Saharanpur district
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Saharanpur district सहारनपुर ज़िला ضلع سهارنپور |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Saharanpur |
| Headquarters | Saharanpur |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Saharanpur |
| • Assembly seats | Gangoh and nakud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,860 km2 (1,490 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,464,228 |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 62.61 |
| Website | Official website |
Saharanpur district (Hindi: ज़िला सहारनपुर, Urdu: ضلع سهارنپور) is the northernmost of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Bordering the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and close to the foothills of Shivalik range, it lies in the northern part of the Doab region. It is primarily an agricultural area.
The district headquarters are Saharanpur city and it belongs to Saharanpur Division. Other principal towns are Behat, Deoband, Gangoh and Rampur Maniharan.
The entire Saharanpur district is a part the Yamuna-Ganges Doab region. Its physical features have been most conducive to human habitation. Archaeological surveys have provided evidence of the existence of many settlements over the ages. Excavations have been carried out in different parts of the district, such as Ambakheri, Bargaon, Hulas and Naseerpur and in Bahadrabad of Haridwar district. On the basis of artifacts discovered during these excavations, human habitation can be traced as far back as 2000 B.C. Traces of the Indus Valley civilization, and even of earlier cultures, have been found. Archaeologically, Ambakheri, Bargaon, Naseerpur and Hulas were centres of Harappan civilisation. It has witnessed the mighty war of Mahabharata in the region of present Muzaffarnagar district; when both were a part of the Kuru (East) Mahajanapada territory and Usinara and Panchala Mahajanapadas were their eastern neighbours. Though the history of the region can be traced to some extent from the days of the Vedic period, a more exact history, the system of administration of the local kings, and the lifestyle of the people will become known only with further exploration.
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