Hapur

Hapur
—   city  —
Hapur Location of Hapur in Uttar Pradesh and India
Coordinates	(1451983)_region:IN-UP_ 28°72′N 77°78′E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Meerut
District(s)	Panchsheel Nagar district
Mayor
Population • Density • Metro	1,451,983  (2001) • 8,123 /km2 (21,038 /sq mi) • 2,086,194  (16)  (2009)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	94.3 square kilometres (105 sq mi) • 224.659 metres (737.07 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 24510X • Telephone • +0122 • Vehicle • UP-37
Website

'Hapur' (Hindi: हापुड़ Urdu: Punjabi: ਹਾਪੁੜ) is a medium sized city with a population of about 3,100,00 and noted as manufacturing hub of making Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes, Hapur is also famous for paper cones and tubes. Situated about 60 km from the capital of India New Delhi this city is also the headquarters of Panchsheel Nagar district. The national highway 24 connecting Delhi-Lucknow also passes from the city. It was earlier known as `Haripur`. The city comes under Delhi-NCR region.

Etymology

On the basis Jana-Shrutis, it has been found that Hapur was founded by Raja Harishchandra, another Lok-shruti (local legend) says that Hapur was founded by Daron Ke Sardar, Hardatta, in 983. After this Hapur was called Haripur. It is also said that Hapur came from the word 'Hapar' which means garden.

Geography

Hapur is located at 28.72°N 77.78°E / 28.72; 77.78. It has an average elevation of 213 meters (699 feet). It is bound on the north by Meerut, in the south by Bulandshahr while Ghaziabad form the southern and western limits. Jyotiba phule nagar district lies to the east of the district. The river Ganges forms the eastern boundary and home to the sacred place known as `Garhmukteshwar` where lakhs of people come every year for pilgrimage. The ground is not rocky and there are no mountains. The soil is composed of pleistocene and sub-recent alluvial sediments transported and deposited by river action from the Himalayan region. These alluvial deposits are unconsolidated.[2] Lithologically, sediments consist of clay, silt and fine to coarse sand. Land is very fertile for growing crops, especially wheat, sugarcane and vegetables. Also, the river `kali nadi` passes from the outskirts of the city.

PIN and STD Code & Some Important Telephone Numbers

PIN (Postal Index Number) of Hapur is 245101. The telephone code is 0122. Speed Post is available in the city.

Planned Development

Hapur is a major mandi town in NCR area of western Uttar Pradesh. There are aproximate 25 factories of Paper Cone in Hapur.The town is famous for its ‘paper’, though some other industries have also come up. Pilkhua is a famous for its handloom-made bed sheets. To check the population migration towards Delhi, this town has been selected under NCR and accordingly planned development is carried out. Hapur is being developed in order to prevent unplanned & uncontrollable growth in city and its adjoining areas and to provide assistance for well planned growth, accumulate targeted population density in city areas, to stop unprecedented growth in population in National Capital Delhi and to provide them settlements and thirdly to create job prospects and to attract commerce in city areas. Hapur has also been playing an important role in the field of education.

The demand for a separate Hapur district was a longstanding one, dating to 1976, when the district of Ghaziabad was carved out of Meerut.

Hapur was announced as a district named 'Panchsheel Nagar' on Sep 28, 2011 by the Chief minister Mayawati.

