Chandpur, Bijnor

Chandpur
city
Chandpur

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 29°08′02″N 78°16′16″E / 29.134°N 78.271°E / 29.134; 78.271Coordinates: 29°08′02″N 78°16′16″E / 29.134°N 78.271°E / 29.134; 78.271
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Elevation 51 m (167 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 83,441
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 246725
Telephone code 01345
Vehicle registration UP20

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

Geography

Chandpur has an average elevation of 51 metres (167 feet).[1]

Chandpur is located at a distance of 150 km from the capital of New Delhi, 110 km from Meerut, and 38 km from Gajraula on National Highway 9. The Bijnor district is bordered by the districts of Meerut, Muzzafarnagar, Moradabad, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal and Jyotiba Phule Nagar. River Ganga flows at a distance of 20 km from Chandpur.

Economics

Chandpur is developing as an industrial town. It has a paper mill,a flour mill, a sugar mill, a snacks factory, and few steel mills, pvc pipe factory, sulphur rolling factory, furnaces and chemical factory and computer parts exports. Agriculture is the main source of income in Chandpur, with sugarcane being the main crop. The main markets in the city are Ambedkar Chowk, Mandi Kotla, Dhali Bazar, Bazaria, Jama Masjid Bazar, Mina Bazar. Ambedkar Chowk is led by sayyeds and Dhali bajar is led by Agrawals and both places are the heart of city having Automobiles Showroom, Banks, Jewellery Showrooms, Cloth Market, mobile showrooms.

Demographics

As of 2011, according to the India census, Chandpur has a population of 83,441 of which 43,354 are males while 40,087 are females, population of Children with age of 0-6 is 12390 which is 14.85% of total population of Chandpur (NPP). Female Sex Ratio is of 925 against state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Chandpur is around 923 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Chandpur city is 70.15% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Chandpur, Male literacy is around 74.73% while female literacy rate is 65.20%.[2]

Religion

Religion data as per Census 2011:[3]

Transport

Chandpur has railway connections to New Delhi, Lucknow, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Najibabad, Moradabad etc. There are direct bus services between Chandpur and a number of other cities and schools.

There are direct bus services between New Delhi and Chandpur, with buses connecting to the Anand Vihar bus stand in New Delhi and some other bus stop at Delhi

There are direct bus services between


Education

Schools and colleges in Chandpur include: Degree Colleges

Girls' Inter Colleges

central board of secondary education (CBSE) Schools-

Engineering colleges-

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chandpur
  2. ↑ "Chandpur Population Census 2011". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  3. ↑ "Chandpur City Population Census 2011 - Uttar Pradesh". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
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