Udham Singh Nagar district
Udham Singh Nagar district | |
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Hindi[3] | |
• Additional official | Sanskrit[4][5] |
• Regional | Kumaoni,Tharu,Khadiboli
UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | UK 06, UK 18 |
Website | usnagar |
Udham Singh Nagar District is a district of
As of 2011, it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of 13), after Haridwar and Dehradun.[2]
Tehsils in Udham Singh Nagar district
Cities in Udham Singh Nagar district
- Rudrapur
- Kashipur
- Jaspur
- Bajpur
- Gadarpur
- Dineshpur
- Pantnagar
- Kichha
- Sitarganj
- Nanakmatta
- Sultanpur, Uttarakhand
Administrative divisions
The district lies in
- Bajpur Assembly constituency
- Kashipur Assembly constituency
- Rudrapur Assembly constituency
- Kichha Assembly constituency
- Sitarganj Assembly constituency
- Khatima Assembly constituency
- Gadarpur Assembly constituency
- Nanakmatta Assembly constituency
- Jaspur Assembly constituency
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1901 | 131,811 | — |
1911 | 131,608 | −0.02% |
1921 | 112,634 | −1.54% |
1931 | 112,804 | +0.02% |
1941 | 118,733 | +0.51% |
1951 | 136,446 | +1.40% |
1961 | 301,681 | +8.26% |
1971 | 451,717 | +4.12% |
1981 | 668,751 | +4.00% |
1991 | 924,856 | +3.30% |
2001 | 1,235,614 | +2.94% |
2011 | 1,648,902 | +2.93% |
source:[10] |
According to the 2011 census Udham Singh Nagar district has a population of 1,648,902,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau[11] or the US state of Idaho.[12] The population in the age range of 0–6 years was 229,162. The number of literates in Udham Singh Nagar district is 1,037,839 (62.9%), with 598,525 (68.7%) male literates and 751,789 (55.6%) female literates. The effective 7+ literacy of the district is 73.1%. The sex ratio of 920 females for every 1,000 males.[2] The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 238,264 (14.45%) and 123,037 (7.46%) respectively. There were 308581 households in the district in 2011.[2]
Languages
The major languages of the district according to the 2011 census are Hindi (62%), Punjabi (10%), Bengali (7.9%), Urdu (6.4%), Kumaoni (5.2%), Bhojpuri (3.6%), and Tharu (2.9%).[14] The two Tharu languages spoken are Buksa (mostly in the development blocks of Bajpur and Gadarpur),[15] and Rana (in the areas of Khatima and Sitarganj).[16]
Udham Singh Nagar district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Indian Census.[14]
| |||
---|---|---|---|
Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | People | Percentage |
002007 | Bengali | 129,537 | 7.9% |
006030 | Awadhi | 1,412 | 0.1% |
006102 | Bhojpuri | 60,141 | 3.6% |
006195 | Garhwali | 5,840 | 0.4% |
006240 | Hindi
|
1,028,354 | 62.4% |
006340 | Kumauni
|
86,078 | 5.2% |
006439 | Pahari | 2,067 | 0.1% |
010011 | Purbi Maithili | 1,392 | 0.1% |
010014 | Tharu
|
47,501 | 2.9% |
014011 | Nepali | 1,622 | 0.1% |
016038 | Punjabi | 166,327 | 10.1% |
019014 | Sindhi | 1,142 | 0.1% |
022015 | Urdu
|
105,148 | 6.4% |
053005 | Gujari | 859 | 0.1% |
– | Others | 11,482 | 0.7% |
Total | 1,648,902 | 100.0% |
Education
References
- ^ "District Magistrate Of UdhamSinghNagar | District UdhamSinghNagar, Government Of Uttarakhand | India". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Census of India: Udham Singh Nagar district". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ Trivedi, Anupam (19 January 2010). "Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Sanskrit second official language of Uttarakhand". The Hindu. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Kumaoni". Ethnologue. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ISBN 978-93-90743-32-2.
- ^ सकलानी, शक्ति प्रसाद (1996). तराई रुद्रपुर का इतिहास और विकास. दिल्ली: गौरव प्रकाशन. p. 473.
- ^ Singh, Anand Raj (12 March 2015). "Mayawati may create new district to tame old foe". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Idaho 1,567,582
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttarakhand". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ a b c "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttarakhand". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ISBN 9788125056263.
- ISBN 9788125056263.