Bagpat district is one of the 75

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of the

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with headquarters at the town of

Baghpat Baghpat is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bagpat district, which was established in 1997. It is part of the National Capital Region. Etymology The original name of the city was ''Vyaghrap ...

History

Baghpat city, after which the district takes its name, derives its name either from ''vyagprastha'' ("land of tigers") or from ''vakyaprasth'' ("place for delivering speeches"). the city was finally named Baghpat, or Bagpat, during the

Mughal era The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the ...

. Starting from a small commercial center known as the Mandi, the city grew in importance after the

1857 mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the for ...

and became the headquarters of Baghpat tehsil. Baghpat district was created in the year September 1997 and named after the erstwhile Baghpat tehsil of

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Geography

The district has an area of . Baghpat town lies on the east bank of the

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and is within the

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. It borders

Sonipat Sonipat is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest o ...

and

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districts of Haryana;

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

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, Shamli, and

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districts of Uttar Pradesh; and the

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It is from

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, the national capital, from

, and from

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Bagpat district has a

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of 1,303,048, which is roughly equal to that of African nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of the 376th most populous districts in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.87%. Bagpat has a

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of 858

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 73.54%. Scheduled Castes make up 11.44% of the population. Baghpat is a Hindu-majority district, with about 70% Hindu population and 28% Muslim population. Jains make up over 1% of the population. 96.74% of the population of the district spoke

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, and 2.54%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Administration

Legislative constituencies

The current

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(MLA) of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha for

is Yogesh Dhama; the MLA for Baraut is Krishan Pal Malik; and the MLA for Chhaprauli is Sahender Singh Ramala. All of these state-legislature constituencies are part of the Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency, whose MP is Satya Pal Singh.

Tehsils and blocks

Bagpat district is divided into 3 tehsils: Baghpat, Baraut, and

Khekra Khekra (also spelled as Khekada) is an NCR City and sub-district headquarters of Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics At the 2001 Census of India The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of census ...

. Baghpat tehsil comprises two blocks – Baghpat and Pilana; while Baraut comprises three – Binauli, Chhaprauli, and Baraut. Khekra tehsil comprises only the Khekra block.

, Baraut, Doghat Rural and

Khekada Khekra (also spelled as Khekada) is an NCR City and sub-district headquarters of Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics At the 2001 Census of India, Khekada had a population of nearly 40,000. Males constituted 54% ...

are the major towns in the district.

Tehsils

* Baraut *

Blocks

*Baghpat *Baraut * Binauli * Chhaprauli *Khekra *Pilana

Economy

town has an agriculture-based economy where

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalk ...

is a main crop. There are sugar mills in Baghpat, Ramala and Malakpur. Wheat, mustard, and vegetables are also extensively grown.

Education

Colleges located in Baghpat include: * JagMohan Institute of Management and Technology * Janta Vedic College

Notable people

* Nitin Tomar, professional Indian

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player, native of Malakpur *

Satya Pal Malik Satya Pal Malik (born 24 July 1946) is an Indian politician. Malik was the Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, from August 2018 to October 2019, and it was during his tenure that the constitutional decision to abrogate Article ...

, politician, serving as the 21st Governor of Meghalaya, born in Hisawada village

References

External links

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Shri Parshvanath Jain Temple, Bada Gaon
{{Uttar Pradesh Districts of Uttar Pradesh Meerut division Minority Concentrated Districts in India