Business in Amroha

The town of Amroha is one of the district headquarters of the 72 districts in Uttar Pradesh. Amroha was part of the Sambhal Sarkar during Mughal period, it was a of the territory of Nawab of Awadh for a short while before it became part of the British East India Company in 1801. Amroha was earlier part of Moradabad District but on 24th April 1997 it was made a separate district including Tehsils of Dhanaura, Amroha and Hasanpur. Amroha is a Lok Sabha Constituency and has 5 seats in the UP Assembly.

Mango Business in Amroha

The industries of the town are still in their growing age and most of them are small and medium scale industries. It got its name after the king of fruits, mango, and a variety of fish popular in India called Rohu making it obvious that mangoes must be grown in abundance in the town. There are many areas in Amroha that are known for growing mangoes. There are many groves of the delicious fruit in the town. Varieties of mango that are produced in Amroha include langda and dasehri, both of which are extremely popular breeds loved by all Indians.

Small and Medium-scale Industries in Amroha

The oldest industries of Amroha include pottery, cottage industry that include dholak manufacturing and agriculture. People here are also involved in Katholi, manufacturing of wooden toys and hand-loom weaving. Modern industries include cotton industry, kaleen or the carpet weaving industry and beedi, a type of handmade cigarette industry. Carpets of Amroha are known for their fine quality. It is not only has demands from across India but are also exported to many countries around the globe.
Like most of the cities in Uttar Pradesh, Amroha too has quite a few sugar mills. Sugarcane is grown in large quantities in the neighboring villages of Amroha which is process into sugar for domestic and commercial consumption in these sugar mills.

Data of Industries in Amroha

1. Registered Industrial Unit No. - 1640
2. Registered Medium & Large Unit No. - 32
3. Estimated Avg. No. of Daily Wirker Employed in Small Scale Industries No. - 15331
4. Employment In Large and Medium Industries No. - 3558
5. No. of Industrial Are No. - 2
6. Turnover of Small Scale Industries in Lacs - 270.86
7. Turnover of Medium and Large Scale Industries in La - 890.91

Tourism Business in Amroha

Tourism is another flourishing business in Amroha. The town of Amroha has many beautiful tourist spots that includes the Mazaar of Shah Wilayat Sahab, Imabada Wazir Un Nisa, Bhure Shah Ki Dargah, Bayen Ka Kuan, Dargah of Khwaja Nasiruddin Sahab, Vasudev Mandir and Tulsi Park, Dargah of Hazrath Shah Abdul Hadi and Dargah of Hazrath Shah Abban Badr Chisti. Along with these there are many forts, gates, mosques, azakhanas, temples, dargahs, Diwan Khanas and madarsas present across the city that holds within themselves the glorious past of Amroha. These monuments bring thousands of tourist every year to Amroha. The annual Urs held in each of the Dargahs is another important occasion when people come to Amroha in large numbers. These monuments have together resulted in creation of Amroha as an evolving hub of tourism industry. There are many hotels, tour and travel operators, auto rickshaw and rickshaw drivers who earn their bread and butter primarily depending upon the flow of these tourists in the town.