Pilkhuwa

Pilkhuwa
city
Pilkhuwa Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°42′43″N 77°39′16″E / 28.711969°N 77.654457°E / 28.711969; 77.654457Coordinates: 28°42′43″N 77°39′16″E / 28.711969°N 77.654457°E / 28.711969; 77.654457
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Hapur
Population (2012)
• Total	Over 3 Lac
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	245304
Vehicle registration	UP 37 & UP 14

Pilkhuwa is a city and a municipal board in Hapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It is famous for its textile product specially bedsheet. According to the myths city got its name in British age, there was an elephant named PIL, and it was lost, when the queen soldiers were running here and there in search of the PIL (Elephant), village people used to ask what happened, they used to replied in short PIL Khuwa ( PIL Kho Gaya < PIL is lost>)the place where the queen elephant was lost named Pilkhuwa. It is mainly included in Hapur city.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census Pilkhuwa had a population of 67,191.^[1] Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pilkhuwa has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 52%. In Pilkhuwa, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Expansion and industrialization in Pilkhuwa started in 1977 with the introduction of petrol pump set up by Lala. Shiv Kumar Garg, He is one of the pioneers responsible for the development of city. The fuel station opened by him licensed by Indian Oil Corporation Limited goes by the name of Shiv Service Station. When abundant petrol and diesel not available, the city progressed slowly. Late Janaab Mohammad Ibrahim Saahab who had his Diploma in Printing from Kanpur introduced new printing technologies including block printing and screen printing. He played a significant role in providing employment and facilitating development of the city.

Overview

Pilkhuwa is famous for Gandhi's dream 'Khadi'. Pilkhuwa is well known for small industries for manufacturing the Canvas(which was firstly introduced by Shri Ramananad Garg & Shri Keshav Ram Gupta),Handloom Jacquard(introduced in 1969 by Late Shri Narendra Pratap Gupta),Khadi and printing work. Bedsheets, and towels are very famous. Some large manufacturers export quality products to other parts of India, as well as abroad. This city is known as the textile City for the same reason. As the city is nearly 35 km from Delhi. it lies in NCR ( National Capital Region) area, now an emerging place for Higher Education Institutes. Pilkhuwa has more than 15 colleges in fields of Medicine, Engineering, Law and many others. Decent number of schools are also in the city. Popular schools in Pilkhuwa include Rajputana Regiment Inter college, St. Xavier's Convent School,Vibgyor International School, VIP Public School, Sarvodya Inter College, Marwar Inter College, Marwar Girls Inter College and K.M.S Inter College etc. Numerous schools for primary education are also established in the city to cater to local education. Lala Shambhu Dayal D.A.V. Public School established in 1995 in fond memory of Late Lala Shambhu Dayal (Mukhtyar) and governed under chairmanship of his son, Late Sh. Narendra Pratap Gupta, has kept the vision of imparting best education over the years. All schools are affiliated to either CBSE, ICSE, or the UP State Board.

Due to low cost of processing and abundant resources, multiple companies in Information Technology are opening their offices in Pilkhuwa, Pilkhuwa is also served by several NGO's like Rajeev Gandhi Mission of Computer Education, UPDESCO, Ablaze Educational Society and more.Apart from this, city is now the next destination of new face of development as big players in Real Estate are moving toward the City as it is near the projected Famous Reliance Power Plant & NTPC Dadri is already in production. The City is on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway (NH 24). The railway station serves regular passenger trains to Delhi on Lucknow and Haldwani line. Buses are frequently available to travel to and fro from Delhi, and other parts of UP. Pilkhuwa has rich cultural heritage, some of the famous temples include Chandi Devi Mandir, Radha Krishan Mandir etc.

Education

There are three Engineering Colleges RKGEC, Satyam College of Engineering, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology situated in the city. Monad University situated in Nizampur is 5-6 km distant from here. There are two medical colleges Saraswati Medical College & Rama Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre that provides medical education and medical assistance.

Notable Persons

1. Saurabh Bansal
2. ER. V.S TOMAR
3. Dr. Kumar Vishwas
4. Rajendra Agrawal
5. Shishpal Singh
6. Shiv Kumar Goel
7. Dharmesh Tomar
8. Arjun Lal Bansal
9. Vakeel Ahmad Mansoori
10. Aaryan Mansoori
11. Habib Ahmad
12. Er. Gulshan Sharma

Incredible Divine Garden

A unique garden of spiritual & religious species has developed at Chandi Devi Mandir of Pilkhuwa, all divine trees are planted here namely Nakshatra Vatika, Navgriha Vatika, Raashi Vriksha, Tridev Vriksha, Kalpavriksha, Rudraksha etc., as per Hindu methodology these plants have much more positive aura and give us energy & medicine. Planter of these, Vijaypal Baghel is planted rare and endangered holy floras, it's amazing & remarkable green work on the earth.

Politics & Social

Dharmesh Tomer is the MLA of Pilkhuwa Dholana Vidhan Sabha Chetra. Pilkhuwa is also famous for its charitable work. The Satyam Shivam Sundaram Charitable Eye Hospital established by Shri Dina Nath Gupta is one example of its philanthropists. Pilkhuwa can be seen to becoming a more developed and expanded city in near 10 years. With existing facilities of municipal water lines, electricity, internet, roads, schools, colleges hospitals, market, business, and small scale industries, population can be expected to rise gradually, giving it a more significant position on the state map. With presence of skilled labor in almost every field, the city is likely to attract people from all over the country. It has many banks with cbs facility PNB, SBI, HDFC and ATM machines also available as it 23 km from ghaziabad only it have saraswati medical college and institute and many engineering colleges within the radius of 3 km only that give a good business to the city ex. garments shops and rental income to the city, this town is known for largest numbers of millionaire also.

As the development is going on because of being satellite city.it seems that pilkhuwa will be one of the developed city in next six to seven years.Regarding transportation electric line proposed which is passing through pilkhuwa and lots of over bridges are also proposed to control the traffic.

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