Chandpur, Bijnor

Chandpur
Town
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 UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 246725
Telephone code 01345
Vehicle registration UP20

Chandpur is a town and a municipal board (nagar palika parishad) in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Geography

Chandpur has an average elevation of 51 metres (167 feet).[1]

Chandpur is located at a distance of 130 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, Jyotibaphule Nagar of Uttar Pradesh & Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital of Uttarakhand. 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 Balmiki and Dhali bajar is led by Agrawals, bikaner pizza hut and both places are the heart of city having Automobiles Showroom, Banks, Jewellery Showrooms, Cloth Market, mobile showrooms.

Demographics

As of 2011, according to the India census, Chandpur has a population of 83,441 of which 43,354 are males while 40,087 are females, population of Children with age of 0-6 is 12390 which is 14.85% of total population of Chandpur (NPP). Female Sex Ratio is of 925 against state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Chandpur is around 923 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Chandpur city is 70.15% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Chandpur, Male literacy is around 74.73% while female literacy rate is 65.20%.[2]

Religion

Religion data as per Census 2011:[3]

  • Muslim : 71.77%
  • Hindu: 27.43%
  • Christian: 0.14%
  • Sikh: 0.50%

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

  • Anand Vihar
  • Okhla
  • Shadra
  • Delhi6
  • Mayur vihar phase 1
  • Noida City Centre
  • Hauz Khas Village
  • Botanical Garden (Noida sec 37)

There are direct bus services between

  • saharanpur—chandpur
  • ghaziabaad—chandpur
  • Bijnor-Chandpur
  • haridwaar—chandpur
  • aligarh—chandpur
  • merrut—chandpur
  • barailley—chandpur
  • moradabad-chandpur
  • najibabbad—chandpur
  • Kanpur—chandpur
  • Jhansi—chandpur
  • Azamgarh—chandpur
  • agra—chandpur
  • Dehradun-chandpur

Education

Schools and colleges in Chandpur include: Degree Colleges

  • NETWAY SOLUTIONS CHANDPUR
  • M.M INTER COLLEGE CHANDPUR
  • ITCA COMPUTER EDUCATION

Fatherson Senior secondary School (F.S.P.S)

  • Rajkiya Engineering College
  • Gulab Singh Degree College
  • vivekanand mahavidyalaya darwara chandpur
  • Chandpur degree college
  • SP Degree College
  • Shankutla Girls Degree College(SGDC)
  • HMA Rizvi Parshikshan Sansthan
  • C.V Raman Inter College (faculty of science & arts)
  • Rishi Dayanand Saraswati Shishu Mandir (Vaid Mandir)
  • Hindu Inter College (H.I.C., Chandpur)
  • Miftah-ul-uloom Muslim Inter College (M.M.I.C.)
  • Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College (S.V.M.I.C )
  • Fatherson Senior secondary School (F.S.P.S)
  * Little Star Education and Play Home
  • Green light.junior high.school
  • J.P senior secondary school
  • Saint Stephan High School
  • Bhagwant Public School
  • Roots international school
  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

Girls' Inter Colleges

• chandpur degree college

  • Ideal Girls public school
  • Rahmania Girls Inter College
  • Shakuntala Girls Inter College
  • Vaidik Kanya Inter College
  • Fatherson Girls Senior Secondary School

central board of secondary education (CBSE) Schools-

  • Fatherson senior secondary school
  • Bhagwant Public School (BPS)
  • J.P. senior secondary School
  • Aadharshila the school

Engineering colleges-

  • DR BR Ambedkar Engineering College of Information Technology (GOVERNMENT COLLEGE AFFILIATED FROM AKTU, LUCKNOW)
  • Rajkiya Engineering College in Chandpur (Private COLLEGE AFFILIATED FROM AKTU, LUCKNOW)

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chandpur
  2. ↑ "Chandpur Population Census 2011". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  3. ↑ "Chandpur City Population Census 2011 - Uttar Pradesh". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
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