Udham Singh Nagar district


Udham Singh Nagar District is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarters. This district consists of seven Tehsils named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Jaspur, Kashipur, Kichha, Khatima, Sitarganj. The district is located in the Terai region, and is part of Kumaon Division. It is bounded on the north by Nainital District, on the northeast by Champawat District, on the east by Nepal, and on the south and west by Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Pilibhit and Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh state. The district was created in October 1995 by Mayawati government out of Nainital District. It is named for freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh.
As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand, after Haridwar and Dehradun.
G.B. Pant University in Pantnagar, noted for its engineers & agriculture scientists, is located 5 km from Rudrapur.

Tehsils in Udham Singh Nagar district

  1. Kashipur
  2. Jaspur
  3. Bajpur
  4. Gadarpur
  5. Rudrapur
  6. Kichha
  7. Sitarganj
  8. Nanakmatta
  9. Khatima

    Cities in Udham Singh Nagar district

  10. Kashipur
  11. Jaspur
  12. Bajpur
  13. Gularbhoj
  14. Barakhera
  15. Gadarpur
  16. Dineshpur
  17. Rudrapur
  18. Pantnagar
  19. Kichha
  20. Sitarganj
  21. Nanakmatta
  22. Khatima
  23. Mahua Dabra
  24. Mahua Kheda Ganj
  25. Sultanpur, Uttarakhand
  26. Kila Kheda

    Administrative divisions

The district lies in Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar. which includes whole Nainital district as well as Udham Singh Nagar district.
For election purposes District is divided into nine Vidhan Sabha constituencies:
  1. जसपुर विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र, उत्तराखण्ड
  2. Kashipur
  3. बाजपुर विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र, उत्तराखण्ड
  4. गदरपुर विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र, उत्तराखण्ड
  5. Rudrapur
  6. Kichha
  7. Sitarganj
  8. नानकमत्ता विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र, उत्तराखण्ड
  9. Khatima

    Demographics

According to the 2011 census Udham Singh Nagar district has a population of 1,648,902, roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau or the US state of Idaho. 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, with 598,525 male literates and 751,789 female literates. The effective 7+ literacy of the district is 73.1%. The sex ratio of 920 females for every 1,000 males. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 238,264 and 123,037 respectively. There were 308581 households in the district in 2011.

Languages

The major languages of the district according to the 2011 census are Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Kumaoni, Bhojpuri, and Tharu. The two Tharu languages spoken are Buksa, and Rana.