Budaun

**Badaun** () (also spelled as Badaun) is a city and Vidhan Sabha seat of Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to 2011 Census of India, the population of the city is 159,285 out of 83,176 are males and 76,109 are female. It is 255 Kilometers away from capital of India Delhi.

Kumar Prashant is the current district magistrate of the city, appointed in 2019.

## History

According to Prof. Goti John Budaun city was earlier known as Bedamooth and it is mentioned in an ancient inscription (stone writeup) which is now in Lucknow Museum. At that time this city was known as Panchal. According to a line of that Stone Writeup, there was a village named Bhadaunlak near it. Budaun was captured by the Ghurids under Muhammad Ghori's general Qutb ud-Din Aibak. Budaun was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from 1210 to 1217 during the reign of Sultan Iltutmish.

## Geographic Location

Geographically Budaun city is located near Holy River Ganga, at Lattitude 28 Degree 02 Minute 30 Second East and Longitude 79 Degree 01 Minute 20 Second North on Globe. The length of the district is 144 Km. & Width is 60 Km.

## Other websites

- Official Website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Badaun
- **settlement type**: City
- **pushpin map**: India Uttar Pradesh
- **pushpin label position**: Right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: States and territories of India, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of regions of India, Region
- **subdivision type3**: Division
- **subdivision type4**: List of districts of India, District
- **subdivision name1**: Uttar Pradesh
- **subdivision name2**: Rohilkhand
- **subdivision name3**: Bareilly division, Bareilly
- **subdivision name4**: Badaun district, Badaun
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 905AD (Modern City), 220BC (Ancient City)
- **governing body**: Badaun Municipal Corporation
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: Deepmala Goyal
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 81
- **elevation m**: 164
- **population total**: 369,221
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population density km2**: 5489
- **population metro**: 457,665 (Budaun Metro Area)
- **population rank**: 17
- **population demonym**: Badayuni
- **demographics type1**: Languages
- **demographics1 title1**: Official
- **timezone1**: Indian Standard Time, IST
- **utc offset1**: +5:30
- **postal code type**: Postal Index Number, PIN
- **postal code**: 243601
- **area code**: 05832
- **area code type**: Telephone code
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:IN, IN-UP-BD
- **registration plate**: UP-24
- **blank1 name sec1**: Coastline
- **blank1 name sec2**: Climate of India, Climate
- **blank1 info sec2**: Climatic regions of India, HS-TH <small>(Köppen climate classification, Köppen)</small>
- **footnotes**: Also known as 'City of Saints' or 'Madinat ul Awliya', famous for its Pedas, 'Mentha City' of India.
- **leader title2**: Member of Parliament (India), MP
- **leader name2**: Sangh mitra Maurya
- **leader title3**: Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA
- **leader name3**: Mahesh Chandra Gupta
- **demographics1 info1**: Hindi language, Hindi, Urdu language, Urdu,English language, English
- **blank2 name sec1**: Human sex ratio, Sex ratio
- **blank2 info sec1**: 907 female/1000 male
- **blank3 name sec1**: Literacy
- **blank3 info sec1**: 73.00%
- **blank4 name sec1**: Civic agency
- **blank4 info sec1**: Budaun Development Authority
- **blank5 name sec1**: Governing body
- **blank5 info sec1**: Government of UP
Government of India
- **blank2 name sec2**: Precipitation (meteorology), Precipitation
- **blank3 name sec2**: Avg. annual temperature
- **blank4 name sec2**: Avg. summer temperature
- **blank5 name sec2**: Avg. winter temperature
- **website**: https://budaun.nic.in