Kichha

Kichha
—  city  —
Kichha Location of Kichha in Uttarakhand and India
Coordinates	28°55′N 79°30′E
Country	India
State	Uttarakhand
District(s)	Udham Singh Nagar
Population	30,517 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 293 metres (961 ft)
Codes • Vehicle • UK 06

Kichha is a town having its own municipal board, located in the Udham Singh Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Its PIN code is 263148 and the STD code is 05944.

Geography

Kichha is located at 28.92°N 79.50°E / 28.92; 79.50. The town has an average elevation of 293 metres (953 feet), and is surrounded by a number of villages around it, such as Govind Nagar, Deoria, Badora, Chinki, Bandia, Sirouli Shantipuri, Khurpia Farm, Aazadnagar, Nougawan, Malpura, Lalpur and Maharajpur. Maps source :- [1]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kichha, a small town previously in Nainital district, had a population of 30,517. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kichha has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 59%. In Kichha, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Society

Hindus form 65% of the population of Kichha, while Muslims constitute the rest 35% of the same. Among the total Hindu population, Baniya, Sikh and Punjabi people are prominent along with a small number of Bengali laborers.Punjabi of Kichha are the most prosperous and educated ones of the lot, and a huge number of them are those who migrated from Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. Under a rehabilitation programme, the Government of India allotted agricultural land to the migrants in this area. The Tharu Buxa tribe, who were once widespread in the region, is today confined to a few nearby villages.

For entertainment purposes, the town offers two small-medium sized Cinema halls, named Anupam Theater and Urvashi Cinema. Both of these cinemas are equipped with Digital cinema projection systems and are connected to the servers of UFO Moviez, a Digital Cinema initiative located in Mumbai directly through satellite.

Education

Education has been given much emphasis in Kichha. `A degree college for girls` and a `Govt Inter College for Boys` are found here.

1.MOTHER TERESA SCHOOL

2.Himalayan Progressive School

3.Girls Government Inter College

4.Shri guru teg bahadur public school

5.Janta Inter College

6.St. Peter's Sr. Sec. School

7.Beersheba residential school

8.Vaidy Ram Sudhi Singh Balika Vidhyalay

9.Oxford school

10.Maulana Azad Public School, Siroli

11.Surajmal Engineering College

12.G.I.C Chukti Deoria

13.Little angel school

14. Nalanda school

                                                                                                  15. mulana azad college

16. DAV Public School

Economy

Kichha has largely an agriculture based economy. Paddy and wheat are the two major crops here. Most of the farmers are rich and affluent due to availability of rich arable land and their sheer hard work.There are some 30+ rice mills in its vicinity.After establishment of SIDCUL people from all parts of India are coming here for employment.

The town has been emerging as a medical hub, and boasts of various specialty clinics, hospitals and nursing homes. Some of them are Gupta C.T. scan & Diagnostics, Bandia; Bathla Hospital, Bareilly Road; Arora Hospital,.Gupta health care is multispeciality hospital & diagnostic centre,it has facilities like whole body c.t. scan,ultrasound,x-ray,ecg,ipd,opd,cardiac monitoring etc. The director of gupta health care is dr a.k. gupta m.b.b.s, p.g.c (radiodiagnosis).Gupta health care is providing good health care services to the large nearby region.The director of gupta health care, dr a.k.gupta got national award Indian achievers award for health excellence for providing the specialized health care services to the large rural population. Bareilly Road.M.r. Subhash Arora also play a major role in wholesale medical for the city. Apart from them, there are Three Ayurvedic medical centers in Kichha, the first one is Shakti Aushdhalya Near Badi Pani Tanki Since 1962-63 foundation kept by great freedom fighter vaidya ram singh,the Second one is Aditya Seva Sansthan, Kishanpur and the other one is Hindustani Seva Kendra, Avas Vikas which is a unit of the Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar being run by Darshan Singh Hindustani, a social worker and Yogic Guru.

NURSERY/PRIMARY TEACHERS TRAINING (NPTT)at SHRI GURU TEG BAHADUR PUBLIC SCHOOL,KICHHA

The Teachers Training Course offers in-depth and comprehensive introduction to teaching techniques and education as a profession. The course prepares the students for imparting education not only as an intellectual interest but also as a person with area of social concern. In depth analysis is made of the personal characteristics and professional skills that one needs to be successful in various roles, the modern teacher assumes. An innovative feature of the course is that the trainees are given adequate exposure to environmental studies at the schools that propagate this scheme. Close associations with a variety of such institutions enhances the opportunities of being absorbed as teachers in these schools. Future more, the overall comprehensive training given to students will quality them to start and orgaise a junior School of their own at the level of Nursery and Primary Classes.The course is affiliated by D.I.T.E.(Delhi institute of teachers training) Recognised by govt. of New Delhi.(for ladies only)

Politics

BJP and Congress are the two main leading parties in the town. Testimony to this, Nagar Pallika Parishad's chairman is Mrs. Anju Jaiswal who won the coveted post on the BJP' ticket whereas M.L.A is Tilak Raj Beher from congress.From the next assembly elections in 2012 Kichha would be a separate constituency.

References

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