Chandpur is a town and a municipal board (nagar palika parishad) in Bijnor district in the Indian state of

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Geography

Chandpur has an average elevation of 51

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). Chandpur is located at a distance of 130 km from the capital of

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, 65 km from Meerut, and 38 km from Gajraula on

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. The Bijnor district is bordered by the districts of Meerut,

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, Pauri Garhwal,

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and Nainital of

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. River Ganga flows at a distance of 20 km from Chandpur.

Demographics

, according to the India

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, Chandpur has a population of 83,441 of which 43,354 are males while 40,087 are females, population of Children with age of 0-6 is 12390 which is 14.85% of total population of Chandpur (NPP). Female Sex Ratio is of 925 against state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Chandpur is around 923 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Chandpur city is 70.15% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Chandpur, Male literacy is around 74.73% while female literacy rate is 65.20%.

Religion

Religion data as per Census 2011: * Muslim : 71.77% * Hindu: 27.43% * Christian: 0.14% * Sikh: 0.50%

Transport

Chandpur has railway connections to

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etc. There are direct bus services between Chandpur and a number of other cities and schools. *

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* Najibabad-aligarh passenger * Najibabad-gajrula passenger There are direct bus services between New Delhi and Chandpur, with buses connecting to the Anand Vihar bus stand in New Delhi and some other bus stop at Delhi * Anand Vihar * Okhla * Shadra * Delhi * Mayur vihar phase 1 * Noida City Centre * Hauz Khas Village * Botanical Garden (Noida sec 37) There are direct bus services between * saharanpur—chandpur * ghaziabaad—chandpur * Bijnor-Chandpur * haridwaar—chandpur * aligarh—chandpur * meerut—chandpur * bareilly—chandpur * moradabad-chandpur * najibabbad—chandpur * Kanpur—chandpur * Jhansi—chandpur * Azamgarh—chandpur * agra—chandpur * Dehradun-chandpur

People from Chandpur

* Atma Ram (scientist) *

Subhash C. Kashyap Subhash C. Kashyap (born 10 May 1929) is a former Secretary-General of 7th Lok Sabha, 8th Lok Sabha and 9th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat (Lower House of Parliament of India) from 1984 to 1990. He is also a well known political scientist, ...

* Maulana Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri *

Raashid Alvi Raashid Alvi (), is an Indian politician who served as a member of the Indian Parliament from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He is currently a member of the Indian National Congress party. Early life Raashid Alvi was born in Chandpur, Bi ...

* Vishal Bhardwaj *

Kausar Chandpuri Kausar Chandpuri (8 August 1900 – 13 June 1990) was an Indian Unani physician and Urdu writer who gained repute as a novelist, short story writer and literary critic. Biography Kausar Chandpuri was the takhallus of Ali Kausar who was born on ...

(1900–1990), Indian physician and writer *

Kuldip Singh Chandpuri Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri MVC, VSM (22 November 1940 – 17 November 2018) was a decorated Indian Army officer. He is known for his leadership in the Battle of Longewala during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, for which he was awarded th ...

(born 1940), Indian military officer *

Qayem Chandpuri Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali, known as Qaim Chandpuri or Kayem Chandpuri (1722-1793), was an Indian poet. Life He was born in Chandpur, Bijnor and died in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. He was a contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir, Khwaja Mir Dard, Mirza Muhammad ...

(1722–1793), Indian poet *

Raaz Chandpuri Raaz Chandpuri (born Mohammad Sadiq; 189a2-1969) was an Indian poet and literary critic, known for writing Urdu ghazal and nazm. He was amongst the earliest disciples of Seemab Akbarabadi and attained the status of an Ustaad for himself. He was a ...

(1892–1969), Indian Urdu writer and literary critic

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