Udham Singh Nagar district

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Udham Singh Nagar district
District of Uttarakhand
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Clockwise from top-left: Palace of Dronacharya, Gurudwara Nanakana Sahib in Kashipur, Baigul Dam, Crops Research Center at Pantnagar, Metropolis city in Rudrapur
Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand (India).svg
Location in Uttarakhand
Coordinates: 28°59′N79°24′E / 28.98°N 79.40°E / 28.98; 79.40
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttarakhand
Division Kumaon
Founded byUdham Singh Nagar has been carved out of Nainital.
Headquarters Rudrapur
Government
 •  District collector Yugal Kishore Pant IAS [1]
Area
 • Total2,908 km2 (1,123 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total1,648,902
 • Density570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi [3]
 • Additional official Sanskrit [4] [5]
 • RegionalKumaoni, Tharu, [6]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration UK 06, UK 18
Website usnagar.nic.in

Udham Singh Nagar District is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarters. This district consists of nine Tehsils named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Jaspur, Kashipur, Kichha, Khatima, Sitarganj, Nanakmatta. The district is located in the Terai region, and is part of Kumaon Division. It is bounded on the north by Nainital District, on the northeast by Champawat District, on the east by Nepal, and on the south and west by Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Pilibhit and Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh state. The district was created on 29 September 1995, [7] [8] by Mayawati government out of Nainital District. It is named for freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh. [9]

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As of 2011, it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of 13), after Haridwar and Dehradun. [2]

Tehsils in Udham Singh Nagar district

  1. Kashipur
  2. Jaspur
  3. Bajpur
  4. Gadarpur
  5. Rudrapur
  6. Kichha
  7. Sitarganj
  8. Nanakmatta
  9. Khatima

Cities in Udham Singh Nagar district

  1. Rudrapur
  2. Kashipur
  3. Jaspur
  4. Bajpur
  5. Gadarpur
  6. Dineshpur
  7. Pantnagar
  8. Kichha
  9. Sitarganj
  10. Nanakmatta
  11. Sultanpur, Uttarakhand

Administrative divisions

The district lies in Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). which includes whole Nainital district as well as Udham Singh Nagar district. For election purposes Udham Singh Nagar district is divided into nine Vidhan Sabha constituencies:

  1. Bajpur Assembly constituency
  2. Kashipur Assembly constituency
  3. Rudrapur Assembly constituency
  4. Kichha Assembly constituency
  5. Sitarganj Assembly constituency
  6. Khatima Assembly constituency
  7. Gadarpur Assembly constituency
  8. Nanakmatta Assembly constituency
  9. Jaspur Assembly constituency

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901131,811—    
1911131,608−0.02%
1921112,634−1.54%
1931112,804+0.02%
1941118,733+0.51%
1951136,446+1.40%
1961301,681+8.26%
1971451,717+4.12%
1981668,751+4.00%
1991924,856+3.30%
20011,235,614+2.94%
20111,648,902+2.93%
source: [10]

According to the 2011 census Udham Singh Nagar district has a population of 1,648,902, [2] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau [11] or the US state of Idaho. [12] 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 of 920 females for every 1,000 males. [2] 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. [2]

Religions in Udham Singh Nagar district (2011) [13]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
66.98%
Islam
 
22.58%
Sikhism
 
9.87%
Other or not stated
 
0.57%

Languages

Languages of Udham Singh Nagar district (2011) [14]

   Hindi (62.37%)
   Punjabi (10.09%)
   Bengali (7.86%)
   Urdu (6.38%)
   Kumaoni (5.22%)
   Bhojpuri (3.65%)
   Tharu (2.88%)
  Others (1.55%)

The major languages of the district according to the 2011 census are Hindi (62%), Punjabi (10%), Bengali (7.9%), Urdu (6.4%), Kumaoni (5.2%), Bhojpuri (3.6%), and Tharu (2.9%). [14] The two Tharu languages spoken are Buksa (mostly in the development blocks of Bajpur and Gadarpur), [15] and Rana (in the areas of Khatima and Sitarganj). [16]

Udham Singh Nagar district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Indian Census. [14]
Mother tongue codeMother tonguePeoplePercentage
002007 Bengali 129,5377.9%
006030 Awadhi 1,4120.1%
006102 Bhojpuri 60,1413.6%
006195 Garhwali 5,8400.4%
006240 Hindi 1,028,35462.4%
006340 Kumauni 86,0785.2%
006439 Pahari 2,0670.1%
010011Purbi Maithili1,3920.1%
010014 Tharu 47,5012.9%
014011 Nepali 1,6220.1%
016038 Punjabi 166,32710.1%
019014 Sindhi 1,1420.1%
022015 Urdu 105,1486.4%
053005 Gujari 8590.1%
– Others 11,4820.7%
Total1,648,902100.0%

Education

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in Pantnagar, is located 5 km from Rudrapur.

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