Anupshahr

Anupshahr (अनुपशहर), also Anoopshahr, is a small city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Geography

Anupshahr is located at 28°22′N 78°16′E / 28.37°N 78.27°E / 28.37; 78.27. It has an average elevation of 182 metres (597 ft).

Demographics

As of the 2001 India census, Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Anupshahr has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India the founder of Anupshahr was Bargujar Raja Anup Rai, and thus the date of foundation of present day Anupshahr was between 1605 and 1628 (during the reign of the Moghul emperor Jahangir). Raja Anup Rai saved Jahangir during a lion hunt, by intercepting and then helping to kill a lion that attacked the emperor. Jahangir presented this area to Raja Anup Rai, and the city is named after him. Anup Rai built a fort nearby.

Anupshahr (Assembly constituency)

Anupshahr Assembly constituency (Hindi: अनूपशहर) is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bulandshahar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bulandshahr (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1952 after the "DPACO (1951)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1951. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 67.

Wards / Areas

Extant of Anupshahr Assembly constituency is PCs Fatehpur, Serora, Paharpur, Shikoi, Parli, Anupshahr Bangar, Salamatpur, Anivas, Malakpur, Birauli of Anupshahar KC, PCs Jatpura, Sakhne, Navi Nagar, Tetauta Urf Veergaun, Jahangirabad, Bamanpur, Jaser,Khadana, Khanoda, Ahamadnagar Urf Toli, Bhiroli, Ahar, Khalour, Dungra Jat, Jatvaai, Badar Khan, Moharsa of Jahangirabad KC, Anup Shahr MB & Jahangirabad MB of Anupshahr Tehsil; KC Aurangabad & Aurangabad NP of Bulandshahr Tehsil.