Kairana

Kairana
Town
Nickname(s): Kairana Kairana (Uttar Pradesh)
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shamli
Government
• Type	Nagar palika Parishad
• Body	Nagar palika Parishad, kairana
• Chairman	Rashid
• Member of Parliament	Hukum Singh
• Member of VidhanSabha	Ch. Nahid Hassan
Elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	73,046
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	247774
Telephone code	01398
Vehicle registration	UP-19
Nearest city	New Delhi
Lok Sabha constituency	kairana
Vidhan Sabha constituency	kairana

Kairana is a historical city and a municipal board in Shamli district. Shamli was declared as a district in September 2011 and was named Prabuddh Nagar by Mayawati, the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. In July 2012, Shamli got its original name back by Akhilesh Yadav, who became CM of UP in 2012. Prior to that, Kairana was a tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district. Both districts are located in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

As of the 2011^[update] India census, Kairana had a population of 89000. Males population is 47047and females population is 41953. Kairana has a literacy rate of 47.23%, which is lower than the state literacy rate 67.68%. Male literacy in Kairana is 55.16%, and female literacy is 38.24%. In Kairana,18.06% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to the 2011 Census, 18.34% people are Hindus, 80.74% are Muslims, rest being people of other faiths

Though kairana is highly populated town, yet it lacks in basic amenities. There are Three Public Sector, One Private Sector and one co-operative Bank in Kairana.