Udham Singh Nagar district | |
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 .jpg) .jpg)   Clockwise from top-left: Palace ofDronacharya, Gurudwara Nanakana Sahib inKashipur, Baigul Dam, Crops Research Center atPantnagar, Metropolis city inRudrapur | |
.svg) Location in Uttarakhand | |
| Coordinates:28°59′N79°24′E / 28.98°N 79.40°E /28.98; 79.40 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Division | Kumaon |
| Founded by | Udham Singh Nagar has been carved out of Nainital. |
| Named after | Udham Singh |
| Headquarters | Rudrapur |
| Government | |
| • District Magistrate | Mr. Nitin Singh Bhadauria,IAS[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,542 km2 (981 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 3,198,982 |
| • Rank | 1st in State |
| • Density | 1,258/km2 (3,259/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[4] |
| • Additional official | Sanskrit[5][6] |
| • Regional | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UK 06, UK 18 |
| Website | usnagar |
Udham Singh Nagar district is a district ofUttarakhand state in northernIndia.Rudrapur is the district headquarter. The district consists of nineTehsils namedBajpur,Gadarpur,Jaspur,Kashipur,Khatima,Kichha,Nanakmatta,Rudrapur,Sitarganj. The district is located in theTerai region, and is part ofKumaon Division. It is bounded on the north byNainital District, on the northeast byChampawat District, on the east byNepal, and on the south and west byBareilly,Rampur,Moradabad,Pilibhit andBijnor District ofUttar Pradesh state. The district was created on 29 September 1995,[8][9] byMayawati government out of Nainital District. It is named for freedom fighter and Indian revolutionaryUdham Singh.[10]
As of 2011, it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of13), afterHaridwar andDehradun.[3]
The district lies inNainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). which includes wholeNainital district as well as Udham Singh Nagar district. For election purposes Udham Singh Nagar district is divided into nineVidhan Sabha constituencies:
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 131,811 | — |
| 1911 | 131,608 | −0.02% |
| 1921 | 112,634 | −1.54% |
| 1931 | 112,804 | +0.02% |
| 1941 | 118,733 | +0.51% |
| 1951 | 136,446 | +1.40% |
| 1961 | 301,681 | +8.26% |
| 1971 | 451,717 | +4.12% |
| 1981 | 668,751 | +4.00% |
| 1991 | 924,856 | +3.30% |
| 2001 | 1,235,614 | +2.94% |
| 2011 | 1,648,902 | +2.93% |
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According to the2011 census Udham Singh Nagar district has apopulation of 1,648,902,[3] roughly equal to the nation ofGuinea-Bissau[12] or the US state ofIdaho.[13] 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%. Thesex ratio of 920 females for every 1,000 males.[3] TheScheduled 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.[3]
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 66.98% | |||
| Islam | 22.58% | |||
| Sikhism | 9.87% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.57% | |||
The major languages of the district according to the 2011 census areHindi (62%),Punjabi (10%),Bengali (7.9%),Urdu (6.4%),Kumaoni (5.2%),Bhojpuri (3.6%), andTharu (2.9%).[15] The two Tharu languages spoken areBuksa (mostly in the development blocks ofBajpur andGadarpur),[16] andRana (in the areas ofKhatima andSitarganj).[17]
| Udham Singh Nagar district: mother-tongue of population, according to the2011 Indian Census.[15] | |||
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| Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | People | Percentage |
| 002007 | Bengali | 129,537 | 7.9% |
| 006030 | Awadhi | 1,412 | 0.1% |
| 006102 | Bhojpuri | 60,141 | 3.6% |
| 006195 | Garhwali | 5,840 | 0.4% |
| 006240 | Hindi | 1,028,354 | 62.4% |
| 006340 | Kumauni | 86,078 | 5.2% |
| 006439 | Pahari | 2,067 | 0.1% |
| 010011 | Purbi Maithili | 1,392 | 0.1% |
| 010014 | Tharu | 47,501 | 2.9% |
| 014011 | Nepali | 1,622 | 0.1% |
| 016038 | Punjabi | 166,327 | 10.1% |
| 019014 | Sindhi | 1,142 | 0.1% |
| 022015 | Urdu | 105,148 | 6.4% |
| 053005 | Gujari | 859 | 0.1% |
| – | Others | 11,482 | 0.7% |
| Total | 1,648,902 | 100.0% | |
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in Pantnagar, is located 5 km from Rudrapur.
Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est.
Idaho 1,567,582
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