Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh
Noorpur is a City and a Municipal Board in Bijnor District in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh.[1] It has a mixed population of Muslims, Hindus, Sikkh, Christians and other religions as well.
Noorpur | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Noorpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Noorpur Noorpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°09′N 78°24′E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bijnor |
| Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 41,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 246734 |
| Telephone code | 01345 |
| Vehicle registration | UP 20 XX XXXX |
| Website | up |
Demographics
Noorpur is a Nagar Palika Parishad, constituency of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Development block, city in district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. Postal Code (PIN Code) of Noorpur in 246734 and STD Code is 01345. City is divided into 25 wards in which elections are held every 5 years. The Noorpur Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 84,000 of which 45,000are males while 35,000 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0–6 is 5713 which is 14.72% of total population of Noorpur (NPP). In Noorpur Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 936 against state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Noorpur is around 891 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Noorpur city is 75.40% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Noorpur, Male literacy is around 82.32% while female literacy rate is 68.06%.
Population of this town is: Muslims62.87 %, Hindus 27.78%, Sikh 9.12%, Christians 0.20%, and Others 0.03%.
Noorpur Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 6,175 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Nearby villages are :
(A) On Amroha road Linderpur, Jafrabad, Tangrola, Ratangarh, Feena (B) On Bijnor road Kikkar Khajuri, Khaspura, Pawti (C) On Chandpur road Azampur urf Aadopur, Dhoondli Tabibpur, Biral (D) ON Dhampur road Dhoulagarh, Morna (E) On Moradabad road Hasupura, Asgaripur, Gohawar Jait & Gohawar Hallu, Daulatpur (F) On Seohara road Boorhpur, Raja Ka Tajpur.
All these villages are mainly dependent on Noorpur Town as they come to purchase most of items from here.
Religion in Noorpur (2011)[2]
Education
Noorpur have a wide variety of schools and colleges from govt. schools to high fee private schools. From private colleges to govt. degree colleges. Also as Noorpur is well connected to nearby big cities such as Moradabad & Bijnor, student from Noorpur visit these cities also for education purpose.
Primary & Sr. Secondary Schools
- Ashraf Zakariya Islamia Inter College
- Khalsa Inter College
- St. Mary's Convent Inter College
- Roots International School
- R.R. Public Sr. Secondary School
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School
- Nirmal Public School
- Children's Academy School
- Niyadri Devi Kanya Inter College
- Saraswati Sishu Vidhya Mandir
- Tara Public School
- Mona Public school
- Noorpur Public school
Degree Colleges
- Dharamveer Institute Of Engineering & Technology
- Dharmveer Degree College
- Janta Degree College
- District Institute of Education and Training - (D.I.E.T. Ismailpur)
- Lal Bahadur Singh Smarak Mahavidyalaya (Gohavar)
- Devta Degree College (Morna)
Location
Noorpur is connected by the SH-76 Moradabad District to Bijnor & SH-77 Amroha to Najibabad & SH-147 Hastinapur to Jaspur.Three state highways SH-76, SH-77, SH-147 pass through the town. The distance of Noorpur from Delhi is 160 km. It is 80 km from Meerut, 160 km from Dehradun, 60 km from Jim Corbett National Park. The nearest railway station Chandpur and junction is Moradabad. Nearest hill station is Lansdowne, Uttarakhand, cantonment town in Uttarakhand and It is approximately 101 km from Noorpur. Some other nearest hill stations are Mussoorie 185 KMs, and Nainital 150 KMs from Noorpur. The Holy city of temples Haridwar is 90 KMs from Noorpur on the way to Dehradun
There are direct bus services between New Delhi and Noorpur, with buses connecting to the Vivekanand Bus Terminal, Anand Vihar, New Delhi. Buses are available to some other locations as well at Delhi.
- Anand Vihar – Noorpur
- Okhla – Noorpur
- Shahdra – Noorpur
- Delhi 6 – Noorpur
- Kalka Lane – Noorpur
There are direct bus services between
- Moradabad – Noorpur – Bijnor (Every 7 minutes)
- Noorpur – Dhampur (Every 5–7 minutes)
- Noorpur – Chandpur (Every 10 minutes)
- Noorpur – Naugawan - Amroha (Every 10 minutes)
- Delhi – Chandpur – Noorpur – Dhampur (Every 30 minutes)
- Delhi – Chandpur – Noorpur – Dhampur - Sharkot - Afzalgarh - Kalagarh (Every 90 minutes)
- Amroha – Noorpur – Nathaur – Najibabad – Haridwar (Every 30 minutes)
- Moradabad – Noorpur – Bijnor – Muzaffarnagar- Shamli - kerana - Panipat (Every 45 minutes)
- Bijnor – Noorpur – Moradabad – Rampur – Bareilly – Pilibhit (Every Morning )
- Haridwar – Najibabad – Noorpur (Every 25 minutes)
- Moradabad – Noorpur (Every 5 minutes)
- Dehradun – Haridwar – Najibabad – Noorpur – Moradabad – Rampur – Bareilly – Lucknow - Gorakhpur (Morning & Evening Services)
- Noorpur - Najibabad - Haridwar - Rishikesh (One bus service everyday)
- Panipat - Shamli - Muzaffarnagar- Bijnor - Noorpur - Moradabad - Rampur - Rudrapur - Haldwani - Kathgodam
- Saharanpur – Deoband – Muzaffarnagar – Bijnor - Noorpur- Moradabad
References
- "Subdivision & Blocks | Bijnor". bijnor.nic.in. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- "Population by religion community - 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.