- Source: Rampur district
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
According to the 2011 Census of India, Rampur district has a population of 2,335,819, roughly equal to the nation of Latvia or the US state of New Mexico. 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.
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.
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.
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
See also
Other places with name Rampur
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar kode pos di India
- Rampur district
- Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
- Rampur State
- Rampur Lok Sabha constituency
- Rampur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
- Wazir Khan (Rampur)
- Rampur
- Bilaspur, Uttar Pradesh
- Tazeen Fatma
- Abdullah Azam Khan
