Hapur

City in Uttar Pradesh, India

Hapur Haripur
City
28°43′51″N 77°46′33″E / 28.730937°N 77.775736°E / 28.730937; 77.775736
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Meerut
District	Hapur
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Hapur Municipal Council
• Municipal Chairperson	Pushpa Devi^[1]^[2] (BSP)
• MLA	Vijay Pal (BJP)
• District Magistrate	Anuj Singh, IAS^[3]
• SP	Deepak Bhuker, IPS^[4]
Elevation	216.1032 m (709.0000 ft)
Population (2011)^[5]
• Total	317,004
Languages
• Official	Hindi
• Spoken	Hindi, Urdu, Khariboli dialect, Haryanvi, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	245207
0122	5731
Vehicle registration	UP-37
Website	http://hapur.nic.in/

Hapur is a city in, as well as the headquarters of, Hapur district, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of New Delhi, the city is part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). National Highway 9 passes through the city, connecting it to Delhi.

History

Hapur is said to have been founded in the tenth century.^[6]^[7]

Hapur is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, producing a revenue of 2,103,589 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 4 cavalry.^[8]

It was granted by Daulat Scindia to his French general Pierre Cuillier-Perron at the end of the 18th century. Under the British Raj, Hapur was within Meerut District, was surrounded by several fine groves, and carried on considerable trade in sugar, jaggery (gur), grain, cotton, timber, bamboo, and brass and steel utensils.^[6] The important cavalry remount depot and farm of Babugarh adjoined the town.^[7] Earlier it was within Ghaziabad district but in 2012 it became a separate district. It comes within Meerut commissionaire.

Geography

Hapur is located at 28°43′N 77°47′E / 28.72°N 77.78°E / 28.72; 77.78.^[9] It has an average elevation of 213 metres (699 feet) (higher than its neighbours).

Climate

Hapur has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters. Summers last from early April to late June and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 43 °C (109 °F).^[10] The monsoon arrives in late June and continues until the middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover, but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October; and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March.^[10]

Rainfall is about 90 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%.^[10]

Climate data for Hapur(1971–2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29.3 (84.7)	32.2 (90.0)	39.5 (103.1)	43.5 (110.3)	45.8 (114.4)	46.1 (115.0)	46.0 (114.8)	40.0 (104.0)	39.0 (102.2)	38.0 (100.4)	34.5 (94.1)	30.0 (86.0)	46.1 (115.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	21.9 (71.4)	23.1 (73.6)	28.7 (83.7)	36.3 (97.3)	39.1 (102.4)	37.6 (99.7)	33.6 (92.5)	32.6 (90.7)	33.7 (92.7)	32.8 (91.0)	28.6 (83.5)	23.5 (74.3)	31.1 (88.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.2 (45.0)	9.1 (48.4)	13.8 (56.8)	19.9 (67.8)	24.3 (75.7)	26.0 (78.8)	25.9 (78.6)	25.5 (77.9)	23.6 (74.5)	18.2 (64.8)	12.4 (54.3)	8.0 (46.4)	17.7 (63.9)
Record low °C (°F)	0.2 (32.4)	0.1 (32.2)	5.4 (41.7)	8.3 (46.9)	15.4 (59.7)	17.7 (63.9)	16.5 (61.7)	19.0 (66.2)	15.7 (60.3)	7.2 (45.0)	1.8 (35.2)	0.2 (32.4)	0.1 (32.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19.7 (0.78)	24.9 (0.98)	24.4 (0.96)	12.8 (0.50)	19.1 (0.75)	71.2 (2.80)	269.0 (10.59)	264.7 (10.42)	95.4 (3.76)	25.9 (1.02)	4.3 (0.17)	13.4 (0.53)	845.0 (33.27)
Average rainy days	1.5	1.7	1.7	0.9	1.6	3.9	10.2	9.4	4.2	1.6	0.4	0.9	38.0
Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)^[11]^[12]

Demographics

Religions in Hapur (2011)^[13]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			66.27%
Islam			32.12%
Sikhism			0.82%
Other or not stated			0.79%
Distribution of religions

According to the 2011 census, Hapur had a population of 262,983, consisting of 139,525 males and 123,458 females. The literacy rate was 63.40%: 80.66% for males and 66.59% for females. 14.35% of the population was from 0-6 years. Scheduled Castes make up 29.62% of the population.^[14]

Hinduism is the majority religion in Hapur city, with 174,278 (66.27%) followers. Islam is the second-most popular religion in Hapur, with 84,477 (32.12%). Followers of Sikhism number 2,163 (0.82%), Jainism 981 (0.37%), Christianity 765 (0.29%), and Buddhism 162 (0.06%). Approximately 156 (0.06%) stated "No Particular Religion" and 1 (0.00%) stated "Other Religion".^[13]

Languages in Hapur (2011)^[15]

Hindi (80.44%)

Urdu (18.30%)

Others (1.26%)

Hindi is the most spoken language. Other languages such as Urdu are spoken by a minority.^[15]

Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority

Many high-standard educational and research institutes are being established in the Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Region, e.g. a dental college and research institute, engineering colleges, commerce colleges a Delhi Public School branch, and other educational and research centres. Similarly, in housing development, many famous developers like Ansal Housing Group, Eros Group, etc., are investing large amounts of money in constructing housing for the town.^[16]

People from Hapur

Abdul Haq, the pioneer of Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu and the leader of the Urdu movement in British India.^[17]
Chaudhary Charan Singh, the former prime minister of India, was born in the village of Noorpur, Hapur.
Gajraj Singh, Indian National Congress, is from Hapur. In the past, he has represented Hapur in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[18]
Ram Charan, a renowned management thinker and guru, is originally from
Atul Yadav
Vivek Kumar Yadav

References

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^ Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 288. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Hapur
^ ^a ^b ^c "Chapter 3 – Findings: Metro Cities of India" (PDF). Central Pollution Control Board. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
^ "Meerut Climatological Table Period: 1971–2000". India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ "Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
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^ ^a ^b "2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue - Uttar Pradesh (Town Level)". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "A Brief Profile - The Genesis of Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority". Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ "Homage paid to Baba-e-Urdu on his 55th death anniversary". Daily Dawn. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ Panwar, Preeti (24 March 2014). "Hapur: Congress MLA Gajraj Sharma 'molests' Nagma publicly". Oneindia News. Retrieved 30 July 2014.