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Chandpur, Bijnor
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Chandpur | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Chandpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 29°08′02″N 78°16′16″E / 29.134°N 78.271°ECoordinates: 29°08′02″N 78°16′16″E / 29.134°N 78.271°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bijnor |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 83,441 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 246725 |
| Telephone code | 01345 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-20 |
Chandpur is a town and a municipal board (nagar palika parishad) in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Geography[edit]
Chandpur has an average elevation of 51 metres (167 feet).[1]
Chandpur is located at a distance of 130 km from the capital of New Delhi, 110 km from Meerut, and 38 km from Gajraula on National Highway 9. The Bijnor district is bordered by the districts of Meerut, Muzzafarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotibaphule Nagar of Uttar Pradesh & Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital of Uttarakhand. River Ganga flows at a distance of 20 km from Chandpur.
Economics[edit]
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Chandpur is developing as an industrial town. It has a paper mill,a flour mill, a sugar mill, a snacks factory, and few steel mills, pvc pipe factory, sulphur rolling factory, furnaces and chemical factory and computer parts exports. Agriculture is the main source of income in Chandpur, with sugarcane being the main crop. The main markets in the city are Ambedkar Chowk, Mandi Kotla, Dhali Bazar, Bazaria.
Dhali bajar led by Agrawals and Ambedkar Chowk led by Syeds in the heart of city. Chandpur has Automobiles Showroom, Banks, Jewellery Showrooms, Cloth Market, mobile showrooms.
Demographics[edit]
As of 2011[update], according to the India census, Chandpur has a population of 83,441 of which 43,354 are males while 40,087 are females, population of Children with age of 0-6 is 12390 which is 14.85% of total population of Chandpur (NPP). Female Sex Ratio is of 925 against state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Chandpur is around 923 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Chandpur city is 70.15% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Chandpur, Male literacy is around 74.73% while female literacy rate is 65.20%.[2]
Religion[edit]
Religion data as per Census 2011:[3]
- Muslim : 71.77%
- Hindu: 27.43%
- Christian: 0.14%
- Sikh: 0.50%
Transport[edit]
Chandpur has railway connections to New Delhi, Lucknow, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Najibabad, Moradabad etc. There are direct bus services between Chandpur and a number of other cities and schools.
- Mussoorie Express
- Garhwal Express
- lucknow chandigarh express
- Najibabad-aligarh passenger
- Najibabad-gajrula passenger
There are direct bus services between New Delhi and Chandpur, with buses connecting to the Anand Vihar bus stand in New Delhi and some other bus stop at Delhi
- Anand Vihar
- Okhla
- Shadra
- Delhi
- Mayur vihar phase 1
- Noida City Centre
- Hauz Khas Village
- Botanical Garden (Noida sec 37)
There are direct bus services between
- saharanpur—chandpur
- ghaziabaad—chandpur
- Bijnor-Chandpur
- haridwaar—chandpur
- aligarh—chandpur
- meerut—chandpur
- bareilly—chandpur
- moradabad-chandpur
- najibabbad—chandpur
- Kanpur—chandpur
- Jhansi—chandpur
- Azamgarh—chandpur
- agra—chandpur
- Dehradun-chandpur
Notable people[edit]
- Atma Ram (scientist)
- Subhash C. Kashyap
- Maulana Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri
- Raashid Alvi
- Vishal Bhardwaj
References[edit]
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chandpur
- ↑ "Chandpur Population Census 2011". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Chandpur City Population Census 2011 - Uttar Pradesh". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 6 December 2016.