town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
in
Bijnor district
Bijnor district is one of the 75 districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Bijnor city is the district headquarters. The government of Uttar Pradesh seeks it to be included in National Capital Region (NCR) due to its close proximity to ...
in the
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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state
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
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 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 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
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
,60.70% of the population of the sahaspur spoke
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
Yashvir Singh
Yashvir Singh is an Indian politician and was Member of Parliament of India, Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He was elected from the Nagina (Lok Sabha constituency), Nagina constituency of Uttar Pradesh in 2009 and is a member of t ...