Kashipur

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Kashipur v • d • e Uttarakhand • India
Kashipur
District(s)	Udham Singh Nagar
Coordinates	29.22° N 78.96° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	5.46 km² (2 mi²) • 500 m (1,640 ft)
Population • Density	92,978 (2001) • Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","/km²

Coordinates: 29.22° N 78.96° E

Kashipur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

1 History
2 Accessibility
3 Demographics
4 Educational Institutes
5 External links

[edit] History

Kashipur was known as Govishan during the time of Harsha (606-647 AD), when Yuan-Chwang (631-641 AD) visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near the city. Kashipur is named after Kashinath Adhikari, the founder of the township and one of the officers of the Chand rulers of Kumaon in the middle age.

Poet Gumani has written a poem on this town. Girital and Drona sagar are well known spots and are associated with the story of the Pandavas. The Chaiti mela is the best known fair of Kashipur. Today Kashipur is an important industrial township. In autumn (after monsoon) one can see the snowclad peaks of Trishul and its surroundings.

[edit] Accessibility

The nearest Airport is 72 km away at Pant nagar. Kashipur is well connected to Ramnagar, Kathgodam, Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow and Delhi by rail network. Kashipur is well connected by road with all the major cities of the state and region.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Kashipur had a population of 92,978. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kashipur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 62%. In Kashipur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Languages spoken are Punjabi, Hindi and English.