Chandpur, Bijnor

For other places with the same name, see Chandpur (disambiguation).
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 2001, according to the India census, Chandpur had a population of 68,359. Males made up 53% of the population and females 47%. The average literacy rate was 52%, which was lower than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy at 57% and female literacy at 47%. 16% of the population were under 6 years of age.[2]

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

Religions

Chandpur is a big city and main city in dist. bijnor so it have a different religions in peoples such as

famous religious buildings in chandpur city mosques-

Education

Schools and colleges in Chandpur include: Degree Colleges

Girls' Inter Colleges

central board of secondary education (CBSE) Schools-

Engg. colleges-

Computer Center

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chandpur
  2. ↑ "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.
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