It is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR). It is also known as Sugar Bowl of India. It is the Headquarters of the Muzaffarnagar district.
Muzaffar Nagar Lakshmi Nagar, is a City under Muzaffarnagar Urban Metropolitan Region and is controlled by Municipal Board in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway (NH 58), the city is also well connected with the national railway network. The city is located in the middle of highly fertile upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab region and is very
near to the New Delhi and Saharanpur. This city is part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC). It is the principal commercial, industrial and educational hub of Western Uttar Pradesh. MuzaffarNagar is 272 meters above sea level in the Doab region of Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is 125 kilometres NE of the national capital, Delhi, and 200 kilometres SE of Chandigarh, and near to Bijnor, Meerut and Hastinapur. Muzaffarnagar has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by much hot summers and cooler winters. Muzaffarnagar is an industrial city with sugar, steel and paper being the major industries. District Muzaffarnagar has 8 sugar mills. More than 40% of the region's population is engaged in agriculture. According to Economic Research firm Indicus Analytics, Muzaffarnagar has the highest agricultural GDP in Uttar Pradesh, as well as UP's largest granary. It has both public and private healthcare system. The District hospital is the major government hospital in the city along with several general practitioners in the city. It is well connected by road and railway networks.
