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Place details
- Locality
- Rudrapur
- Region
- Uttarakhand
- Country
- India
- Population
- 154,554
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttarakhand
- District
- Udham Singh Nagar
- Founded by
- Rudra Chand
- Named after
- Raja Shri Shri Rudra Chand
- Type
- Municipal Corporation
- Body
- Rudrapur Municipal Corporation
- Mayor
- Vikas Sharma ( BJP )
- Lok sabha mp
- Ajay Bhatt ( BJP )
- Mla
- Shiv Arora ( BJP )
- Municipal commissioner
- Mahesh Chandra Pathak, IAS
- City
- 47.65 km (18.40 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 217 m (712 ft)
- Rank
- 1st in District , 2nd in Kumaon , 5th in State
- Density
- 2,956/km (7,656/sq mi)
- Metro
- 154,554
- Demonym
- Rudrapuri
- Official
- Hindi
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rudrapur is a city that serves as the headquarters of the Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located at a distance of about 250 km (160 mi) northeast of New Delhi and 250 km (160 mi) south of Dehradun, Rudrapur is located in the fertile Terai plains in the southern part of Kumaon division over an area of 27.65 km. With a population of 140,857 according to the 2011 census of India, it is the 5th most populous city of Uttarakhand.
Rudrapur was established in the 16th century by King Rudra Chand of Kumaon to serve as the seat of the governor of the southern Tarai plains of the kingdom. Since the establishment of the SIDCUL industrial area in its vicinity, the city has undergone rapid development, along with literacy growth and higher employment. Rudrapur is a major industrial and educational hub of the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rudrapur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.