About Khurja

Khurja is a small town and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated around 90 km from Delhi. Khurja supplies a large portion of the ceramincs and pottery used in the country, hence is sometime called Khurja: The Ceramics Town.

Khurja can be reached by road or train. A drive from Delhi on a direct route has heavy traffic and takes about two and a half hours. Time can be saved by taking the expressway from Delhi to Noida, then the Dankaur station road to Sikandrabad, which is 37 km from Khurja. Starting early enough, a day trip is sufficient to see Khurja. There are nearly 500 factories producing ceramic works.

Khurja being a significant town is linked by rail on the Delhi - Howrah line and via the old GT Road to many major cities in India.

The name 'KHURJA' has been derived from the word of the 'Urdu' language; 'KHARIJA' means, cancelled or condemned, as this town was cancelled of its revenues because it was a marshy land with many swamps.