In Udham Singh Nagar, unemployment is the main problem.
Many labourers migrate to Udham Singh Nagar to work in the industries.
The children of these labourers do not go to school.
These labourers do not have proper places to live in which leads
to slums.
They have no facilities and access of water, health, sanitation
and electricity
Udham Singh Nagar was a portion of district Nainital
before the Tarai belt was separated to form the present Udham
Singh Nagar on 30/09/1995.
In the past this land which is full of forest
land was neglected till 1948 due to difficult climate. Marshy
lands, extreme heat, rains which lasted months,a place full of
wild animals, diseases and no means of transportation prevented
the human race to form a colony here.
According to Historians, hundreds of years ago
village Rudrapur was established by a devotee of lord Rudra or
by Hindu tribal chief called Rudra, which has passed through phases
of development to take the shape of city Rudrapur. The importance
of Rudrapur has increased as it is the head quarter of district
Udham Singh Nagar. During the reigns of mughal emperor Akbar this
land was handed over to king Rudra
Chandra in 1588. The king established a permanent millitary
camp to free tarai from day today invasions. Totaly neglected
village Rudrapur was filled with new colours and human activities.There
is a saying that Rudrapur was named after king Rudra Chandra.
During the reigns of Britishers, Nainital was
made a district and in 1864-65 the whole Tarai and Bhawar was
put under "Tarai and Bhawar Government Act" which was governed
directly by the British crown.
The history of development started with 1948,
when the problem of partition brought refugee problem with it.
Immigrant from north west and eastern areas were reestablished
in 164.2 square km land area under "up nivesh yojana". Personal
dwellers were not alllotted land in accordance with crown grant
act. The first batch of immigrants came in December 1948.
People from Kashmir,Punjab,Kerala,Eastern UP,Garhwal,
Kumaion,Bengal, Hariyana,Rajasthan, Nepal, and Naidu live in groups
in this districts.This country is an example of unity in diversity
with people from many religions and professions and so is this
Tarai, which has its heart at Rudrapur. Due to this Tarai was
named MINI HINDUSTAN.
GEOGRAPHY
The district is situated at 28 degree south east,
30 degree north latitude, 78 degree and 81 degree east longitude
of Kumaion. Nainital is to the north, Bijnour, Moradabad,Rampur
to west,Bareilly, Pilibhit to south and district Champawat is
in the east of this district. South east lies the border of Nepal.
Reserved forest area lies at the borders of district Nainital
and Champawat. The total district is Tarai. Water is available
at the depth of 10 to 20 meters. Due to its special geographical
structure the district is leader in agriculture in the country.
The district is situated at 28 degree south east,
30 degree north latitude, 78 degree and 81 degree east longitude
of Kumaon. Nainital is to the north, Bijnour, Moradabad, Rampur
to west, Bareilly, Pilibhit to south and district Champawat is
in the east of this district. South east lies the border of Nepal.
Reserved forest area lies at the borders of district Nainital
and Champawat. The total district is Tarai. Water is available
at the depth of 10 to 20 meters. Due to its special geographical
structure the district is leader in agriculture in the country.
The area of the district is 3055 square km. It
is divided into three parganas, 4 tehsils,2 sub tehsils. There
are 669 revenue villages and 15 forest villages. Out of 669 villages
298 villages are in tehsils Kashipur, 159 in tehsil Kichha, 122
villages are in tehsil Sitarganj and 90 in tehsil Khatima. There
are 7 blocks for development work. They are Jaspur, Kashipur,
Bajpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Sitarganj and Khatima. These 7 blocks
are further divided into 27 Nyaya Panchayat and 326 village Panchayat.
Urban area is divided into 8 Palika Parishad Jaspur, Kashipur,
Bajpur, Gadarpur,. Rudrapur, Kichha, Sitarganj and Khatima and
7 Nagar Panchayat MahuaDabra, Mahuakheraganj, Kelakhera, Dineshpur,
Sultanpur Patti and ShaktiGarh.
POPULATION AND DENSITY ,CENSUS:- According to
1991 census population of Udham singh Nagar is 9.15 Lakhs In which
4.91 Lakhs are Male and 4.24 lakhs are Female. Schedule caste
population is 1.21 lakhs and schedule tribe population is .86
lakhs.According to 1991 census total area of Udham Singh Nagar
is 1.12 percent of U.P and .65 percent people of the total of
U.P. reside here. Population density of U.P is 473 per square
kilometer and population density of this district is 299 per square
kilometer. In comparison with Uttaranchal 5.75 percent area is
of Udham Singh Nagar. Population density of uttaranchal is 132
per square kilometer and this district has 299 per sqaure kilometer.
9.8 percent schedule caste and 40.7 % schedule tribe of Uttaranchal
reside in Udham Singh Nagar. According to the census of 1991,
39.3 percent are literate. In literate persons 66.7 % are male
and 33.3 % are female. According to the census of the 1991 the
number of residential houses in the district is 148497 in which
100089 are in rural area and 48408 are in urban area. According
to the 1991 census 153484 families live here . 102444 families
are in rural area and 51040 are in urban area.
