Gangoh
Gangoh is a town and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It lies about 40 km south-west of Saharanpur city. Other nearby towns are Karnal, Haryana, which is about 35 km south-west of Gangoh; Yamunanagar, Haryana, about 50 km to the north-west; and Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, about 50 km to the south. The town lies about 150 km north-east of the national capital, Delhi.
Gangoh | |
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Town | |
Gangoh Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 29°46′50″N 77°15′45″E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Saharanpur |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipality |
| • Municipal Chair | Noman Masood (Congress) |
| Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 59,279 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 247 341 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-11 |
Gangoh Block consists of about 173 villages and comes under the Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. The people of these villages mainly speak Khari boli, which is spoken in rural areas of the Upper Doab region of the Saharanpur, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat and Meerut districts. The soil of the block and its villages is fertile, and crops like wheat, rice, sugarcane, and mangoes are grown on a large scale every year.