Amroha

Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, north-west of Moradabad near the Sot River, and the administrative headquarters of Amroha district. It lies about 130 kilometres from Delhi and shares that city's weather, hot in summer and dry and cold in winter. At the 2011 census it had a population of 198,471, and about 64 percent of residents spoke Urdu and 35 percent Hindi as their first language. The city is known for its mangoes, and its industries include cotton and textiles, hand-loom weaving, pottery, sugar milling, carpet manufacture, wood handicrafts and the making of dholak drums. Amroha station lies on the Delhi to Moradabad railway line and the city is about 5 kilometres from National Highway 24. Visitors go to the dargah of the Sufi saint Shah Wilayat, and the city is the birthplace of the poet Jaun Elia and the film director Kamal Amrohi.