Kashipur
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Kashipur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the India
n state
of Uttarakhand
.
(606–647 AD), when Xuanzang
(631–641 AD) visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near the city. Kashipur was named after Kashinath Adhikari, the founder of the township and Governor of the pargana, one of the officers of the Chand Kings
of Kumaon
in the 16-17 century.
Poet Gumani Pant 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.
. Kashipur is connected to Ramnagar
, Kathgodam
, Moradabad
, Bareilly
, Lucknow
and Delhi
by rail network. Kashipur is connected by road with all the major cities of the state and region. It is located at national highway NH-74. Delhi is about 225 km away and Haridwar is about 176 km away from Kashipur.
, Kashipur had a population of 92,978. Males constituted 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 Hindi
Punjabi
, and English
.
. Many believe that the Drona Sagar was created by the Pandavas as a Guru Dakshina (fee) for Dronacharya. The Skanda Purana
states that the water of Drona Sagar is as holy as that of the Ganges.
At present a huge pond with lotus flowers is situated here. The pond is surrounded by temples of various deities. Earlier, there were 32 temples around the periphery of this pond. The excavated site at Drona Sagar is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Shree Moteshwar Mahadev also known as Shree Bheem Shankar Mahadev is an abobe of Lord Shiva
in Kashipur, this place was known as the Dakini State in ancient days Shree Bheema Shankar (Moteshwar) Mahadev is also considered as one of the 12 Jyotirlinga
of Lord Shiva
...
, Videocon
, India Glycols Limited, Vinayak Engg.Industry and several paper and sugar mills already have a presence in the district.
Lots of new industry is coming up in Kashipur: Prominent existing units are:R.K Agro Industries , National Seed Industries, Fibremarx Papers Ltd., Cheema Paper Group. Jindal Group of industries, Bacardi-Martini India Limited, Naini Paper mills, Sidharth Paper Mills, Banwari Paper Mills, Goraya Paper Mills, Kashipur Sugar Mills, katyayini paper mills pvt Ltd. Multiwall Paper, Midas Foods(India) Pvt Ltd., Baker's Circle, Parvatiya Timbers, Saw International (Moradabad), Alibris India (Pulp PaperDivision) and Industrial & Farm Equipment Co ( both of Naroola house), Surya Roshni Ltd., Prakash Tubes to name a few. KVS Group of Companies chairman is Yogesh Kumar Jindal Company List is Kashivishwanath Steels, Shivangee Crafts Ltd., Kashi enterprises, Krishi submersible pumps & motors, Galwalia Ispat Udyog.
Videocon
has also established a new factory here. "Mahuakhera Ganj" is a newly developing industrial area in this town.
Katyayini Paper Mills Pvt ltd. is also in operation and producing 50TPD writing printing grade paper e.g. Offset Printing, Cream wove Paper since 2008.
Sravanthi Energy Pvt. Ltd is setting up a 450 MW gas based power plant in Mahuakhera ganj area. In addition to this, two more private power plants are coming in Kashipur.
where industries have sprung up at a great pace. The city is in developing stage in terms of education. ITI Kashipur is regarded one of the best ITIs in Uttarakhand and provides only Diploma Courses. Government Polytechnic Kahsipur is providing great engineers for the country. It is the biggest and oldest polytechnic in Uttarakhand.
have been allocated by the Government of Uttarakhand for the Institute.
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India
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n state
States and territories of India
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of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
.
History
Kashipur was known as Govishan or Govisana, during the time of HarshaHarsha
Harsha or Harsha Vardhana or Harshvardhan was an Indian emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 AD. He was the son of Prabhakara Vardhana and younger brother of Rajya Vardhana, a king of Thanesar, Haryana...
(606–647 AD), when Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Xuanzang was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period...
(631–641 AD) visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near the city. Kashipur was named after Kashinath Adhikari, the founder of the township and Governor of the pargana, one of the officers of the Chand Kings
Chand Kings
Chand Kings were a medieval Raghuvanshi Rajput ruling clan of Kumaon region of the Uttarakhand state of India, which ruled the region after the decline of Katyuri Kings in 11th century AD., and continued till the rise of the British in 18th century....
of Kumaon
Kumaon Division
For Kumaoni/Kumauni People see Kumauni PeopleKumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar...
in the 16-17 century.
Poet Gumani Pant 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.
