Hapur

Hapur (Haripur)
हापुड़
CITY
Hapur (Haripur)

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 28°43′51″N 77°46′33″E / 28.730937°N 77.775736°E / 28.730937; 77.775736Coordinates: 28°43′51″N 77°46′33″E / 28.730937°N 77.775736°E / 28.730937; 77.775736
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Hapur
Elevation 216.1032 m (709.0000 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 262,983
 • Rank 174 (India), 22 (Uttar Pradesh)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
 • Spoken Hindi, Khariboli dialect, Haryanvi, Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 245101
0122 5731
Vehicle registration UP-37
Website http://hapur.nic.in/

Hapur (known earlier as Haripur) is a city in, as well as the headquarters of, Hapur district, in western Uttar Pradesh, India. Located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of New Delhi, the city is part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). National Highway 24, connecting Delhi-Lucknow, passes through the city. Hapur is known as a manufacturing center for stainless steel pipes, sewing machines, and wood and paper products.

History

Hapur is said to have been founded in the 10th century by King Hapur . It was granted by Daulat Scindia to his French general Pierre Cuillier-Perron at the end of the 18th century. Under the British Raj, Hapur was within Meerut District, was surrounded by several fine groves, and carried on considerable trade in sugar, grain, cotton, timber, bamboo, and brass utensils. The important cavalry remount depot and farm of Babugarh adjoined the town.[1]

Geography

Hapur (Haripur) is located at 28°43′N 77°47′E / 28.72°N 77.78°E / 28.72; 77.78.[2] It has an average elevation of 213 meters (699 feet). It is bound on the north by Meerut, in the south by Bulandshahr, while Ghaziabad forms the southern and western limits. Amroha District (formerly Jyotiba Phule Agar) lies to the east. The river Ganges forms the eastern boundary and home to the sacred place known as 'Garhmukteshwar' where lakhs of people come every year for pilgrimage. The ground is not rocky and there are no mountains. Hapur is part of the Indus-Gangetic Plain, the soil composed of pleistocene and more recent alluvial sediments transported and deposited by river action from the Himalayan region. These alluvial deposits are unconsolidated. Lithologically, sediments consist of clay, silt and fine to coarse sand. Land is very fertile for growing crops, especially wheat, sugarcane and vegetables. Also, the river 'kali nadi' issues from the outskirts of the city.

Climate

Hapur has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters. Summers last from early April to late June and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 43 °C (109 °F).[3] The monsoon arrives in late June and continues until the middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover, but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October; and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March.[3] The lowest temperature recorded is 0.5 °C (32.9 °F). Rainfall is about 80 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%.[3] The city receives no snow.

Climate data for Hapur(1971–2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 29.3
(84.7)		 32.2
(90)		 39.5
(103.1)		 43.5
(110.3)		 45.8
(114.4)		 46.1
(115)		 46.0
(114.8)		 40.0
(104)		 39.0
(102.2)		 38.0
(100.4)		 34.5
(94.1)		 30.0
(86)		 46.1
(115)
Average high °C (°F) 21.9
(71.4)		 23.1
(73.6)		 28.7
(83.7)		 36.3
(97.3)		 39.1
(102.4)		 37.6
(99.7)		 33.6
(92.5)		 32.6
(90.7)		 33.7
(92.7)		 32.8
(91)		 28.6
(83.5)		 23.5
(74.3)		 31.1
(88)
Average low °C (°F) 7.2
(45)		 9.1
(48.4)		 13.8
(56.8)		 19.9
(67.8)		 24.3
(75.7)		 26.0
(78.8)		 25.9
(78.6)		 25.5
(77.9)		 23.6
(74.5)		 18.2
(64.8)		 12.4
(54.3)		 8.0
(46.4)		 17.7
(63.9)
Record low °C (°F) 0.2
(32.4)		 0.1
(32.2)		 5.4
(41.7)		 8.3
(46.9)		 15.4
(59.7)		 17.7
(63.9)		 16.5
(61.7)		 19.0
(66.2)		 15.7
(60.3)		 7.2
(45)		 1.8
(35.2)		 0.2
(32.4)		 0.1
(32.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 19.7
(0.776)		 24.9
(0.98)		 24.4
(0.961)		 12.8
(0.504)		 19.1
(0.752)		 71.2
(2.803)		 269.0
(10.591)		 264.7
(10.421)		 95.4
(3.756)		 25.9
(1.02)		 4.3
(0.169)		 13.4
(0.528)		 845.0
(33.268)
Average rainy days 1.5 1.7 1.7 0.9 1.6 3.9 10.2 9.4 4.2 1.6 0.4 0.9 38.0
Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)[4][5]

