Udham Singh Nagar district

District in Uttarakhand, India

District of Uttarakhand in India

Udham Singh Nagar

District of Uttarakhand

Clockwise from top-left: Palace of Dronacharya, Gurudwara Nanakana Sahib in Kashipur, Baigul Dam, Crops Research Center at Pantnagar, Metropolis city in Rudrapur

Location in Uttarakhand

Coordinates: 28°59′N 79°24′E﻿ / ﻿28.98°N 79.40°E﻿ / 28.98; 79.40
Country|  India
State| Uttarakhand
Division| Kumaon
Founded by| Udham Singh Nagar has been carved out of Nainital.
Named after| Udham Singh
Headquarters| Rudrapur
Government

• District Magistrate| Mr. Uday Raj Singh, IAS[1]
Area

[2]

• Total

| 2,542 km2 (981 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[3]

• Total

| 1,648,902
• Density| 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages

• Official| Hindi[4]
• Additional official| Sanskrit[5][6]
• Regional| Kumaoni, Tharu
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration| UK 06, UK 18
Website| usnagar.nic.in

Udham Singh Nagar is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarter. The district consists of nine Tehsils named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Jaspur, Kashipur, Khatima, Kichha, Nanakmatta, Rudrapur, Sitarganj. The district is located in the Terai region, and is part of Kumaon Division. It is bounded on the north by Nainital District, on the northeast by Champawat District, on the east by Nepal, and on the south and west by Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Pilibhit and Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh state. The district was created on 29 September 1995,[7][8] by Mayawati government out of Nainital District. It is named for freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh.[9]

As of 2011, it is the third most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of 13), after Haridwar and Dehradun.[3]

## Tehsils in Udham Singh Nagar district

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1. Jaspur
2. Kashipur
3. Bajpur
4. Gadarpur
5. Rudrapur
6. Kichha
7. Sitarganj
8. Nanakmatta
9. Khatima

## Cities in Udham Singh Nagar

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1. Rudrapur
2. Kashipur
3. Khatima
4. Sitarganj
5. Kichha
6. Jaspur
7. Bajpur
8. Gadarpur
9. Dineshpur
10. Pantnagar
11. Nanakmatta
12. Sultanpur

## Administrative divisions

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The district lies in Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). which includes whole Nainital district as well as Udham Singh Nagar district. For election purposes Udham Singh Nagar district is divided into nine Vidhan Sabha constituencies:

1. Bajpur Assembly constituency
2. Kashipur Assembly constituency
3. Rudrapur Assembly constituency
4. Kichha Assembly constituency
5. Sitarganj Assembly constituency
6. Khatima Assembly constituency
7. Gadarpur Assembly constituency
8. Nanakmatta Assembly constituency
9. Jaspur Assembly constituency

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| 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,[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

Religions in Udham Singh Nagar district (2011)[13]

Religion |  | Percent
Hinduism |

| 66.98%
Islam |

| 22.58%
Sikhism |

| 9.87%
Other or not stated |

| 0.57%

### Languages

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Languages of Udham Singh Nagar district (2011)[14]

1. Hindi (62.4%)
2. Punjabi (10.1%)
3. Bengali (7.86%)
4. Urdu (6.38%)
5. Kumaoni (5.22%)
6. Bhojpuri (3.65%)
7. Tharu (2.88%)
8. Others (1.55%)

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

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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in Pantnagar, is located 5 km from Rudrapur.

