Meerut (ind)

Meerut

Meerut ranks 1,786th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Grand Forks, North Dakota, Bar-le-Duc, and Gold Coast, Queensland. Memorable people born in Meerut include Boney Kapoor, Begum Samru, and Mandakini. Meerut has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes. Meerut is located in India.

Meerut is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of Meerut district and lies in Western Uttar Pradesh. The city lies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is part of the Indian National Capital Region (NCR). Meerut is located 80 km (50 mi) northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and 480 km (300 mi) northwest of the state capital, Lucknow. Meerut is also the second-most populous city in the NCR, after Delhi. As of 2025, Meerut’s urban (metro) population is estimated at ≈ 1.875 million. The population of Meerut Municipal Corporation is projected to be about 1.907 million, while the wider Meerut metropolitan region is estimated at approximately 2.077 million. Meerut is among the most populous cities in NCR, after Delhi and Ghaziabad. It also ranks high in India in terms of urban agglomeration population Read more on Wikipedia