Pilkhuwa

Pilkhuwa is a nearby city of Hapur.It is just 19 kms. from Hapur center(Tehsil Chopla) and 14 kms. from Preet Vihar(Phase-2).It is famous for Gandhi's dream 'Khadi'. Pilkhuwa is well known for small industries for manufacturing the Canvas, Khadi and printing work. Bedsheets, and towels are very famous. In the coming years many big colonies and areas will be developed between the two cities and finish the distance between them. Some large manufacturers export quality products to other parts of India, as well as abroad. This city is known as the textile City for the same reason. As the town is near Delhi hardly 35 km. far, it lies in NCR ( National Capital Region) area, now an emerging place for High Education Institutes. In past 5 years, city has developed 15 colleges in fields of Medicine, Engineering, Law and varied. Decent number of schools are also in the city. Most famous ones being the St. Xavier's Convent School,DAV Pubilc school, VIP Pub;ic School, Sarvodya Inter College, Marwar Inter College, Marwar Girls Inter College,K.M.S Inter College etc. Numerous schools for primary education are also established in the city to cater to local education. All schools are affiliated to either CBSE, ICSE, or the UP State Board.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Hapur had a population of 301,987. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Hapur has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy rate is 65% and female literacy rate is 50%. In Hapur, 27% of people are Muslims & 70% are Hindus. The main religion practised by the people of Hapur is Hinduism, but Muslims are also present in huge number, other religions practised are Sikhism and Christianity. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. The major languages spoken by the people of Hapur are Hindi and Punjabi.

Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute, Hapur

In order to develop facilities for Applied Research and Apex Level Training in the field of food grain storage and preservation, a Grain Storage Research and Training Centre was established at Hapur in 1958, which was later on expanded into Indian Grain Storage Institute (IGSI) with two field stations at Ludhiana and Bapatla (later shifted to Hyderabad) with the financial assistance from UNDP in 1968. Three field stations at Jabalpur, Jorhat, and Udaipur were subsequently established in 1981. Cielo the main granary is second largest in world and was for a time the tallest building in India. In 1996, the IGSI was renamed as Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute (IGMRI). Field Stations at Jabalpur and Udaipur have however been closed w.e.f. October 2002. While the training, and research and development activities are undertaken by IGMRI, the work of popularising scientific methods of food grain storage developed by IGMRI among farming community is implemented through the Save Grain Campaign teams. Hapur is a city of great joys. A lot of new schools are working for its upliftment. The area is also famous for its unique craft work. There are four 'silos' in India located at Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Hapur. It has a capacity to store 20 lakh tonnes of wheat. It is the only of its kind in Asia. The grain elevator-erected at Hapur was received from U.S.A. Storage and issuing of grains is done here by machines only as the entire facility is fully mechanized. The 'silo' is a pride of Hapur city. Indian Grain Storage and Research Institute are located nearby, the institute is a government of India undertaking. It has been conducting research in the area of grain storage from which the local farmers have benefited.

Climate

Main article: Climate of Uttar Pradesh

Hapur
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     20   20 8     25   24 11     25   30 16     10   37 21     41   40 26     97   38 28     190   35 27     207   34 27     134   34 25     12   33 19     4   28 13     10   23 8 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: World Weather Service
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.8   68 46     1   75 52     1   86 61     0.4   99 70     1.6   104 79     3.8   100 82     7.5   95 81     8.1   93 81     5.3   93 77     0.5   91 66     0.2   82 55     0.4   73 46 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Hapur has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters. Summers last from early April to late June during and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 43 °C (109 °F). The monsoon arrives in late June and continues till the middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March Lowest temperature recorded is 0.5 °C (32.9 °F).^{[citation needed]} Rainfall is about 80 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%. The city receives no snow.

Climate data for Hapur
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29 (84)	32 (90)	39 (102)	43 (109)	45 (113)	46 (115)	44 (111)	40 (104)	39 (102)	38 (100)	34 (93)	30 (86)	46 (115)
Average high °C (°F)	25 (77)	29 (84)	35 (95)	40 (104)	43 (109)	43 (109)	39 (102)	36 (97)	36 (97)	35 (95)	32 (90)	27 (81)	43 (109)
Average low °C (°F)	2 (36)	4 (39)	9 (48)	14 (57)	19 (66)	21 (70)	22 (72)	22 (72)	20 (68)	13 (55)	7 (45)	3 (37)	3 (37)
Record low °C (°F)	−2.5 (27.5)	−1 (30)	2 (36)	8 (46)	15 (59)	17 (63)	16 (61)	19 (66)	15 (59)	10 (50)	1 (34)	0 (32)	−2.5 (27.5)
Rainfall mm (inches)	24 (0.94)	18 (0.71)	10 (0.39)	5 (0.2)	15 (0.59)	54 (2.13)	248 (9.76)	332 (13.07)	138 (5.43)	42 (1.65)	3 (0.12)	8 (0.31)	897 (35.31)
% humidity	79	70	59	42	41	58	80	84	77	68	67	75	66.7
Avg. rainy days	2	1	1	0	1	3	9	11	4	1	0	0	33
Source: Department of Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

