Bahadrabad

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  ?Bahadrabad
Uttarakhand • India
Coordinates: 29°58′N 78°10′E / 29.96, 78.16
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 264 m (866 ft)
District(s) Haridwar
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 249402
• +01334
Website: haridwar.nic.in
[1][2][3]

Coordinates: 29°58′N 78°10′E / 29.96, 78.16 Bahadrabad (Hindi: बहादराबाद) is a intermediate Village Panchayat [1][2] in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand. It is one of the six development blocks in Haridwar district[2] under which many developed villages come, including Khedli, Kisanpur, Rohalki , Bongla, Sitapur, Alipur [1].

It is also Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly constituency in Haridwar district [3] [4].

Bahadrabad is situated at a distance of 7 km from Haridwar, between the towns of Haridwar and Roorkee on the National highway-58, between Delhi and Manna Pass. It is neighbouring towns are, Pathri, Jhabrera, Narsan, Jwalapur and Mohanpur Mohammadpur

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[edit] Irrigation

Close by, in village Pathri, lies the Pathri Hydro Electrict Power Station [5] on the Upper Ganga Canal which started in 1913 [6]

Uttarakhand Irrigation Research Institute (IRI), founded in 1928 in Lucknow, was shifted here 1946, later its research unit in Roorkee was established as a full-fledged Institute in 1954, today Hydraulics model studies are carried out at its Hydraulic Research Station at Bahadrabad [7].[8]

[edit] Industry

Integrated Industrial Estate (IIE) of SIDCUL (State Infrastructure & Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Ltd.) is situated close to Bahadrabad [9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Village Panchayat s of UTTARANCHAL
  2. ^ a b Geography of Haridwar
  3. ^ List of Public Representatives from Haridwar Official website.
  4. ^ State Assembly Elections 2007 Office of Chief Electoral Officer - Uttarakhand.
  5. ^ Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited Official website.
  6. ^ UP IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT (IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT) irrigation.up.nic.in.
  7. ^ Irrigation Research Institute Official website
  8. ^ Irrigation Dept. Irrigation Research Institute, Roorkee, 6.0.
  9. ^ Integrated Industrial Estate - Haridwar SIDCUL Official website.

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