Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh

Noorpur
city
Noorpur

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 29°09′N 78°24′E / 29.150°N 78.400°E / 29.150; 78.400Coordinates: 29°09′N 78°24′E / 29.150°N 78.400°E / 29.150; 78.400
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Population (2016)
  Total 87,000
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 246734
Telephone code 01345

Noorpur is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has mostly Muslim,Rajput, Sikh population. Khalsa Inter College was established by the Sikhs in the 1950s. Among so many schools R.R. Sr. Sec. Public School is one of the first CBSE Affiliated school in the Town which was established on 20 November 1997. There is a main education center of Muslim is Ashraf Zakariya Islamiyan Inter College. Children's Academy, Saraswati Sishu Mandir & Saint Mary are some notable schools for children.

Demographics

Noorpur is a Nagar Palika Parishad city in district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Noorpur city is divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Noorpur Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 38,806 of which 20,044 are males while 18,762 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 5713 which is 14.72 % of total population of Noorpur (NPP). In Noorpur Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 936 against state average of 912. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Noorpur is around 891 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Noorpur city is 75.40 % higher than state average of 67.68 %. In Noorpur, Male literacy is around 82.32 % while female literacy rate is 68.06 %.

Cast vise Town Population is Hindu 27.78%, Muslim 62.87%,Christian 0.20%, Sikh 9.12%, Others .03%.

Noorpur Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 6,175 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.The famous sweet shop of district bijnor is 'MAYANK SWEETS'.

Location

Noorpur is connected by the SH-76 to Moradabad. The distance of Noorpur from Delhi is 160 km. It is 115 km from Meerut, 160 km from Dehradun, 100 km from Jim Corbett National Park. The nearest railway station Chandpur, which is 13 km from Noorpur. Nearest hill station is lansdowne, it is approx 125 KM form noorpur.

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