Places to visit

Hapur has been a religious place since ancient period, there are various temples, mosques and gurudwaras to visit in Hapur.

• There are 8 Temples in a small village Tumrail in which 4 Shiv Mandir, 1 Sai Mandir, 1 Shani Mandir, 1 Jaharveer Mandir 1 Devi, Chandi, Kalika Mandir.

• Sapnawat Sai mandir- This is a very famous temple sai baba located in a nearby village Sapnawat. It is also called as "mini shirdi". People

from various region like-Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand come here to visit. It is situated 18 kms. from Hapur city center(Tehsil chopla)

• Sabli mandir- This is a very ancient temple which was made about 700 years ago. It is located in a village named `Sabli`. During the time of `Ganga snan` lakhs of `kavariyas` come here. The temple is spread over a very large area and 8 kms. Hapur city center(Tehsil Chopla).
• Garhmukteshwar- It is well known pilgrimage where people come from all over India and especially during the time of `ganga snan` It is located 35 km. east of the Hapur city on NH-24.
• Chandi mandir-It is located in a very crowded area called `subzi mandi` about 2.5 km. from the Hapur city center(Tehsil chopla).
• Bhora sahib-It is a gurudwara located on the Meerut road where people from various places come.
• The Mobile Store- It is a company own showroom from Essar Telecoms Retail LTD.
• Shiv Mandir " Located in village Naan 7 km from hapur city
• Devi Mandir " Located in Village Tumrail (5 km from Hapur City) this is very old temple which was made about 100 years before"

Education

Hapur has many good school like:-

• Delhi Public School, Preet Vihar, Hapur
• DAV public school
• S.D.A. School(ICSE Board)
• Dewan Public School
• LN public school
• Tagore Shiksha Sadan
• Tagore public school(Swarg Ashram Road)
• Tagore public school(Avas Vikas Colony, Meerut road)
• Saraswati Shishu Mandir
• Saraswati Bal Mandir
• Saraswati Balika Mandir
• Smt. Kamla aggarwal school
• Brahmadevi school
• OM Public school
• Miniland convent school
• Gyandeep Public school
• JD Public school
• Arya kanya pathshala

Major colleges of Hapur are:-

• SSV Inter College
• SSV Degree college
• Hapur Inter College
• Arya kanya PG college
• Commersal College

Hapur has always been able to provide quality education to its residents and will continue to be like that by constantly developing its infrastructure. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has passed the proposal to establish a university in the city. Some of the city’s colleges such as the SSV Degree College and AKP Degree College are well known in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The city also has a number of Inter colleges and public schools, including technical institutions. Politically too, it is considered to be an important place that plays a significant role in the state politics. Some of the Shiksha Bharati institutions including Brahma Davis Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir are already operational, while the others are at different stages of planning and execution. Acquisition of land, development of infrastructure, provision of basic services, human resources planning and fund raising have all been done keeping in mind the expansion plans of the society.

Hapur railway junction

Hapur is a major railway junction of northern India. Two lines such as Delhi-Moradabad and Meerut-Khurja passes through the city. Everyday about 85 trains passes through Hapur and about 10 trains weekly including major trains like- New Delhi-Dibrugarh rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duranto and many others. After the route has been electrified about 45 more trains of the Delhi-Agra-Kanpur route will be diverted to this route. There are 6 platforms on the station. Trains for New Delhi are available most of the time and thus making it easy for the service people to travel. Trains are available for the cities like- Lucknow, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Varanasi, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Jammu etc.

