Bilaspur, Uttar Pradesh

Bilaspur
Bilaspur
	city
	Dam on Bhakra river, Bilaspur
	Bilaspur Bilaspur
	Coordinates: 28.889°N 79.266°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Rampur
Elevation	274 m (899 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	35,729
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP 22
Website	http://bilaspuronline.com/

Bilaspur is a city and tehsil (town) in Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh. India on the bank of Bhakra river. It is situated on the Nainital road 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Rampur on NH-87 and 15 km from Rudrapur. 30% of the population is Muslim, 20% are Gangwar, Lodhi, 20% are Sikhs and the remaining 30% is Kayastha, Khatri, Jatav, and Bania and other castes. The main source of income is farming and Business, although new industries are coming. The major crops are rice, wheat, pea, sugarcane and vegetables. Mango, guava and papaya are grown here.

Geography

Bilaspur is located at 28.889°N 79.266°E / 28.889; 79.266. It has an average elevation of 144 metres (472 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2001 Census of India,[1] Bilaspur had a population of 35,729. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.

Languages

While Hindi and Urdu are respectively the official and second official languages of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Punjabi is spoken by 47% of the population of Bilaspur.

Administration

Bilaspur Municipal Board

This body is responsible for administration of Bilaspur Town area. Present Chairman of Municipal Board is mohd. Hassan khan.

Assembly Representative & District Magistrate

The present MLA and SDM of Bilaspur is Baldev Singh Aulakh and Durga Shankar Gupta respectively.

Education

Bilaspur has one engineering college, Apex Institute of Technology and one Nursing college, PSM nursing college. Apart from that Bilaspur has one Govt PG College and 4 Govt Inter colleges.

References

"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.