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Bulandshahr district - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 28°25′N 77°50′E / 28.417°N 77.833°E

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Bulandshahr district
District of Uttar Pradesh
Ganga River at Anupshahr
Location of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Meerut
Headquarters	Bulandshahr
Tehsils	Bulandshahr, Syana, Anoopshahr, Shikarpur, Khurja, dibai, Sikandrabad
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Bulandshahr
Area
• Total	4,441 km² (1,715 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	3,499,171
• Density	790/km² (2,000/sq mi)
• Urban	867,429
Demographics
• Literacy	75.23 per cent^[2]
• Sex ratio	892
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	National Highway 91
Website	bulandshahar.nic.in

Bulandshahr district (also spelled Bulandshahar) is a district in the Meerut region in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), situated between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers.^[3] It is a part of the National Capital Region of India, and Bulandshahr is the district headquarters.^[4]

The district is situated between 28.4° south and 28.0° north latitudes and between 77.0° and 78.0° east longitudes.^[5]^[3] It is bordered by Hapur district to the north, Amroha and Sambhal districts to the east, Aligarh district to the south and Gautam Buddha Nagar district to the west.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	939,586	—
1911	927,761	−0.13%
1921	881,448	−0.51%
1931	939,944	+0.64%
1941	1,089,311	+1.49%
1951	1,241,139	+1.31%
1961	1,427,433	+1.41%
1971	1,690,092	+1.70%
1981	2,110,285	+2.25%
1991	2,547,750	+1.90%
2001	3,009,860	+1.68%
2011	3,499,171	+1.52%
source:^[6]

Religions in Bulandshahr district (2011)^[7]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			77.37%
Islam			22.22%
Other or not stated			0.41%
Distribution of religions

According to the 2011 census, Bulandshahr district had a population of 3,499,171,^[1] roughly equal to the nation of Lithuania^[8] or the US state of Connecticut.^[9] This makes it the 85th most populous district of the total 640.^[1] The district has a population density of 788 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,040/sq mi).^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.09%.^[1] Bulandshahr has a sex ratio of 892 females for every 1000 males,^[1] and a literacy rate of 76.23%. 24.79% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 20.74% of the population.^[1]

In 1901, the population stood at 1,138,101.^[10]

Languages of Bulandshahr district (2011)

Hindi (93.23%)

Urdu (6.58%)

Other (0.19%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 93.23% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 6.58% Urdu as their first language.^[11]

Agriculture

The district of Bulandshahar is an important grain producing agricultural district. Wheat, potatoes, maize, sugar and many others are cultivated here in large quantities.^[12]^[13]

Villages

Chingravthi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "District Census Handbook: Bulandshahr" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "District-Profile | District Bulandshahr, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "National Capital Region Planning Board". ncrpb.nic.in. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Bulandshahar District Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Lithuania 3,535,547 July 2011 est.
^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Connecticut 3,574,097
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bulandshahr" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 771.
^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "Bulandshahr Agriculture, District Level Information of Bulandshahr | Uttar Pradesh". www.districtsofindia.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "Agricultural Efficiency in Uttar Pradesh" (PDF).

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Ghaziabad district

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Gautam Buddha Nagar district

Bulandshahr district

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v t e Divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra division	Agra Firozabad Mainpuri Mathura
Aligarh division	Aligarh Etah Hathras Kasganj
Ayodhya division	Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Ayodhya Barabanki Sultanpur
Azamgarh division	Azamgarh Ballia Mau
Bareilly division	Bareilly Budaun Pilibhit Shahjahanpur
Basti division	Basti Sant Kabir Nagar Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot division	Banda Chitrakoot Hamirpur Mahoba
Devipatan division	Bahraich Balrampur Gonda Shravasti
Gorakhpur division	Deoria Gorakhpur Kushinagar Maharajganj
Jhansi division	Jalaun Jhansi Lalitpur
Kanpur division	Auraiya Etawah Farrukhabad Kannauj Kanpur Nagar Kanpur Dehat
Lucknow division	Hardoi Lakhimpur Kheri Lucknow Raebareli Sitapur Unnao
Meerut division	Bagpat Bulandshahr Gautam Buddh Nagar Ghaziabad Hapur Meerut
Mirzapur division	Mirzapur Sant Ravidas Nagar Sonbhadra
Moradabad division	Amroha Bijnor Moradabad Rampur Sambhal
Prayagraj division	Fatehpur Kaushambi Pratapgarh Prayagraj
Saharanpur division	Muzaffarnagar Saharanpur Shamli
Varanasi division	Chandauli Ghazipur Jaunpur Varanasi

v t e Minority Concentrated Districts in India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Nicobar
Arunachal Pradesh	Changlang East Kameng Lower Subansiri Papum Pare Tawang Tirap West Kameng
Assam	Barpeta Bongaigaon Cachar Darrang Dhubri Dima Hasao Goalpara Hailakandi Kamrup Karimganj Kokrajhar Morigaon Nagaon
Bihar	Araria Darbhanga Katihar Kishanganj Purnia Sitamarhi West Champaran
Delhi	North East Delhi
Haryana	Gurgaon Sirsa
Ladakh	Leh
Jharkhand	Gumla Pakur Ranchi Sahibganj
Karnataka	Bidar Kalaburagi
Kerala	Wayanad Malappuram
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
Maharashtra	Buldhana Hingoli Parbhani Washim
Manipur	Chandel Churachandpur Senapati Tamenglong Thoubal Ukhrul
Meghalaya	West Garo Hills
Mizoram	Lawngtlai Mamit
Odisha	Gajapati
Sikkim	North Sikkim
Uttar Pradesh	Amroha Baghpat Bahraich Balrampur Barabanki Bareilly Bijnor Budaun Bulandshahr Ghaziabad Kheri Lucknow Meerut Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Pilibhit Rampur Saharanpur Shahjahanpur Shrawasti Siddharthnagar
Uttarakhand	Haridwar Udham Singh Nagar
West Bengal	Bardhaman Birbhum Cooch Behar Dakshin Dinajpur Howrah Kolkata Maldah Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas Uttar Dinajpur
Source: "List of 90 Minority Concentration Districts" (PDF). www.minorityaffairs.gov.in. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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Road	Delhi–Meerut Expressway NH 24 NH 58 Noida Greater Noida Expressway Yamuna Expressway Upper Ganga Canal Expressway NH 91 NH 119

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