Demographics

Religions in Hapur
Religion Percent
Hindus
  
 77%
Muslims
  
 21%
Jains
  
 0.4%
Others†
  
 1.6%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

According to the 2011 census, Hapur had a population of 262,801, consisting of 139,694 males and 123,107 females. The literacy rate was 75.34%.[6] Major language spoken is khariboli dialect of Hindi. Standard Hindi is used for offical works. Punjabi is mainly spoken by Punjabis and Sikhs who came here during the partition of 1947. Muslims speak Hindi with more of Urdu influence and with little variation of accent. Khariboli is the common native language which highly resembles to Haryanvi. People coming from rural areas particularly have strong accent of khariboli. Haryanvi songs & ragnis are very common to find in villages around the city.

SILO, Hapur

There are four SILOs in India i.e. Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Hapur, in which Silo Hapur is one of them. The grain elevator-erected at Hapur was received from U.S.A. The manufacturers of the equipment were M/s Butler Manufactoring Company of USA. Silo elevator was inaugurated by Shri V.V. Giri, the then Governer of U.P. on 21.02.1959. Honorable Prime Minister Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru visited on 26.07.1961. Many VIPs from India and abroad visited and appreciated the system. As maintained properly for the last 41 years.

The value of the plant received is said as about Rs. 19 lakhs and the cost of erection is about Rs. 8.2 lakhs out of which, about Rs. 3.6 lakhs represent the cost of foundation and sub structure.

Grain arrives either in wagons through the railway siding provided on one side of the silos or by road on the other side. The grain is dumped into the rail hoppers or the truck dumps, as the case may be, and by means of conveyor belts, it is brought to the elevator pit. There the grain is lifted by the elevator to the height of 175 feet and after initial weight, it passes through the cleaning machines and then to automatically integrated weighing process, which indicates the quality of grain that has been fed into each bin. Then the garin drop on to another conveyor belt which convays it to various storage bins through Tripper. For taking out the storage grains, conveyor belts are suitated at the bottom of the silos which takes grain to the elevator pit from where it is lifted to shipping tanks. From here, it is automatically weighted and shifted either in bulk transport or to bags as necessary. There are automatic weighing machines and stiching machines for shipping out the grain in bags at the rate of 80 to 100 tonnes per hour.

The silos are also provided with drier tank along the side of the headhouse is capable of handling ten tonnes of grain per hour and dries the moisture in the grain by heated air produced from an oil diesel burner. The steel bins are also provided with electric thermocouple temperature cables and with the help of potentio meter. Temperature is recorded monthly, which enable a watch being kept on their condition of grain. The garins are also cool down by drawing in air by Aeration FANS when they get unduly heated. There is a provision of fumigation the grain, when necessary. The silo bins are proof against attack of insects pests or other kinds of infestation.

Power required for running of the elevators and other parts of the plant is provided by three diesel electric generators, installed specifically for the purpose as a part of the plant. Each generator has a capacity of 100 K.V.A. Operation of the plant is controlled by a remote control system and there is a arrangement of inter locking and sequence control in the switch room panel.

Political representation

Hapur is one of the Vidhan Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh; earlier it had two such seats, namely Hapur North and Hapur South. In the Lok Sabha Hapur is represented by three different constituencies:

New Hapur district

Hapur District was recently established as a district in NCR zone of Uttar Pradesh. It has a lot of potential because of its proximity to New Delhi and Ghaziabad. After gaining district status, it has its own district magistrates. The demand for a separate Hapur district was a longstanding one, dating to 1976, when the district of Ghaziabad was carved out of Meerut. Hapur was announced as a district named 'Panchsheel Nagar' on 28 Sep 2011 by the Chief Minister Mayawati; and in the month of July 2012 Chief Minister Akhilesh changed the name to 'Hapur District'.

Neighbourhoods in the city

There are 36 wards in Hapur. Major colonies of Hapur are:

