Bilaspur is a town and

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Rampur district Rampur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Rampur town is the district headquarters. Rampur district is a part of Moradabad division. The district occupies an area of . Demographics According to the 20 ...

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on the bank of Bhakra river. It is situated on the

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road from Rampur on NH-87 and 15 km from Rudrapur. 30% of the population is

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, 20% are Gangwar, Lodhi, 20% are

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and the remaining 30% is

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, and Bania and other castes. The main source of income is farming and Business, although new industries are coming. The major crops are rice, wheat, pea, sugarcane and vegetables. Mango, guava and papaya are grown here.

Geography

Bilaspur is located at . It has an average elevation of 144 metres (472

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Demographics

As of the

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, Bilaspur had a population of 35,729. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.

Languages

While

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and

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are respectively the official and second official languages of the state of

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is spoken by 47% of the population of Bilaspur.

Administration

Bilaspur Municipal Board This body is responsible for administration of Bilaspur Town area. Present chairman of the municipal board is Chitrak Mittal, while charge of Executive officer is with SDM Mayank Goswami P.C.S . Assembly Representative & District Magistrate The present MLA and SDM of Bilaspur are Shri Baldev Singh Aulakh and Shri Mayank Goswami P.C.S respectively.

Education

Bilaspur has one engineering college, Apex Institute of Technology and one nursing college, PSM Nursing College. Apart from that Bilaspur has one Govt PG College and 4 Govt Inter colleges.

References

Cities and towns in Rampur district {{Rampur-geo-stub