Doghat

Doghat
city
Doghat
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Doghat
Doghat (India)
Coordinates: 29°12′49″N 77°22′22″E / 29.21361°N 77.37278°E / 29.21361; 77.37278Coordinates: 29°12′49″N 77°22′22″E / 29.21361°N 77.37278°E / 29.21361; 77.37278
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Baghpat
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Website perfectfelsystem.cpm

Doghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Baghpat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[1] Doghat had a population (Voters) of 17,261. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Doghat has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67% and, female literacy is 44%. In Doghat, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Nagar Panchayat

The township Doghat comes in NCR (NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION) and marks the last police station boundary of the same. The Nagar Panchayat has a Chairman, which is elected by the people of the town. The town is situated 61 KM from the national capital Delhi, 51 KM from sonipat, 61 KM from Panipat and 58 KM from Meerut. It has a police station, a post office, a government health center, a senior secondary school (Gandhi Smarak Inter College), two banks and a private M.B.B.S. doctor. The town is a marketing hub for the nearby villages. This part of Western Uttar Pradesh has a distinct culture owing to its geographical location. A harmonious mixture of the U.P., Harayana and Delhi ways of living, is in evidence here.Now the chairman of the town is Mr. Satyaprakash panwar.

References

  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 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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