Raipur is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in Dehradun district in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. Situated in the municipal area of Uttarakhand, it's one among the 7 blocks of Dehradun district.

Government institutions

The Institutions established by the government in Raipur are Maharana Pratap Sports College, INDIA OPTEL LIMITED (earlier known as Ordnance Factory), Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), and many more.

Geography

Raipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 663

metre The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of of ...

s (2,175

feet The foot (: feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is an organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of ...

Demographics

As of the 2001 India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Raipur had a population of 24,887. Males constitute 52% of the population, and females constitute 48%. Raipur has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 78%. In Raipur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Schools and colleges

* KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA RAIPUR No.1 * KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OEF DEHRADUN RAIPUR * PAATHSHALA PLAY SCHOOL * SAI GRACE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL * Govt. Inter College - Raipur * Govt. P.G. College Maldevta (Raipur) Dehradun * The OASIS

Historical places

* Khalanga War Memorial * Kalinga Smarak

Hospitals

OFD Hospital. CHC (Community Health Centre) Raipur.

References

Cities and towns in Dehradun district {{Uttarakhand-geo-stub