city, northwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, located west-northwest of Moradabad, on the Sot River. A marketplace for agricultural produce, its chief industries are hand-loom weaving, pottery making, and sugar milling. Colleges affiliated with Agra University are located there, as is the shrine of Sheikh Saddu, a Muslim saint. Amroha is connected by rail with Moradabad and Delhi. Pop. (2001) 165,129.