| Rampur district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Uttar Pradesh |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Rampur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Moradabad |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Rampur |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 2367 |
| Population Total: | 2,335,819 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 53.34 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Leader Title: | District Magistrate |
| Leader Name: | Shri Ravindra Kumar Mander, (IAS) |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Leader Name1: | Rampur |
| Leader Title2: | Lok Sabha MP |
| Leader Title3: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name3: | 5 |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Registration Plate: | UP-22 |
Rampur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Rampur town is the district headquarters. Rampur district is a part of Moradabad division. The district occupies an area of .
According to the 2011 Census of India, Rampur district has a population of 2,335,819,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia[2] or the US state of New Mexico.[3] This gives it a ranking of 194th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 987PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.4%. Rampur has a sex ratio of 905 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.08%. 25.20% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 13.18% of the population.
| Hindus | Sikhs | Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suar | 61.23% | 33.72% | 4.31% | 0.74% | |
| Tanda | 62.04% | 36.96% | 0.54% | 0.46% | |
| Bilaspur | 45.15% | 40.48% | 12.86% | 1.51% | |
| Rampur | 61.58% | 37.14% | 0.71% | 0.57% | |
| 37.33% | 62.01% | 0.27% | 0.39% | ||
| 24.80% | 73.00% | 1.71% | 0.49% |
Islam is the majority religion in the district. Three out of five tehsils in Rampur have a Muslim majority and one a Muslim plurality. Hindus are majority in rural areas, while Muslims predominate in urban areas. Sikhs are a significant minority in Bilaspur and Suar tehsils, while Christians are a small minority in concentrated in Rampur city.[4]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 73.85% of the population of the district spoke Hindi, 23.04% Urdu and 2.54% Punjabi as their first language. There are also some Bengali speakers in Bilaspur tehsil. The Punjabis and Bengalis are refugees from Partition who were settled in the district.[5]