## References

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1. ^ "District Magistrate Of Udham Singh Nagar | District Udham Singh Nagar, Government Of Uttarakhand | India". Retrieved 10 May 2024.
2. ^ "DISTRICT UDHAM SINGH NAGAR AT A GLANCE" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
3. ^ a b c d e "Census of India: Udham Singh Nagar district". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ Trivedi, Anupam (19 January 2010). "Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
6. ^ "Sanskrit second official language of Uttarakhand". The Hindu. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
7. ^ धामी, भगवान सिंह (2021). यूकेपीडिया. देहरादून: समय साक्ष्य. p. 162\. ISBN 978-93-90743-32-2.
8. ^ सकलानी, शक्ति प्रसाद (1996). तराई रुद्रपुर का इतिहास और विकास. दिल्ली: गौरव प्रकाशन. p. 473.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
11. ^ 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."
12. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011. "Idaho 1,567,582"
13. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttarakhand". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
14. ^ a b c "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttarakhand". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
15. ^ Pant, Jagdish (2015). "Buksa/Buksari". In Devy, Ganesh; Bhatt, Uma; Pathak, Shekhar (eds.). The Languages of Uttarakhand. People's Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. 30\. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. pp. 3–26\. ISBN 9788125056263.
16. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "India – Languages". Ethnologue (22nd ed.). SIL International. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
Singh, Sidheswar (2015). "Tharu". In Devy, Ganesh; Bhatt, Uma; Pathak, Shekhar (eds.). The Languages of Uttarakhand. People's Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. 30\. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. pp. 163–76\. ISBN 9788125056263.

## External links

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* Official website

Places adjacent to Udham Singh Nagar district

| Pauri Garhwal district | Nainital district | Champawat district

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Bijnor district |

Udham Singh Nagar district

|  Nepal
|  |
Rampur district | Bareilly district | Pilibhit district

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Populated places in Udham Singh Nagar district

Cities and
towns|

* Bajpur
* Bandia
* Dineshpur
* Gadarpur
* Jaspur
* Kachnal Gosain
* Kashipur
* Kelakhera
* Khatima
* Kichha
* Mahua Dabra Haripura
* Mahua Kheraganj
* Nagla
* Pantnagar
* Rudrapur
* Shaktigarh
* Sitarganj
* Madnapur
* Sultanpur

Villages|

* Bagwara
* Jogither Nagla
* Kathangri
* Kolara
* Ramnagar, Bajpur
* Ramnagar, Jaspur
* Ramnagar, Kashipur
* Ramnagar Range

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State of Uttarakhand

State capitals: legislative: Dehradun (winter); Bhararisain (summer); judicial: Nainital

Government|

| Symbols|

* Day
* Emblem
* Song
* Motto

|

Executive|

* Governor
* Chief Minister
* Council of Ministers
* Cabinets
* Chief Secretary
* Gazette
* Agencies
* Departments
* Disaster Response Force
* Fire and Emergency Services
* Provincial Armed Constabulary
* Forest Department
* Police Department
* Public Works Department
* Public Service Commission
* Provincial Civil Service
* Provincial Police Service
* Provincial Forest Service

Legislature|

* Legislative Assembly
* History
* Speaker
* Leader of the Opposition

Judiciary|

* High Court
* Chief Justice
* Judges
* Bar Council
* Lok Adalat
* Lokayukta

History|

| Ancient
kingdoms|

* Uttarakuru kingdom
* Paurava kingdom
* Khasa Janapada kingdom
* Himalaya kingdom
* Parvata kingdom
* Kirata kingdom
* Nanda Empire
* Maurya Empire
* Kushan Empire
* Kuninda kingdom
* Gupta Empire

|

Medieval
kingdoms|

* Garhwal Kingdom
* Panwar dynasty
* Kumaon kingdom
* Katyuri dynasty
* Chand dynasty
* Khasa kingdom
* Raika kingdom
* Gorkha kingdom
* Shah dynasty
* Anglo-Nepalese War
* Treaty of Sugauli

Colonial
Uttarakhand|

| Company
rule|

* Ceded and conquered provinces
* North-Western Provinces
* Agra Presidency

|

Crown
rule|

* United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
* United Provinces

Contemporary
Uttarakhand|

* Rampur Tiraha firing
* Bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh

Geography
and
ecology|

| Geological
features|

| Mountains|

* Great Himalayas
* Garhwal Himalayas
* Sivalik Hills
* Mountain peaks
* Bugyals
* Lakes

|

Plains|

* Bhabar
* Doon Valley
* Terai
* Doab
* Ganges Basin

Ecoregions|

| Highlands|

* Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
* Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
* Himalayan subtropical pine forests

|

Lowlands|

* Western Himalayan broadleaf forests
* Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests
* Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands
* Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests

