Rampur district

Rampur district
Rampur district
District of Uttar Pradesh
	Raza Library in Rampur
	Location of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Moradabad
Headquarters	Rampur
Government
• District Magistrate	Shri Ravindra Kumar Mander, (IAS)
• Lok Sabha constituency	Rampur
• Lok Sabha MP	Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	5
Area
• Total	2,367 km2 (914 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,335,819
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	53.34
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-22
Website	rampur.nic.in

Rampur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Rampur town is the district headquarters. Rampur district is a part of Moradabad division. The district occupies an area of 2,367 km² (914 sq mi).

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	546,151	—
1911	544,695	−0.03%
1921	466,059	−1.55%
1931	478,343	+0.26%
1941	491,794	+0.28%
1951	560,017	+1.31%
1961	701,537	+2.28%
1971	901,209	+2.54%
1981	1,178,621	+2.72%
1991	1,502,141	+2.46%
2001	1,923,739	+2.50%
2011	2,335,819	+1.96%
source:^[1]

Religions in Rampur district (2011)^[2]
Religion			Percent
Islam			50.57%
Hinduism			45.97%
Sikhism			2.80%
Other or not stated			0.66%
Distribution of religions

According to the 2011 Census of India, Rampur district has a population of 2,335,819,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia^[4] or the US state of New Mexico.^[5] This gives it a ranking of 194th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 987 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,560/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.4%. Rampur has a sex ratio of 905 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.08%. 25.20% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 13.18% of the population.^[3]

Religions in Rampur by tehsil (2011)^[2]
Tehsils	Muslims	Hindus	Sikhs	Others
Suar	61.23%	33.72%	4.31%	0.74%
Tanda	62.04%	36.96%	0.54%	0.46%
Bilaspur	45.15%	40.48%	12.86%	1.51%
Rampur	61.58%	37.14%	0.71%	0.57%
Shahabad	37.33%	62.01%	0.27%	0.39%
Milak	24.80%	73.00%	1.71%	0.49%

Islam is the majority religion in the district. Three out of five tehsils in Rampur have a Muslim majority and one a Muslim plurality. Hindus are majority in rural areas, while Muslims predominate in urban areas. Sikhs are a significant minority in Bilaspur and Suar tehsils, while Christians are a small minority in concentrated in Rampur city.^[2]

Languages of Rampur district (2011)^[6]

Hindi (73.85%)

Urdu (23.04%)

Punjabi (2.54%)

Others (0.57%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 73.85% of the population of the district spoke Hindi, 23.04% Urdu and 2.54% Punjabi as their first language. There are also some Bengali speakers in Bilaspur tehsil. The Punjabis and Bengalis are refugees from Partition who were settled in the district.^[6]

Notable people

Ali Yusuf Ali, Indian politician
Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan, Indian politician
Azam Khan, Indian politician
Mohammad Ali, Pakistani Actor
Mohammad Ali Jauhar
Maulana Shaukhat Ali, Politician
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
Raza Murad
Murad (actor)
Rukhsar Rehman
Athar Shah Khan Jaidi
Javed Siddiqui
Zohra Sehgal
Uzra Butt

References

^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
^ a b c "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ a b "District Census Handbook: Rampur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est.
^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011. New Mexico - 2,059,179
^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.