• Source: Bilaspur, Haryana

Bilaspur is a census town and block headquarter in Yamunanagar District in the state of Haryana, India. It takes its name from the corrupted form of "Vyas Puri", as it was the ashram of Ved Vyasa rishi where he wrote the Mahabharta on the banks of Sarasvati river near Adi Badri where Sarasvati river leaves Himalayas and enters the plains. On Jagadhari road lies another popular religious site of Kapal Mochan.




Demographics


As of 2001 India census, Bilaspur had a population of 9620. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bilaspur has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 69% and female literacy of 61%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.




Riverfont


Bilaspur Sarasvati Riverfont is a riverfront that is being developed. In 2021, Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board initiated projects to develop 5 river fronts under the under Sarasvatio Revival Project on the rejuvenated Sarasvati river at Pipli, Pehowa, Bilaspur, Dosarka (on Panchkula-Yamunanagar NH-344 near Sirsgarh) and the Theh Polar (near Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilisation archaeological site on Kaithal-Guhla SH-11). Pipli riverfront will be on the pattern Sabarmati Riverfront.
Bilaspur is one of the important tirtha in the 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra.




See also



48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra
Adi Badri (Haryana)
Gita Mahotsav
Kaushalya Dam
Parikrama
Lohgarh (Bilaspur)
Morni
Sarasvati river
Sadaura




References

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• Daftar kota di India
• Daftar perguruan tinggi di India
• Daftar ibu kota negara bagian dan wilayah di India
• Daftar kota sensus di India tahun 2011
• Bandar Udara Juhu
• Bandar Udara Chaudhary Charan Singh
• Bandar Udara Biju Patnaik
• Daftar kota sensus di India tahun 2001
• Bandar Udara Internasional Veer Savarkar
• Bandar Udara Internasional Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
• Bilaspur, Haryana
• Kapal Mochan
• Bilaspur
• Adi Badri, Haryana
• Lohgarh (Bilaspur)
• Bhanupli–Leh line
• History of Haryana
• Administrative divisions of Haryana
• Bhakra Dam
• List of tehsils of Haryana