  • Adarsh Nagar Colony, Modinagar Road
  • Alok Colony, Meerut Road
  • Anand Vihar, Delhi Road
  • Apna Ghar Colony, Delhi Road
  • Ashok Colony, Hapur Road
  • Avas Vikas, Bulandshare (B.S.) Road
  • Avas Vikas, Meerut Road
  • BhagwanPuri, Garh Road
  • Chamri, Delhi Road
  • Chandralok Colony, Modinagar Road
  • Collector Ganj, Railway Road
  • Gandhi Ganj, Delhi-Garh Road
  • Ganga Pura, Free Ganj Road
  • Gyan Lok, Free Ganj Road
  • Inderlok Colony, Swarg Asharam Road
  • Jain Lok, Kothi Gate
  • Jawahar Ganj, Railway Road
  • Khari Kuan, Sarafa Bazar
  • Kishan Ganj, Garh-Delhi Road
  • Kotla Mewayat
  • Krishna Nagar, Swarg Ashram Road
  • Lajja Puri, Delhi Road
  • Magistrate Colony, New Shivpuri, Near Swarg Ashram Road
  • Nai Abadi, Bulandshare (B.S.) Road
  • New Alok Kalson Nagar, Meerut Road
  • New Pannapuri, Garh Road
  • Nizampur
  • Panchseel Colony, Meerut Road
  • Pannapuri, Garh Road
  • Preet Vihar, Delhi Road
  • Rajeev Vihar
  • Revti Kunj, Railway Road
  • Sarai Chand Khan, Tehsil Chopla
  • Sarvodaya Colony, Meerut Road
  • Shakti Nagar, Meerut Road
  • Shambu Pura, Delhi Road
  • Shanti Nagar, Meerut Road
  • Shiv Dayal Pura, Bulandshare (B.S.) Road (Majeed Pura)
  • Shivpuri, Railway Road
  • Sri Nagar, Railway Road
  • Triveni Ganj, Delhi-Garh Road
  • Tyagi Nagar, Swarg Ashram Road

Railways

Hapur is a major railway junction of northern India. Two lines - Delhi-Moradabad and Meerut-Khurja - pass through the city. Every day about 80 local trains serve Hapur. Weekly, about 10 intercity express trains pass through Hapur, including the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, the Shatabdi Express, and the Duronto Express. Once the route is electrified, about 45 more trains of the Delhi-Agra-Kanpur route will be able to use Hapur. There are 5 platforms at the station. Trains for New Delhi are available most of the time, thus making it easy for service people to travel. Trains are available for cities such as Lucknow, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Varanasi, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Jammu, etc.

Roadways

Two national highways pass through the city i.e. National Highway 24 (Delhi-Lucknow) & National Highway 235(Meerut-Bulandshahr). Following the upgrading to 4 lanes of the Delhi to Hapur section of National Highway 24, similar upgrading of the Hapur to Moradabad section is planned as part of upgrading the highway to the state capital of Lucknow. Distance from Hapur to various cities :-

Air

Nearest airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi about 70 km from the city. It takes about 1.5-2 hours to reach depending on the traffic.

Economic planning

Hapur (Haripur) is a major industrial town in the National Capital Region area of western Uttar Pradesh. There are approximate 25 factories of paper cone in Hapur. The town is famous for its ‘paper’, though some other industries have also come up. Pilkhuwa is a famous for its handloom-made bed sheets. To stem uncontrolled population migration towards Delhi, Hapur's growth is governed by planning guidelines of the National Capital Region, which aim at preventing unplanned & uncontrollable growth in population in the city and its adjoining areas, at providing assistance for well planned growth - to meet targeted population densities, stop unprecedented population growth in National Capital Delhi, and provide housing - and, thirdly, to create job prospects and to attract commerce to city areas. Hapur has also been playing an important role in the field of education.

Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority

The Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority (HPDA) was established as a second and an independent authority from the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) by the Uttar Pradesh administration during 1996–97, keeping in mind the geographical, historical, commercial, and industrial importance of Hapur and Pilkhuwa, as well as, in view of the proximity to Delhi, the planned development of the National Capital Region (NCR).

In line with the NCR, and its National Capital Regional Planning Board, and the importance of Hapur and its planning needs, HPDA, accepting that planning challenge, and that of enhancing town relocation facilities and beautification, is scheduled to soon implement its plans. 50 acres of land are earmarked for regional office building development in some areas of Hapur such as Sabli and Chamri. Plans are also afoot to facilitate the upgrading of National Highway 24. Negotiations are ongoing to acquire land for housing.

In the same vein, many high-standard educational and research institutes are being established in the Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Region, e.g. a dental college and research institute, a D.P.S. school, as well as other educational and research centres. Similarly, in housing development, many famous developers like Ansal Housing Group, Eros Group, etc., are investing large amounts of money in constructing housing for the town.[7]

Education

Hapur is only 45 km from New Delhi, lying within the National Capital Region area. It is an emerging center of higher education. Hapur has always been able to provide quality education to its residents and will continue to do so by constantly developing its infrastructure.