Connections to other cities

Hapur is an ancient town which has been popular for its agricultural stocks. Similarly, Pilkhuwa is also a historic city and is popular for its cloth industry. After upgradation to 4 lane system of National Highway No. 24 which connects Delhi to Hapur the aforementioned Highway is being upgraded from Hapur to Moradabad and is proposed to upgrade this highway up to Lucknow.

Along with roadways, Hapur is also connected in all 4 directions through railways, e.g. along with Delhi Moradabad railway line, Hapur is also connected by rail with Meerut and Aligarh. In the light of this fact, there is a strong possibility of Hapur developing into potential growth centre in the NCR region.

The national capital region including Delhi, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar is all set for an expansion. Two new townships — Hapur and Garhmukteshwar will soon become part of this region. Garhmukteshwar, which is considered a good alternative to Hardwar as a centre of pilgrimage, is being promoted as a tourist spot. It will be handed over to the Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority (HPDA) for a planned development.

HPDA

From the point of view of N.C.R. and the importance of Hapur and its need, HPDA along with accepting the above challenge and town relocation facilities and beautification, following plans are also starting soon. Apart from the above mentioned plans, a 50 acre land is earmarked for office Region Development in Hapur and plans are also a foot to start a plan close to by-pass land use region and a transport plan in Pilkhuwa and deliberations are going on to acquire housing land.

Hapur Pilakhua Development Authority was established as a second and an independent authority from GDA by U.P. Administration during 1996-97. After keeping in view the geographical, historical and commercial industrial importance and in view of the planned development of NCR.

In the same order, many high standard educational and research Institutes are getting established in Hapur-Pilkhuwa development region, e.g. Dental College and research institute and D.P.S. school and others and many other educational and research centers are in the process of getting established similarly in the filed of housing many famous developers like Ansal Housing Group, Eros Group, etc. are investing huge amount of money in the field of housing and development of the town.

By virtue of its proximity to Delhi, many plans have been approved by National Capital Regional Board to develop Hapur in a modern and planned manner and it has been decided to implement order, the Delhi-Hapur route has been modernized so that now the journey is now comfortable and also takes less time. From the point of view of N.C.R. and the importance of Hapur and its need, HPDA along with accepting the above challenge and town relocation facilities and beautification, following plans are also starting soon.

Apart from the above mentioned plans a 50 acre land is earmarked for office Region Development in Hapur and plans are also on the table to acquire housing land.

Neighbourhoods in the city

There are 36 wards in Hapur. Major colonies of Hapur are:-

• Avas vikas (Meerut road)
• Avas vikas (Bulandshahar road)
• Shrinagar
• Old shivpuri
• New shivpuri
• Devlok
• Kothigate
• Patel nagar
• Rajendra nagar
• Collector ganj
• Pannapuri
• Patiya
• Moti nagar
• Railway colony
• Shivgarhi
• Majistrate colony
• Vivek vihar
• Kavi nagar
• Preet vihar (yet to be developed)
• Anandvihar (yet to be developed)
• Village TUMRAIL ( will be earliar club in Hapur City)

Politics

Hapur is one of the Vidhan Sabha seat of Uttar pradesh, earlier it had two vidhan sabha seats namely Hapur North, Hapur South. In Lok Sabha it comes in three different seats such as:

• Meerut-Hapur Loksabha area (Northern and southern area)
• Ghaziabad Loksabha area (mainly the urban and rural areas of West Hapur)
• Amroha (Eastern parts)

Hapur has given first Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment & Forest to Republic of India from Uttar Pardesh. (Mr. Vir Sen, 1984 Rajiv Gandhi Government). Vir Sen became 4 time MLA from Hapur before winning MP election from Khurja. He also served as Minister of Education in UP once. First time he raised the demand of making Hapur as a separate District way back in 1969.

References

FCI in Hapur is extremely large. Hapur is known for Big fort in Assora. Now it became District named Panchsheel District

Panchsheel nagar