Bijpur is a census town part of Dudhi Tehsil in Sonbhadra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is the border town located at UP - Madhya border.

Bijpur
city
Bijpur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Bijpur
Bijpur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 24°02′30″N 82°47′22″E / 24.041604°N 82.789364°E / 24.041604; 82.789364
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSonbhadra
Population
 (2011)
 • Total9,420
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics edit

As of the 2001 Census of India,[1] Bijpur had a population of 9232. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bijpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 65%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Here NTPC, the largest power generation utility in India, has set up a 3000MW thermal power generation utility. The name of NTPC residential colony is Rihand Nagar. Also here is the famous Govind Vallabhpant Sagar, the backwaters of Rihand Dam in Uttar Pradesh.

Gram Panchayat Election Bijpur 2021 edit

Gram panchayat Bijpur Election Result 2021

          Gram Pardhan 
Dasmati w/o Vishram Sagar Gupta (by 1290 vote) 
      Gram Panchayat Members

1- Geeta Pansad w/o Sagar (by 122 vote)

2- Sohan lal s/o Shiv parshad (by 133 vote)

3- Urmila w/o Vijay (by 214 vote)

4- Savita Devi w/o Ravindra Parshad (by 247 vote)

5- Daili w/o Ramgopal (by 136 vote)

6- Ravinda Parshad s/o Indradev Saha (by 60 vote)

7- Ompati w/o Ramdhan (by 27 vote)

8- Shakti Shubham Mishra s/o Sashi Bhusan (by 41 vote)

9- Anand Kumar s/o Jasvir Singh (by39 vote)

10- Abha Singh w/o Indradev Singh (by 9 vote)

11- Salma Khatoon w/o Md Meer Hasan (Without opposition)

12- Narendra s/o Ramprasad (by 11 vote)

13- Md Meer Hasan s/o Sakur Miya(Without opposition)

14- Indra Dev s/o Vishwanath (by 24 vote)

15- Parvati Devi w/o Rajkumar (by 21 vote)

 Block Development Council (B.D.C) 

1- Mevalal s/o Fulsaha (by 328 vote)

2- Ashfak Qureshi s/o Nizam Qureshi (by 160 vote)

3- Pammi Singh w/o Upendra Partap Singh (by 93 vote)

4- Kaushal s/o Bhagwan (Without opposition)

5- Vinod Kumar Rajak s/o Gopal Baitha (by 52 vote)

Educational institutes edit

There are three CBSE based Senior Secondary schools. They are:

2) Dayanand Anglo Vedic. Sr. Sec. Public School(D. A. V. Public School, Rihand Nagar)

3) Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rihand nagar

4) St. Joseph's School

Temples edit

1) Shiv Mandir (Rihand Nagar)
2) Hanuman Mandir (Bijpur)
3) Dudhiya Devi Mandir (Bijpur)

Mosque edit

1) Jama Masjid (Shanti Nagar)

References edit

  1. ^ "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.