Rampur District
Rampur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Rampur town is the district headquarters.
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Rampur district is a part of Moradabad division. The district occupies an area of 2,367 km2 (914 sq mi).
Rampur district | |
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 Location of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Moradabad |
| Headquarters | Rampur |
| Government | |
| • District Magistrate | Shri Ravindra Kumar Mander, (IAS) |
| • Lok Sabha constituency | Rampur |
| • Lok Sabha MP | Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 5 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,367 km2 (914 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,335,819 |
| • Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 53.34 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-22 |
| Website | rampur |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 546,151 | — |
| 1911 | 544,695 | −0.03% |
| 1921 | 466,059 | −1.55% |
| 1931 | 478,343 | +0.26% |
| 1941 | 491,794 | +0.28% |
| 1951 | 560,017 | +1.31% |
| 1961 | 701,537 | +2.28% |
| 1971 | 901,209 | +2.54% |
| 1981 | 1,178,621 | +2.72% |
| 1991 | 1,502,141 | +2.46% |
| 2001 | 1,923,739 | +2.50% |
| 2011 | 2,335,819 | +1.96% |
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According to the 2011 Census of India, Rampur district has a population of 2,335,819, roughly equal to the nation of Latvia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 194th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 987 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,560/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.4%. Rampur has a sex ratio of 905 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.08%. 25.20% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 13.18% of the population.
| Tehsils | Muslims | Hindus | Sikhs | Others |
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| Suar | 61.23% | 33.72% | 4.31% | 0.74% |
| Tanda | 62.04% | 36.96% | 0.54% | 0.46% |
| Bilaspur | 45.15% | 40.48% | 12.86% | 1.51% |
| Rampur | 61.58% | 37.14% | 0.71% | 0.57% |
| Shahabad | 37.33% | 62.01% | 0.27% | 0.39% |
| Milak | 24.80% | 73.00% | 1.71% | 0.49% |
Islam is the majority religion in the district. Three out of five tehsils in Rampur have a Muslim majority and one a Muslim plurality. Hindus are majority in rural areas, while Muslims predominate in urban areas. Sikhs are a significant minority in Bilaspur and Suar tehsils, while Christians are a small minority in concentrated in Rampur city.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 73.85% of the population of the district spoke Hindi, 23.04% Urdu and 2.54% Punjabi as their first language. There are also some Bengali speakers in Bilaspur tehsil. The Punjabis and Bengalis are refugees from Partition who were settled in the district.
Notable people
- Ali Yusuf Ali, Indian politician
- Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan, Indian politician
- Azam Khan, Indian politician
- Mohammad Ali, Pakistani Actor
- Mohammad Ali Jauhar
- Maulana Shaukhat Ali, Politician
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
- Raza Murad
- Murad (actor)
- Rukhsar Rehman
- Athar Shah Khan Jaidi
- Javed Siddiqui
- Zohra Sehgal
- Uzra Butt
See also
References
28°48′00″N 79°01′12″E / 28.80000°N 79.02000°E
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