11,433/km2 (29,610/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sambhali |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[3] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 244302 |
| Telephone code | (+91) (05923) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-38 |
| Website | sambhal.nic.in |
Sambhal ⓘ is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi)[4] east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi)[5] north-west of state capital Lucknow.
History
Sambhal is identified with Shambhala, which is mentioned as the birthplace of Kalki, the next incarnation of Vishnu, in the Puranas.[6] This was borrowed into the Buddhist mythology of Tibetan Buddhism where it is described as a mythological kingdom and pure land beyond the Himalayas where the future Maitreya will emerge from.[7] This place is mentioned as Shambal in Tirtha Prabandha written by sixteenth century Madhva saint Vadiraja Tirtha.
Sambhal has been an urban center for hundreds of years. It was a prominent town during the medieval period. The painting shown in the infobox is a folio from the Baburnama, which depicts an award ceremony in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's court before an expedition to Sambhal in the early 16th century. Sambhal is said to have flourished under the rule of Akbar but subsequently deteriorated in popularity when Akbar's grandson Shah Jahan was made in charge of the city, and the capital of the province was shifted to Moradabad.[8][9]
Demographics
As per provisional reports of the 2011 Census of India, the population of Sambhal city in 2011 was 221,334, of which 116,008 were male and 105,326 were female. The amount of total literates in Sambhal consist of 92,608 people, of which 51,382 are males while 41,226 are females. The average literacy rate in Sambhal city is 49.51%, of which male literacy was 52.27 percent, while female literacy being 46.45%. The sex ratio of Sambhal city is 908 per 1,000 males and the child sex ratio of girls is 936 per 1,000 boys. The amount of total children (0-6) in Sambhal city constitute 34,279 as per the records of Census India 2011. There were 17,702 boys and 16,577 girls. The children form 15.49% of the total population[2]
Religions in Sambhal
Sambhal is a Muslim-majority city in India with approximately 77.67% of the city's population following Islam as their religion. Hinduism is the second most common religion in the city of Sambhal with approximately 22.00% following it, followed by Christianity (0.12%), Sikhism (0.06%), Buddhism (0.03%), and Jainism (0.02%).
Economy
Sambhal has the largest market of menthol in South Asia. Most of menthol oil is exported to Western Europe and China.[10]
Education
Sambhal has many schools and Inter colleges for primary and secondary level education affiliated with CBCS, ICSE, the UP Board, and the Madarsa Board.
Degree Colleges
UP Board
- Al-Qadeer Higher Secondary School, Sambhal
- Hind Inter College Sambhal
See also
- Shambhala
- Sambhal (Assembly constituency)
- Tirtha Prabandha written by Shri Vadiraja Tirtha
References
- ^ "Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India". latlong.net. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ a b "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Ltd, rome2rio Pty. "New Delhi to Sambhal - 5 ways to travel via train, bus, taxi, and car". Rome2rio. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ltd, rome2rio Pty. "Lucknow to Sambhal - 5 ways to travel via train, bus, taxi, car, and plane". Rome2rio. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Śambhala, also Sambhala, is the name of a town between the Rathaprā and Ganges rivers, identified by some with Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. In the Puranas, it is named as the place where Kalki, the last incarnation of Vishnu, is to appear (Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1899).
- ^ Shambhala. Store norske leksikon.
- ^ "Sambhal | India | Britannica".
- ^ Ain-i-Akbari, Vol II, Tr.H.S. Jarrett, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, repr., 1989. p. 295.
- ^ "Mentha Oil Rate Today: मेंथा ऑयल में बिकवाली, रिकॉर्ड उत्पादन से कीमतों पर दबाव". Financialexpress (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2022.