Sahaspur
Sahaspur | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Sahaspur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Sahaspur Sahaspur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°07′15″N 78°37′15″E / 29.12083°N 78.62083°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bijnor |
| Elevation | 199 m (653 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 24,463 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP20 |
| Website | up |
Sahaspur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Geography
[edit]Sahaspur has an average elevation of 199 metres (653 feet).
Demographics
[edit]The Sahaspur city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. According to the 2011 census of India, the population of 24,463 of which 12,822 are males while 11,641 are females.
The population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3719 which is 15.20% of total population of Sahaspur (NP). In Sahaspur Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 908 against the state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Sahaspur is around 972 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate of Sahaspur city is 60.60% lower than the state average of 67.68%. In Sahaspur, Male literacy is around 64.05% while female literacy rate is 56.76%.
Languages
[edit]Hindi and Urdu are the official languages.[3] At the time of the 2011 Census of India,60.70% of the population of the sahaspur spoke Hindi, 40.25% Urdu as their first language.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Tanzil Ahmed (D.S.P, NIA)[4]
- Lokendra Singh (ex-MLA 24noorpur)
- Yashvir Singh (ex- MP 5 Nagina Lok sabha)
References
[edit]- ^ Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh. District Census Handbook, Bijnor: Village and Town Wise Primary Census Handbook. p 30.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Rai, Ankur Sharma Rajat (4 April 2016). "NIA officer Mohammed Tanzil shot dead as children watched". India Today. Retrieved 21 March 2022.