City: Agra
State: Uttar Pradesh
Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Agra is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh, and the 24th most populous in India. Agra is a major tourist destination because of its many Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Tāj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpūr Sikrī, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.Agra falls within the Braj cultural region. Primarily the Economy of the Agra district is agriculture based while the economy base of Agra city is Small Scale Industries, Commerce and Trade. Major crops are Wheat, Paddy, Bajra, Mustard, Patato etc. Agra city is famous for the Leather Goods, Handicrafts, Zari Zardozi, Marvel and Stone carving inlay work. Agra is also famous for sweets (Petha) and Snaks (Dalmoth and Gajak).
Geography
The Agra district is situated in western U.P., between 27.11′ degree Latitude North and 78.0′ degree to 78.2′ degree Longitute East. Its Altitude is 169 m above sea level. Agra is situated on the bank of Yamuna river.
Area
The district is covered around 10,863 sq.km.
Population
As of 2011 India census, Agra city has a population of 1,585,704 and Agra district has a population of 4,418,797.
Administration
Agra division which consists of four districts, and is headed by the divisional commissioner of Agra, who is an IAS officer, the commissioner is the head of local government institutions (including municipal corporations) in the division, is in charge of infrastructure development in his division, and is also responsible for and is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the division.The district magistrate of Agra reports to the divisional commissioner.