Demographics|

| Ethnic
groups|

| Indo-Aryans|

* Garhwalis
* Kumaonis
* Jaunsaris
* Buksas
* Tharus
* Van Gujjars

|

Tibeto-Burmans|

* Bhotiyas
* Shaukas
* Rajis
* Jads
* Banrawats

Caste
groups|

* Gangari Brahmin
* Kumaoni Rajput
* Sarola Brahmin
* Scheduled Castes
* Scheduled Tribes

Languages|

| Official|

* Hindi
* Sanskrit

|

Spoken|

| Indo-Aryan|

* Garhwali
* Kumaoni
* Jaunsari
* Bangani
* Buksa
* Tharu
* Van Gujjari

|

Tibeto-Burman|

* Rongpo
* Byangsi
* Chaudangsi
* Darmiya
* Raji
* Rawat
* Jad

Administrative
divisions|

| Urban|

* Districts
* Tehsils
* Urban Local Bodies
* Municipal Corporations

|

Rural|

* Parganas
* Community Development Blocks

Politics|

* Coolie-Begar movement
* Statehood movement
* Chipko movement
* 2016 political crisis
* Elections
* Local elections
* Assembly constituencies
* Former constituencies
* Parliamentary constituencies
* Rajya Sabha members
* Lok Sabha members

Tourism|

| Monuments|

* World Heritage Site
* Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
* Ramsar Wetland
* Asan Barrage
* Monuments of National Importance
* State Protected Monuments
* Temples
* Tourist attractions in Dehradun

|

Chardham
circuit|

* Gangotri
* Yamunotri
* Yamunotri Temple
* Badrinath
* Badrinath Temple
* Kedarnath
* Kedarnath Temple
* Sapta Badri
* Panch Kedar
* Panch Prayag
* Gomukh

National
parks|

* Gangotri
* Govind Pashu Vihar
* Jim Corbett
* Nanda Devi
* Rajaji
* Valley of Flowers

Sports|

* Cricket
* Men's cricket team
* Women's cricket team
* Association football
* Men's football team
* Cricket Stadium
* Olympic Stadium
* Sports College

Other
topics|

* Transport
* Airports
* Char Dham Highway
* Char Dham Railway
* Dehradun–Rishikesh–Haridwar Metro
* Music
* Cuisine
* Kumaoni cuisine
* Economy
* Education
* School Education Board
* Institutes of higher education
* Awards and decorations
* Uttarakhand Ratna
* Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman

Districts|

| Kumaon|

* Almora
* Bageshwar
* Champawat
* Nainital
* Pithoragarh
* Udham Singh Nagar

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Garhwal|

* Chamoli
* Dehradun
* Haridwar
* Pauri Garhwal
* Rudraprayag
* Tehri Garhwal
* Uttarkashi

Major
cities|

* Dehradun
* Haridwar
* Haldwani
* Roorkee
* Kashipur
* Rudrapur
* Kotdwar
* Rishikesh
* Ramnagar
* Pithoragarh
* Srinagar
* New Tehri
* Nainital
* Mussoorie
* Almora
* Pauri

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Kumaon

Division headquarters: Nainital

Main articles|

* B. C. T. Kumaon Engineering College
* HMIS Kumaon
* Kumaon Express
* Kumaon Institute of Information Technology
* Kumaon kingdom
* Garhwal and Doti invasion of Kumaon
* Kumaon Railway
* Kumaon Regiment
* Kumaon snowtrout
* Kumaon University
* Kumaoni cuisine
* Kumaoni Holi
* Kumaoni language
* Kumaoni people
* List
* Kumaoni Rajput
* Lakes of Kumaon
* Man-Eaters of Kumaon (movie)

