Sahaspur Explained

Sahaspur
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh#India3
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:29.1208°N 78.6208°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bijnor
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:199
Population Total:24,463
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:HindiUrduEnglish
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:246745
Registration Plate:UP20

Sahaspur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Sahaspur has an average elevation of 199  metres (653  feet).

Demographics

The Sahaspur city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. According to the 2011 census of India, the population of 24,463 of which 12,822 are males while 11,641 are females.

The population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3719 which is 15.20% of total population of Sahaspur (NP). In Sahaspur Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 908 against the state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Sahaspur is around 972 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate of Sahaspur city is 60.60% lower than the state average of 67.68%. In Sahaspur, Male literacy is around 64.05% while female literacy rate is 56.76%.

Languages

Hindi and Urdu are the official languages.[2] At the time of the 2011 Census of India,60.70% of the population of the sahaspur spoke Hindi, 40.25% Urdu as their first language.[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh. District Census Handbook, Bijnor: Village and Town Wise Primary Census Handbook. p 30.
  2. Web site: 52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India. nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 29 April 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. 25 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh. www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. Web site: NIA officer Mohammed Tanzil shot dead as children watched . Rai . Ankur Sharma Rajat . 4 April 2016 . India Today . 21 March 2022.