Hapur
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Hapur
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Meerut |
| District | Hapur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Hapur Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Chairperson | Pushpa Devi[1][2] (BSP) |
| • MLA | Vijay Pal (BJP) |
| • District Magistrate | Abhishek Pandey[3] , IAS[4] |
| • SP | Kunwar Gyananjay Singh, IPS[5] |
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| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Native | Khariboli |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 245101 |
| 0122 | 5731 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-37 |
| Website | http://hapur.nic.in/ |
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Hapur is a city and the administrative headquarters of Hapur district, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of New Delhi, the city is part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). National Highway 9 passes through the city, connecting it to Delhi.
History
Hapur is said to have been founded in the tenth century.[7][8]
Hapur is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, producing a revenue of 2,103,589 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 4 cavalry.[9]
It was granted by Daulat Scindia to his French general Pierre Cuillier-Perron at the end of the 18th century. Under the British Raj, Hapur was within Meerut District, was surrounded by several fine groves, and carried on considerable trade in sugar, jaggery (gur), grain, cotton, timber, bamboo, and brass and steel utensils.[7] Hapur participated heavily in the 1857 Rebellion lead by the local Gurjar Zamindars[10] The important cavalry remount depot and farm of Babugarh adjoined the town.[8] Earlier it was within Ghaziabad district but in 2012 it became a separate district. It comes within Meerut commissionaire.
Geography
Hapur is located at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[11] It has an average elevation of 213 metres (699 feet) (higher than its neighbours).
Climate
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Rainfall is about 90 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%.[12]
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Demographics
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According to the 2011 census, Hapur had a population of 262,983, consisting of 139,525 males and 123,458 females. The literacy rate was 63.40%: 80.66% for males and 66.59% for females. 14.35% of the population was from 0–6 years. Scheduled Castes make up 29.62% of the population.[16]
Hinduism is the majority religion in Hapur city, with 174,278 (66.27%) followers. Islam is the second-most popular religion in Hapur, with 84,477 (32.12%). Followers of Sikhism number 2,163 (0.82%), Jainism 981 (0.37%), Christianity 765 (0.29%), and Buddhism 162 (0.06%). Approximately 156 (0.06%) stated "No Particular Religion" and 1 (0.00%) stated "Other Religion".[15]
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Hindi is the most spoken language. Other languages such as Urdu are spoken by a minority.[17]
Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority
Many high-standard educational and research institutes are being established in the Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Region, e.g. a dental college and research institute, engineering colleges, commerce colleges a Delhi Public School branch, and other educational and research centres. Similarly, in housing development, many famous developers like Ansal Housing Group, Eros Group, etc., are investing large amounts of money in constructing housing for the town.[18]
Notable people
- Ram Charan, business consultant, is originally from Hapur
- Charan Singh, the former prime minister of India, was born in the village of Noorpur, Hapur.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pushpa Devi wins Hapur Municipal Council Chairman seat". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hapur हापुड़ के नए जिलाधिकारी अभिषेक पांडेय ने संभाला कार्यभार". Khabarwala24. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Hapur". Bureaucracy.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Deepak Bhuker, IPS, Posted as Superintendent of Police, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh". Bureaucracy.com. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census of India 2011 – Uttar Pradesh – District Census Handbook – Ghaziabad" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. pp. 26–33. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hapur". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (14th ed.). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1956. p. 167.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 288. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Stokes, E. (1969). Rural Revolt in the Great Rebellion of 1857 in India: A Study of the Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar Districts. The Historical Journal, 12(4), 606–627. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2638016
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Hapur
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chapter 3 – Findings: Metro Cities of India" (PDF). Central Pollution Control Board. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meerut Climatological Table Period: 1971–2000". India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Census Handbook: Ghaziabad" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Town Level)". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Brief Profile – The Genesis of Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority". Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
External links
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