Dhampur

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Dhampur
city
Dhampur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 29°18′28″N 78°30′31″E / 29.30778°N 78.50861°E / 29.30778; 78.50861Coordinates: 29°18′28″N 78°30′31″E / 29.30778°N 78.50861°E / 29.30778; 78.50861
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Elevation	286 m (938 ft)
Languages
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Dhampur is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Geography

Dhampur is located at 29°18′N 78°30′E / 29.30°N 78.50°E / 29.30; 78.50, and lies in Northern India.

History

The Moghuls were defeated by Rohillas at Dhampur in 1750.

In 1805, Dhampur was sacked by Pindaris.^[1]

This site is associated with Daaku Sultana, a nineteenth century dacoit (bandit) who was a supporter of the Indian freedom movement, but called dacoit by the British because he destroyed their stations, arms, ammunition and treasury.

Vidur Kuti is about 38 km from dhampur and having historical importance. Vidur spent his rest of life after dispute with Duryodhan. This is the place where Lord Krishana visited. Kanva Ashram is an ashram in broken condition near Rawli town according to the great legend "Abhigyan Shakuntalam". Hastinapur's King Dushyant reached there while hunting and fell in love with Shakuntala at first sight. During Mahabharat when the battle between Kauravas and Pandavas was about to begin, then on the request of both the sides, all wives and children were to be guardianed by Mahatma Vidur. He had no sufficient space for their living then he decided an exclusive area for ladies and children, which is now known as Daranagar. Ganj is about 40 km from dhampur and 12 km from District HQ and just 1 km from Daranagar on the banks of the Ganges. There are ancient temples and ashrams.

Historical places - Kho bairaj ( Sherkot) and Ram Ganga bairaj ( Harewali)

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Dhampur had a population of 46,855. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dhampur has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68% and female literacy is 60%. In Dhampur, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Dhampur
Religion			Percent
Hindus			33%
Muslims			66%
Jains			0.5%
Others†			0.5%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Economy

Dhampur's economy is based on agriculture, mainly sugarcane, wheat, and rice. *Hand-woven textile items produced by the weavers living in surrounding areas are known for their utility and designs. *The State Government set up a Handloom Intensive Development Project at Dhampur(now closed) and several production centres are located in the area, with its central office headquartered at Kanpur.

One of the sugar producers in India, Dhampur Sugar Mills, is located here.^[3] Set up in 1933, Dhampur Sugar Mills is a publicly listed sugar manufacturer, which produces the Dhampure brand of sugar products. Many Khandsari Sugar Mills were located in Dhampur which were a major source of employment to the local people and a great importance to the local economy as these mills provide cash payments to sugarcane farmers. But due to government's inequality policies these mills lost there existence and became a history. Dhampur is 100 km from haridwar and 180 km from nanitaal thus forming a triangle, between these two important tousrist places.

Religious places

kade wale baba mandir
Jama Masjid Afganan
Maa Durga
Jain tample
Bada Shiv mandir (Jaitra)
Shiv, Thakurdwara, Hori Maharaj (in Memory of the late Shri Hori Maharaj Ji, a Hindu activist)
Baba Charandas Balaji Temple (Balaji Maharaj Temple)
Gaddi Panap Das ji Maharaj
Shri Sai Ganga Dham
Gurudwara Punjabi Colony
Eid gah
Jama Masjid Pahari Darwaza
Dargah Nasir Sahab teachers colony

Education

Educational institutions in Dhampur are St. Mary's Convent School, Pushpa memorial Destiny Public Pr. School, Shikhar Sen. Sec school, Pushp Niketan School, R.S.M. Inter College, K.M. Inter College, Kanya Inter College, Priyanka Modern School,J.K Modern Academy, Saraswati Vidya Mandir,Durga Public School, First Step Play School, Sarang convent school, Radha Inter College.

There are five degree colleges in Dhampur: R.S.M. (PG) College, S.B.D. College, Disha institute of technology, Dhampur Law College and Dhampur Degree College. There are Muslim Madarsaes : Madarasa Jama Ul Uloom , Madarasa Husainia Qasim Ul Uloom,Madarasa Islamia Arabia , Madarasa Nooria ,Dargah Aftab e Uloom.

Institute

Disha Institute of Science & Technology,

References

↑ Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer. New York: Columbia University Press (1952). p. 510
↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ The Hindu - Dhampur Sugar's expansion plans

v t e Cities and towns in Bijnor district

Bijnor	Afzalgarh Bijnor Chandpur Dhampur Haldaur Jalalabad Jhalu Kiratpur Mandawar Mukrampur Khema Nagina Najibabad Nehtaur Noorpur Rashidpur Garhi Sahanpur Sahaspur Seohara Sherkot Tatarpur Lallu Warhapur

Other districts	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Amroha Auraiya Azamgarh Badaun Bagpat Bahraich Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bhimnagar Bulandshahr Chandauli Chitrakoot Deoria Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Nagar Kanshi Ram Nagar Kaushambi Kushinagar Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Panchsheel Nagar Pilibhit Prabuddhanagar Pratapgarh Raebareli Ramabai Nagar Rampur Saharanpur Sant Kabir Nagar Sant Ravidas Nagar Shahjahanpur Shravasti Siddharthnagar Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi

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