Udham Singh Nagar is a district of
Uttarakhand
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state in northern
India
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.
Rudrapur is the district headquarter. The district consists of nine
Tehsil
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s named
Bajpur
Bazpur, or Bajpur, is a city and a municipality in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Bazpur is well connected with the industrial city of Rudrapur and the historical city of Kashipur. Bazpur is nearest city to Nai ...
,
Gadarpur,
Jaspur
Jaspur is a developing town and a municipal board in the Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located at , 45km from Ramnagar and 210km east from New Delhi. It has an average elevation of 320m (1050ft), and is th ...
,
Kashipur,
Khatima,
Kichha,
Nanakmatta
Nanakmatta is a town named after the Sikh pilgrimage site, Gurdwara Nanak Mata Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Nanakmatta Sahib, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Sikh tradition says it was once called Gorakhmata, a centre of Siddh-jogis nam ...
,
Rudrapur,
Sitarganj. The district is located in the
Terai
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This lowland belt is characterised by ...
region, and is part of
Kumaon Division
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. It is bounded on the north by
Nainital District
Nainital district is a district in Kumaon division which is a part of Uttarakhand state in India. The headquarters is at Nainital.
Nainital District is located in Kumaon Division, and is located in the lower Himalayas. Haldwani is the largest ...
, on the northeast by
Champawat District, on the east by
Nepal
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, and on the south and west by
Bareilly
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...
,
Rampur,
Moradabad
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,
Pilibhit
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and
Bijnor District
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of
Uttar Pradesh
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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
Udham Singh (born Sher Singh; 26 December 1899 – 31 July 1940) was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March ...
.
As of 2011, it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of
13), after
Haridwar
Haridwar (; ; formerly Mayapuri) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district.
The city is s ...
and
Dehradun
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.
Tehsils in Udham Singh Nagar district
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Jaspur
Jaspur is a developing town and a municipal board in the Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located at , 45km from Ramnagar and 210km east from New Delhi. It has an average elevation of 320m (1050ft), and is th ...
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Kashipur
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Bajpur
Bazpur, or Bajpur, is a city and a municipality in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Bazpur is well connected with the industrial city of Rudrapur and the historical city of Kashipur. Bazpur is nearest city to Nai ...
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Gadarpur
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Rudrapur
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Kichha
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Sitarganj
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Nanakmatta
Nanakmatta is a town named after the Sikh pilgrimage site, Gurdwara Nanak Mata Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Nanakmatta Sahib, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Sikh tradition says it was once called Gorakhmata, a centre of Siddh-jogis nam ...
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Khatima
Cities in Udham Singh Nagar
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Rudrapur
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Kashipur
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Khatima
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Sitarganj
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Kichha
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Jaspur
Jaspur is a developing town and a municipal board in the Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located at , 45km from Ramnagar and 210km east from New Delhi. It has an average elevation of 320m (1050ft), and is th ...
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Bajpur
Bazpur, or Bajpur, is a city and a municipality in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Bazpur is well connected with the industrial city of Rudrapur and the historical city of Kashipur. Bazpur is nearest city to Nai ...
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Gadarpur
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Dineshpur
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Pantnagar
Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Uttarakhand, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, Rudrapur, Kiccha and Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar.
The town is hom ...
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Nanakmatta
Nanakmatta is a town named after the Sikh pilgrimage site, Gurdwara Nanak Mata Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Nanakmatta Sahib, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Sikh tradition says it was once called Gorakhmata, a centre of Siddh-jogis nam ...
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Sultanpur
Administrative divisions
The district lies in
Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). which includes whole
Nainital district
Nainital district is a district in Kumaon division which is a part of Uttarakhand state in India. The headquarters is at Nainital.
Nainital District is located in Kumaon Division, and is located in the lower Himalayas. Haldwani is the largest ...
as well as Udham Singh Nagar district. For election purposes Udham Singh Nagar district is divided into nine
Vidhan Sabha
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constituencies:
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Bajpur Assembly constituency
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Kashipur Assembly constituency
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Rudrapur Assembly constituency
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Kichha Assembly constituency
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Sitarganj Assembly constituency
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Khatima Assembly constituency
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Gadarpur Assembly constituency
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Nanakmatta Assembly constituency
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Jaspur Assembly constituency
Demographics
According to the
2011 census Udham Singh Nagar district has a
population
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of 1,648,902,
roughly equal to the nation of
Guinea-Bissau
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or the US state of
Idaho
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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
sex ratio
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of 920 females for every 1,000 males.
The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 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
Hindi
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(%),
Punjabi (%),
Bengali
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(%),
Urdu
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(%),
Kumaoni (%),
Bhojpuri
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* Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal
* Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language
* Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language
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* Bhojpuri region ...
(%), and
Tharu (%).
The two Tharu languages spoken are
Buksa (mostly in the development blocks of
Bajpur
Bazpur, or Bajpur, is a city and a municipality in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Bazpur is well connected with the industrial city of Rudrapur and the historical city of Kashipur. Bazpur is nearest city to Nai ...
and
Gadarpur), and
Rana
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Films
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* R ...
(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
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Districts of Uttarakhand
Minority concentrated districts in India