Udham Singh Nagar District (officially District of Udham Singh Nagar )is a district of

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state in northern

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. Rudrapur is the district headquarters. This district consists of nine

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s named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Jaspur, Kashipur, Kichha, Khatima, Sitarganj, Nanakmatta. The district is located in the Terai region, and is part of

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. It is bounded on the north by Nainital District, on the northeast by Champawat District, on the east by

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, and on the south and west by Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Pilibhit and

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state. The district was created on 29 September 1995, by Mayawati government out of Nainital District. It is named for freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh. As of 2011, it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of 13), after

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and Dehradun.

Tehsils in Udham Singh Nagar district

# Kashipur # Jaspur # Bajpur # Gadarpur # Rudrapur # Kichha # Sitarganj # Nanakmatta # Khatima

Cities in Udham Singh Nagar district

# Rudrapur # Kashipur # Jaspur # Bajpur # Gadarpur #

Dineshpur Dineshpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Geography Dineshpur is located at . Accessibility The nearest Airport is 17 km away at Pantnagar. Nearest Railway Station is 8 Km ...

# Pantnagar # Kichha # Sitarganj # Nanakmatta # Khatima # Sultanpur, Uttarakhand

Administrative divisions

The district lies in Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). which includes whole Nainital district as well as Udham Singh Nagar district. For election purposes Udham Singh Nagar district is divided into nine

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constituencies: # Bajpur Assembly constituency # Kashipur Assembly constituency # Rudrapur Assembly constituency #

Kichha Assembly constituency Kichha Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand. It is a part of Udham Singh Nagar district. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results Assembly Election 2022 Assembly ...

Sitarganj Assembly constituency Sitarganj Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. Sitarganj Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar co ...

# Khatima Assembly constituency # Gadarpur Assembly constituency #

Nanakmatta Assembly constituency Nanakmatta Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It was formed in 2012 after being split from Khatima Constituency. It is part of Udham Singh Nagar district and i ...

Jaspur Assembly constituency Jaspur Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It is part of Udham Singh Nagar district. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results Assembly Election ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Udham Singh Nagar district has a

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of 1,648,902, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. The population in the age range of 0–6 years was 229,162. The number of literates in Udham Singh Nagar district is 1,037,839 (62.9%), with 598,525 (68.7%) male literates and 751,789 (55.6%) female literates. The effective 7+ literacy of the district is 73.1%. The

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of 920 females for every 1,000 males. The

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population was 238,264 (14.45%) and 123,037 (7.46%) respectively. There were 308581 households in the district in 2011.

Languages

The major languages of the district according to the 2011 census are

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(%),

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(%), Bengali (%),

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(%), Kumaoni (%), Bhojpuri (%), and Tharu (%). The two Tharu languages spoken are Buksa (mostly in the development blocks of Bajpur and Gadarpur), and

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(in the areas of Khatima and Sitarganj).

Education

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in Pantnagar, is located 5 km from Rudrapur.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Udham Singh Nagar District Districts of Uttarakhand Minority Concentrated Districts in India