Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
District of Uttar Pradesh in India
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Hamirpur district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Hamirpur town is the district headquarters. Hamirpur district is a part of Chitrakoot Division. The district occupies an area of 4,121.9 km2. The district has a population of 1,104,285 (2011 census). As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of 71), after Mahoba and Chitrakoot.[1] Two major rivers Yamuna and Betwa meet in the district.
Hamirpur district | |
|---|---|
Temple in Rath | |
 Location of Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Chitrakoot |
| Headquarters | Hamirpur |
| Tehsils | Hamirpur, Rath, Maudaha, Sarila |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,121 km2 (1,591 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,104,285 |
| • Density | 268.0/km2 (694.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 209,848 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 70.16 % |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH 86 |
| Website | hamirpur |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 316,931 | — |
| 1911 | 323,276 | +0.20% |
| 1921 | 309,671 | −0.43% |
| 1931 | 330,690 | +0.66% |
| 1941 | 376,290 | +1.30% |
| 1951 | 386,346 | +0.26% |
| 1961 | 463,768 | +1.84% |
| 1971 | 576,467 | +2.20% |
| 1981 | 689,302 | +1.80% |
| 1991 | 841,438 | +2.01% |
| 2001 | 993,792 | +1.68% |
| 2011 | 1,104,285 | +1.06% |
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According to the 2011 census Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh has a population of 1,104,285,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[4] or the US state of Rhode Island.[5] This gives it a ranking of 417th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 268 inhabitants per square kilometre (690/sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 5.78%.[1] Hamirpur has a sex ratio of 860 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 70.16%. 19.00% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 21.84% of the population.[1]
Languages
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 66.43% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 32.01% Bundeli and 1.36% Urdu as their first language.[6]
Tongues spoken in Hamirpur include Bundeli, which has a lexical similarity of 72-91% with Hindi[7] (compared to 60% for German and English)[8] and is spoken by about 7,800,000 people in Bundelkhand.[7]
Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Hamirpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[9] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[9]
Hindustan Unilever, J.K. Cements, Rimjhim Ispat Limited[10] and Hans Metal Limited[11] have factories in Sumerpur town.[12][13]
Notable persons
- Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel - MLA, BJP
- Pushpendra Singh Chandel, MP, BJP
- Ganga Charan Rajput, Ex. MP
- Vijay Bahadur Singh, Sr. Advocate ( High Court), Ex. MP, Ex. Advocate General