Bahadrabad

Bahadrabad
haridwar
town
Bahadrabad

Location in Uttarakhand, India

Coordinates: 29°58′N 78°10′E / 29.96°N 78.16°E / 29.96; 78.16Coordinates: 29°58′N 78°10′E / 29.96°N 78.16°E / 29.96; 78.16
Country  India
State Uttarakhand
District Haridwar
Elevation 294 m (965 ft)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 249402
Telephone code 01334
Vehicle registration UK 08
Website haridwar.nic.in

Bahadrabad is an intermediate Village Panchayat[1][2] in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the six development blocks in Haridwar district[2] under which many developed villages come, including Rohalki-Kishanpur , Almalpur Bongla, Alipur, Garhmeerpur, Khedli, Sitapur.[1]

It is also Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly constituency in Haridwar district.[3][4]

Bahadrabad is situated at a distance of 11 km from Haridwar, between the towns of Haridwar and Roorkee on the National Highway 58, between Delhi and Manna Pass. It is neighbouring towns are, Pathri, Jhabrera, Narsan, Jwalapur and Mohanpur Mohammadpur

Education

Demographics

According to 2011 census total population is 10232.

Religions in Bahadarabad
Religion Percent
Hindus
  
 50%
Muslims
  
 49%
Jains
  
 0.5%
Others†
  
 0.5%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Irrigation

Close by, in village Pathri, lies the Pathri Power Plant on the Upper Ganges Canal, which started in 1955.[5]

Uttarakhand Irrigation Research Institute (IRI), founded in 1928 in Lucknow, was shifted here 1946, later its research unit in Roorkee was established as a full-fledged Institute in 1954, today Hydraulics model studies are carried out at its Hydraulic Research Station at Bahadrabad.[6][7]

Industry

Integrated Industrial Estate (IIE) of SIDCUL (State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarankhand) is situated close to Bahadrabad. Apart from that, Bahadrabad has a small but old industrial setup known as "BAHDRABAD INDUSTRIAL AREA", which has Indane Gas Plant and Modern Bread Factory.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Village Panchayat s of UTTARANCHAL
  2. 1 2 Geography of Haridwar
  3. ↑ List of Public Representatives from Haridwar and MOHD SHAHZAD ALI is the M.L.A Of BAHADRABAD Official website.
  4. ↑ State Assembly Elections 2007 Office of Chief Electoral Officer - Uttarakhand.
  5. ↑ Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited Official website.
  6. ↑ Irrigation Research Institute Official website
  7. ↑ Irrigation Dept. Irrigation Research Institute, Roorkee, 6.0.
  8. ↑ Integrated Industrial Estate - Haridwar SIDCUL Official website.
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