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Voice of Bagpat : Manoj Kumar

Bagpat is a very remote and backward district. People live below the poverty line
Women are denied education. People are not aware about education and its use.
Child labor is a major activity. Children work in brick Kilns without going to schools. The literacy rate is very poor.
Government should provide vocational and skill based training to the children so that they can be well placed.

Bagpat District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio

Geographical Area : 1389.4 Km2
Population in Baghpat (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,302,156
Male : 700,724
Female : 601,432

Under 6 population
Total : 189,088
Male : 102,953
Female : 86,135

Disabled population
Total disabled population : 19964
In seeing : 6059
In speech : 1378
In hearing : 1147
In movement : 9427
Mental : 1953

Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis )
Backwardness : 397
Sex Ratio Rank : 34 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 425 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 303 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes

Brief About Bagpat District

The city was originally known as ‘Vyagprastha’ - Land of Tigers (because of the population of tigers found many centuries ago. There are many versions of the story as to how the city derived it’s name. One version states that the city’s original name was ‘Vyagprasth’, while according to another version, the city has derived its name from the Hindi word ‘Vakyaprasth’, which means place of delivering speeches. Inspired by such words and versions, the city was finally named ‘BAGHPAT’ or ‘BAGPAT’ during the Mughal Era. After the mutiny of 1857 , the city gained importance and was established as the headquaters of Tehsil Baghpat. The city was previously as small town and had a small commercial center known as the Mandi . This mandi is now more than 200 years old and was set up by Jabita Khan , son of Ruhela Chief of Najibabad ( Bijnore ) Najib Khan . The main commercial activity of the people living in this region is making and selling GUD and Sugar . Apart from this, there are certain units who are involved in the making of shoes and agricultural equipment's.

Location

District Baghpat is one of the district of Uttar Pradesh.The city is Located on the banks of river Yamuna at 28O57’ North Latitude and 77O13’ East Longitude.It is 52 KM from Meerut City and is on the main Delhi – Sharanpur Highway around 40 KM from Delhi.In the north of the district baghpat there is district Muzaffarnagar,in the south district Ghaziabad,in the west river Yamuna and district Rohtak of Harayana.The shape of the district Baghpat is rectangular which area is more in north to south than east to west.It is very closely located to (around 40 Km) the national capital New Delhi.

  
TEHSILS and Respective Blocks
OF BAGHPAT DISTRICT

Sl.No. Tehsil  Name Block Name
01  

Baghpat

 

Baghpat
Pilana
02 Khekra Khekra
03 Baraut Binauli
Chhaprauli
baraut

                                              

 
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