Bagpat district
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Baghpat district (Hindi: बागपत जिला) is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bagpat town is the district headquarters. This district covers an area of 1321 km². The district has a population of 1,163,991.
[edit] Divisions
Baghpat district is divided in to 3 tehsils: Baghpat, Baraut and Khekra. Baghpat tehsil comprises two blocks: Baghpat and Pilana. Baraut tehsil comprises three blocks: Binauli, Chhaprauli, Baraut. Khekra tehsil comprises only Khekra block. Bagpat, Baraut and Khekada are the major towns in this district. The District Magistrate and Collector's offices have been recently constructed in Baghpat.
[edit] Economy
There is a sugar mill in Baghpat. There is a lot of sugarcane, wheat, mustard and vegetables grown in Baghpat district. The Yamuna river flows to the west of Baghpat and is close by.
Baraut is known for Digambar Jain College and Jat College (now called Janta Vedic college). It is famous for the Rim & Dhura and agricultural implements industries. The well known old families of Baraut were the Ganga Ram Kishorilal family which owned agricultural land and had several mills including the Ganga Oil Mills which was famous for its pure mustard oil in the preindependence period and till 1960's. Khekra is another well known town famous for its Jain temple at Badagaon.
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