Districts|

* Almora
* Bageshwar
* Champawat
* Nainital
* Pithoragarh
* Udham Singh Nagar

Major cities|

* Haldwani
* Rudrapur
* Kashipur
* Ramnagar
* Pithoragarh
* Nainital
* Almora
* Ranikhet
* Bageshwar
* Champawat

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Minority Concentrated Districts in India

Andaman and Nicobar Islands|

* Nicobar

Arunachal Pradesh|

* Changlang
* East Kameng
* Lower Subansiri
* Papum Pare
* Tawang
* Tirap
* West Kameng

Assam|

* Barpeta
* Bongaigaon
* Cachar
* Darrang
* Dhubri
* Dima Hasao
* Goalpara
* Hailakandi
* Kamrup
* Karimganj
* Kokrajhar
* Morigaon
* Nagaon

Bihar|

* Araria
* Darbhanga
* Katihar
* Kishanganj
* Purnia
* Sitamarhi
* West Champaran

Delhi|

* North East Delhi

Haryana|

* Gurgaon
* Sirsa

Ladakh|

* Leh

Jharkhand|

* Gumla
* Pakur
* Ranchi
* Sahibganj

Karnataka|

* Bidar
* Kalaburagi

Kerala|

* Wayanad
* Malappuram

Madhya Pradesh|

* Bhopal

Maharashtra|

* Buldhana
* Hingoli
* Parbhani
* Washim

Manipur|

* Chandel
* Churachandpur
* Senapati
* Tamenglong
* Thoubal
* Ukhrul

Meghalaya|

* West Garo Hills

Mizoram|

* Lawngtlai
* Mamit

Odisha|

* Gajapati

Sikkim|

* Mangan

Uttar Pradesh|

* Amroha
* Baghpat
* Bahraich
* Balrampur
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Bijnor
* Budaun
* Bulandshahr
* Ghaziabad
* Kheri
* Lucknow
* Meerut
* Moradabad
* Muzaffarnagar
* Pilibhit
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Shahjahanpur
* Shrawasti
* Siddharthnagar

Uttarakhand|

* Haridwar
* Udham Singh Nagar

West Bengal|

* Bardhaman
* Birbhum
* Cooch Behar
* Dakshin Dinajpur
* Howrah
* Kolkata
* Maldah
* Murshidabad
* Nadia
* North 24 Parganas
* South 24 Parganas
* Uttar Dinajpur

Source: "List of 90 Minority Concentration Districts" (PDF). www.minorityaffairs.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

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Hindu temples in Uttarakhand

Almora|

* Golu Devta Temple
* Jagnath Temple

Bageshwar|

* Bagnath Temple
* Baijnath Group of Temples

Chamoli|

* Badrinath Temple
* Kalpeshwar Temple
* Rudranath Temple
* Tungnath Temple

Champawat|

* Baleshwar Temple

Dehradun|

* Lakhamandal
* Mahasu Devta Temple
* Bharat Temple
* Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple

Haridwar|

* Chandi Devi Temple
* Daksheswar Mahadev Temple
* Har Ki Pauri
* Mansa Devi Temple
* Maya Devi Temple

Nainital|

* Garjiya Devi Temple

Pauri Garhwal|

* Dhari Devi Temple
* Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
* Raghunath
* Binsar Mahadev
* Tarkeshwar Mahadev

Pithoragarh|

* Berinag Temple
* Patal Bhuvaneshwar

Rudraprayag|

* Guptakashi Temple
* Kedarnath Temple
* Madhyamaheshwar Temple
* Rudraunath Temple
* Triyuginarayan Temple

Tehri Garhwal|

* Chandrabadani Temple
* Rudreshwar Mahadev Temple
* Surkanda Devi Temple

Udham Singh Nagar|

* Moteshwar Mahadev Temple
* Balsundari Temple

Uttarkashi|

* Gangotri Temple
* Yamunotri Temple

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* VIAF

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