Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh
Hamirpur is a city and a municipal board in Hamirpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Hamirpur district.
Hamirpur | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Hamirpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Hamirpur Hamirpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25.95°N 80.15°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Hamirpur |
| Incorporated | 1937 |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 35,475 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-91 |
| Website | www |
According to the Central Statistical Organisation the district covers
Geography
Hamirpur is located at 25.95°N 80.15°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).
Climate
| Climate data for Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
35.2 (95.4) |
41.2 (106.2) |
45.2 (113.4) |
48.2 (118.8) |
48.2 (118.8) |
46.0 (114.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.2 (104.4) |
39.2 (102.6) |
38.2 (100.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
48.2 (118.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
39.7 (103.5) |
42.2 (108.0) |
40.5 (104.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 11.0 (0.43) |
5.7 (0.22) |
4.9 (0.19) |
4.0 (0.16) |
7.3 (0.29) |
59.8 (2.35) |
194.8 (7.67) |
183.8 (7.24) |
137.8 (5.43) |
22.7 (0.89) |
3.2 (0.13) |
3.3 (0.13) |
638.1 (25.12) |
| Average rainy days | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 33.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 64 | 52 | 37 | 29 | 33 | 49 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 57 | 57 | 62 | 55 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
As of the 2011 Census of India, Hamirpur NPP had a population of 35,475, of which 19,027 were males and 16,448 were females. The population in the age range of 0–6 years was 3,940 constituting 11.1% of the total population. The total number of literates were 26,121, which constituted 73.6% of the population with male literacy of 78.7% and female literacy of 67.6%. The effective literacy rate (of 7+ population) of Hamirpur NPP was 82.8%%, of which male literacy rate was 88.5% and female literacy rate was 76.3%. Hamirpur had 6,802 households in 2011.[4]
As of the 2001 Census of India,[5] Hamirpur had a population of 32,035, of which 17,349 were males and 14,686 were females. The population in the age range of 0–6 years was 4,230, constituting 13.2% of the total population. The total number of literates were 22,592, which constituted 70.5% of the total population, with male literacy of 77.5% and female literacy of 62.3%. The effective literacy (of 7+ population) was 81.3%, of which male literacy rate was 89.1% and female literacy rate was 72.0%.
Notable people
- Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel - MLA, BJP
- Kailash Vajpeyi (1936-2015), poet, writer and lyricist
References
- "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Hamirpur, India". www.fallingrain.com.
- "Station: Hamirpur Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 311–312. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- "District census handbook Hamirpur" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- "C-1 Population By Religious Community - Hamirpur". census.gov.in. Retrieved 1 September 2020.