Bagpat district | |
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Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Division | Meerut |
Headquarters | Baghpat |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Baghpat |
• Vidhan Sabha | Chhaprauli, Baraut, Bagpat |
Area | |
• Total | 1,321 km2 (510 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,303,048 |
• Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Language | |
• Official | Hindi[1] |
• Additional official | Urdu[1] |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 72.01 per cent[2] |
• Sex ratio | 861 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Major highways | NH 334, NH 709B |
Website | bagpat |
Bagpat district, also spelled as Baghpat district,[3] is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with headquarters at the town of Baghpat. It is within the National Capital Region. Created in 1997, the district has an area of 1,321 square kilometres (510 sq mi). Baghpat has a population of 1,303,048 as of 2011 census.
According to the census of India, Baghpat district is home to 69 percent of rural residents, whereas Moradabad and Saharanpur have roughly 60 percent of the population living in rural areas (Census, 2011).