Colleges and universities of Hapur

In the past 5 years, the city has developed 15 colleges in fields of Medicine, Engineering, Law, and other fields. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has passed a proposal to establish a university in the city, Hapur playing a significant role in the state's politics. Some of the city’s colleges, such as the S.S.V. Degree College and A.K.P. Degree College, are well known in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

  • A.K.P. Degree College
  • Arya Kanya Degree (PG) College
  • A.T.M.S. College of Management, Hapur Bypass Road
  • C.T.C. Degree College
  • Commercial College
  • I.M.I.T. College
  • Indraprasta Institute of Information and Technology
  • J.M.S. Group of Colleges
  • Lord Krishna College of Engineering, Hapur
  • Monad University
  • Rama Medical College & Hospital, Jindal Nagar, Hapur
  • Rural Paramedical Instutute and Research Centre, Free Ganj Road
  • Shri Madhav College of Education
  • S.I.M.S., Delhi Boad (MBBS)
  • S.S.V. Degree College
  • Vivekanand College
  • ATMS college, By pass nizampur

Elementary and secondary educational institutions of Hapur

The city also has a proportional number of inter colleges and public secondary schools, including technical institutions, including St. Xavier's Convent School, D.A.V. Public School, V.I.P. Inter College, Shri Chandi Vidyalaya Inter College, Rajputana Regiment Inter College, Sardar Patel Junior High School, Sarvodya Inter College, Marwar Inter College, Marwar Girls Inter College, K.M.S. Inter College, etc.

Some of the Shiksha Bharati institutions, including Brahma Devi Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir are operational, while others are at different stages of planning and execution. Acquisition of land, development of infrastructure, provision of basic services, human resources planning, and fund raising have all been done keeping in mind society's plans for expansion.

Numerous schools for primary education are also established in the city to cater to the local population.

All schools are affiliated to either CBSE, ICSE, or the UP State Board.

  • Arya Kanya Inter College, Hapur
  • Arya Kanya Pathshala Inter College, Hapur
  • Bethesda Christian Academy, Modi Nagar Road, Hapur
  • Smt. Brahma Devi Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir
  • C.T.C. Janta Inter College
  • Delhi Public School, Preet Vihar, Hapur
  • Dewan Inter College (formerly Hapur Inter College)
  • Dewan Public School Hapur
  • Gitanjali Public School, Hapur
  • Gyandeep Public School, Hapur
  • International Buddha Education Institute
  • Jain Kanya Pathshala Inter College, Hapur
  • J.D. Public Inter College, Hapur
  • Smt. Kamla Agarwal Public School, Meerut Road, Hapur
  • Kendriya Vidyalaya E.B.S. Babugarh Cantt
  • L.N. (Lakhimal Nanakchand) Public School
  • Little Flowers Public School, Avas Vikas Colony, Meerut Road
  • Little Gems India Academy, Railway Road
  • Marry Rose City Convent Public School, Meerut Road, Hapur
  • Miniland Convent School, Hapur
  • O.M. Public School, New Shiv Puri, Hapur
  • Saraswati Bal Mandir Senior Secondary school, Keshav Nagar, Modinagar Road
  • Saraswati Shishu Mandir
  • S.D.A. School (ICSE Board)
  • Shankar Modern Public Junior High School, NH-24, Hapur
  • S.S.K. Inter college, Hapur
  • S.S.V. Inter College, Hapur
  • Tagore Public School, Swarg Ashram Road
  • Tagore Public School, Avas Vikas Colony, Meerut Road
  • Tagore Shiksha Sadan Inter College, Swarg Ashram Road

Places to visit

Hapur has been a religious center since ancient times. There are various temples, mosques, gurdwaras, churches. There are also famous secular places (e.g. forts) to visit in Hapur.

Hindu

Buddhist

Jain

Sikh

Christian

  • Milton Mattison Memorial Hospital—located on Meerut Road, near the LIC office—provides general medicine, general surgery and ob/gyn services. It also has the best and largest dental facility (7 chairs) in the city.
  • The S.D.A Mission School campus, which is Located on Meerut Road, near the flyover, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Harpur city center.

Forts

Famous personages

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hapur". Encyclopædia Britannica 11 (14th ed.). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1956. p. 167.
  2. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Hapur
  3. 1 2 3 "Chapter 3 – Findings: Metro Cities of India" (pdf). Central Pollution Control Board. p. 63. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Meerut Climatological Table Period: 1971–2000". India Meteorological Department. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "A Brief Profile - The Genesis of Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority". Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Panwar, Preeti (24 March 2014). "Hapur: Congress MLA Gajraj Sharma 'molests' Nagma publicly". Oneindia News. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, May 03, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.