Thakurdwara is a town in

Moradabad district Moradabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Moradabad is the district headquarters. Moradabad district is a part of Moradabad division. It is used to be the second most populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of 75), af ...

in the

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Location

Thakurdwara is 15 km from Kashipur. The township has been very large part of erstwhile UP and now a thriving in the north of

Geography

Thakurdwara is located at . The city is situated on

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- Kashipur-

Moradabad Moradabad () is a city, commissionary and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Moradabad is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Delhi and 344 ...

Road. Thakurdwara is at just 12 km distance from Kashipur, 48 km distance from its District Main City

, 218 km distance from National Capital

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and 411 km distance from Awadh Capital

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Tourism

The world famous

Jim Corbett National Park Jim Corbett National Park is a national park in India located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state. The first national park in India, it was established in 1936 during the British Raj and named ''Hailey National Park'' after William ...

is just 52 km away from it. The Ramganga Dam(Kalagarh Dam) is 46 km away.

Infrastructure and Transport

The town's nearest Railway Station is Kashipur,

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(12 km). The nearest International Airport is

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, New Delhi, 218 km away. Another near Airport is 72 km away at

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. But the airport has only single flight on Fri, Sat, Sun, Wed for

operated by

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Demographics

India

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, Thakurdwara had a population of 4875. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Thakurdwara has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 85%: male literacy is 89%, and female literacy is 80%. In Thakurdwara, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age .

Industry

Major sources of income of Thakurdwara are - *

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, *

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. Pasupati Acrylon Limited is spread over an area of approximately 90 acres. Pasupati Acrylon has a manufacturing capacity of 42000 MT/Annum of

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. Pasupati Acrylon supplies its

Acrylic fiber Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of ~100,000, about 1900 monomer units. For a fiber to be called "acrylic" in the US, the polymer must contain at least 85% acrylonitr ...

under the brand name ‘ACRYLON'.

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Moradabad district