Jaspur

Jaspur
Town
Jaspur Location in Uttarakhand, India Jaspur Jaspur (India) Show map of UttarakhandShow map of IndiaShow all
Coordinates: 29°17′00″N 78°49′00″E / 29.283331°N 78.816673°E / 29.283331; 78.81667329°17′00″N 78°49′00″E / 29.283331°N 78.816673°E / 29.283331; 78.816673
Country	India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Udham Singh Nagar
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	50,523
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	244712[1]
Vehicle registration	UK 18
Website	uk.gov.in

Jaspur is a developing town and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Demographics[]

As of the 2001 India census,^[2] Jaspur had a population of 39,048. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. According to 2011 India census,^[3] Jaspur has a population of 1,26,397. Male constituted 52.37% of the population and females 47.63%. Jaspur had an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 67%, and female literacy was 52%. In Jaspur, 17% of the population was under 6 years of age. Hindi is the most common language here but some people also understand Punjabi language Urdu and English.

Geography[]

Jaspur is located at

29°17′N 78°49′E / 29.28°N 78.82°E / 29.28; 78.82.^[4] It has an average elevation of 320 metres (1050 feet). It is a small city, 45 km from Corbett National Park, Ramnagar and 210 km from New Delhi. It is 110 km from Nainital. It is the border town of Uttarakhand.

Transportation[]

It is well connected to all major cities of the states and region. NH-74 connects Haridwar in Uttranchal with Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh via Pilibhit. The total length of NH 74 is 333 km. It connects Jaspur to major cities like Haldwani, Kashipur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Kicha, Ramnagar, Haridwar and Dehradun. The town has its own local bus stand, while the government bus station lies on the outskirts of the city. The railway project is proposed to begin soon in the town connecting Kashipur to Dhampur via Jaspur.

Culture and People[]

The majority of the population is Hindu, Punjabi or Sikh, along with a smaller Muslim community.

Jaspur has a largely educated population. In fact, Mr. Varun Goel of Jaspur was awarded the Wiedenfeld-Hoffman scholarship by the University of Oxford in May 2021.

Economy[]

Jaspur also known as wood city of India, it has a traditional wood mandi and some agro-processing industries. Many people in the city are self-employed and run shops, though the economy of the city is mainly based on agriculture. There is a sugar mill at Nandehi near the city, and many rice and paper mills in the vicinity of the city. The town has a number of hospitals. A number of businesses are well settled in the town such as automobile, clothings and garments, bookstores, jewellers, confectioneries, hardware stores, paint stores, sweet shops and restaurants.

Many new food and agro processing industries have come up in Jaspur, including Shri Ram Solvent Extractions and KOOK Frozen Foods.

Temples[]

Temples include the historical Buddhist Monastery at the village of Bahadurpur, the Shri Thakur Mandir, which is also called Manokamna Mandir, having the great statues of Abhimantrit Hanuman Ji along with Ram Parivar and Shri Radha Krishna Ji, and Bada Mandir. A Gayatri mata Mandir placed on the back of the indane gas agency . A Shiv Mandir also placed in Gopal Nagar, near Awas Vikas. Jaspur had an Mosque known as JAMA MASJID which is honour of the city

Population[]

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Jaspur.

Population : 170,315, Sex Ratio : 911.

	Total	Male	Female
Children (Age 0-6)	23,902	12,725	11,177
Literacy	73.59%	70.06%	55.79%
Scheduled Caste	27,962	14,685	13,277
Scheduled Tribe	29	14	15
Illiterate	62,576	26,682	35,894

Caste-wise Population - Jaspur[]

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Jaspur Tehsil of .

	Total	Male	Female
Schedule Caste	27,962	14,685	13,277
Schedule Tribe	29	14	15

Religion-wise Population - Jaspur[]

Religion	Total		Male	Female
Hindu	87,746	(51.52%)	46,131	41,615
Muslim	63,622	(37.36%)	33,155	30,467
Christian	233	(0.14%)	125	108
Sikh	18,595	(10.92%)	9,633	8,962
Buddhist	11	(0.01%)	9	2
Jain	16	(0.01%)	11	5
Other Religion	0	(0%)	0	0
No Religion Specified	92	(0.05%)	53	39

Urban/Rural Population - Jaspur[]

As per Census 2011, there are total 9,958 families under Jaspur Tehsil living in urban areas while 9,958 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 34% of total population of Jaspur Tehsil lives in Urban areas while 66% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 8,121 while that in rural region is 15,781.

	Total	Urban	Rural
Population	170,315	57,849	112,466
Children (0 - 6 years)	23,902	8,121	15,781
Schedule Caste	27,962	4,055	23,907
Schedule Tribe	29	0	29
Literacy	73.59%	77.04%	71.81%
Sex Ratio	911	918	908

Working Population - Jaspur[]

In Jaspur Tehsil out of total population, 61,916 were engaged in work activities. 74.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61,916 workers engaged in Main Work, 10,948 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11,751 were Agricultural labourer.

	Total	Male	Female
Main Workers	46,094	38,761	7,333
Cultivators	10,948	9,981	967
Agriculture Labourer	11,751	9,439	2,312
Household Industries	2,399	1,028	1,371
Other Workers	20,996	18,313	2,683
Marginal Workers	15,822	7,959	7,863
Non Working	108,399	42,397	66,002

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