Geography
Kashipur is located at 29.22°N 78.95°E. It has an average elevation of 218 metres (715 feet).Transportation
The nearest airport is 72 km away at PantnagarPantnagar
Pantnagar is a town and a University campus in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Rudrapur and Kiccha, Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar....
. Kashipur is connected to Ramnagar
Ramnagar, Uttarakhand
Ramnagar is a small town and municipal board in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India. It is located approximately from Nainital, the headquarters of the district....
, Kathgodam
Kathgodam
Kathgodam is a town in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state of India. It is part of the twin township of Haldwani-Kathgodam , and is immediately north of Haldwani.-History:...
, Moradabad
Moradabad
Moradabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of...
, Bareilly
Bareilly
Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...
, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
and Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
by rail network. Kashipur is connected by road with all the major cities of the state and region. It is located at national highway NH-74. Delhi is about 225 km away and Haridwar is about 176 km away from Kashipur.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Kashipur had a population of 92,978. Males constituted 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 Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
, and English
English language
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.
Drona Sagar Lake
Drona Sagar is believed to be associated with Guru Dronacharya, teacher of the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the epic MahabharataMahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
. Many believe that the Drona Sagar was created by the Pandavas as a Guru Dakshina (fee) for Dronacharya. The Skanda Purana
Skanda Purana
The Skanda Purana is the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text is devoted mainly to the lilas of Kartikeya , a son of Shiva and Parvati. It also contains a number of legends about Shiva, and the holy places associated with him...
states that the water of Drona Sagar is as holy as that of the Ganges.
At present a huge pond with lotus flowers is situated here. The pond is surrounded by temples of various deities. Earlier, there were 32 temples around the periphery of this pond. The excavated site at Drona Sagar is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Shri Bhole Baba Pathari Wale Temple In Village Dhakiya No. 1
This temple is situated around 10 kilometers away from Kashipur Station next to Kundeshari.Shree Bheema Shankar (Moteshwar) Mahadev
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
in Kashipur, this place was known as the Dakini State in ancient days Shree Bheema Shankar (Moteshwar) Mahadev is also considered as one of the 12 Jyotirlinga
Jyotirlinga
A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India....
of Lord Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
...
Maa Bal Sundari Mandir
Bal Sundari Mandir also known as Chaiti Mandir, is the most famous temple in Kashipur. During Navratras in March a grand fair is held here every year. The fair draws thousands of pilgrims and devotees from far-flung areas. Devotees throng the temple to offer their prayers to the revered Goddess.Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib
Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib is located in the city of Kashipur, in Mohalla Pakka Kot, near Nagnath MandirEconomy
Central Government recently announced several benefits. With a government eager to promote trade and industry by providing extensive benefits and incentives, Kashipur has become the new industrial hub in India. With Kashipur fast becoming a thriving industrial center, the city is ideally suited for Industrial Park projects with cost of living compared to metros. Large industrial houses such as HCLHCL
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, Videocon
Videocon
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, India Glycols Limited, Vinayak Engg.Industry and several paper and sugar mills already have a presence in the district.
Lots of new industry is coming up in Kashipur: Prominent existing units are:R.K Agro Industries , National Seed Industries, Fibremarx Papers Ltd., Cheema Paper Group. Jindal Group of industries, Bacardi-Martini India Limited, Naini Paper mills, Sidharth Paper Mills, Banwari Paper Mills, Goraya Paper Mills, Kashipur Sugar Mills, katyayini paper mills pvt Ltd. Multiwall Paper, Midas Foods(India) Pvt Ltd., Baker's Circle, Parvatiya Timbers, Saw International (Moradabad), Alibris India (Pulp PaperDivision) and Industrial & Farm Equipment Co ( both of Naroola house), Surya Roshni Ltd., Prakash Tubes to name a few. KVS Group of Companies chairman is Yogesh Kumar Jindal Company List is Kashivishwanath Steels, Shivangee Crafts Ltd., Kashi enterprises, Krishi submersible pumps & motors, Galwalia Ispat Udyog.
Videocon
Videocon
Videocon is an industrial conglomerate with interests all over the world, and is a Indian multinational company. The group has 17 manufacturing sites in India and plants in China, Poland, Italy and Mexico. It is also the third largest picture tube manufacturer in the world...
has also established a new factory here. "Mahuakhera Ganj" is a newly developing industrial area in this town.
Katyayini Paper Mills Pvt ltd. is also in operation and producing 50TPD writing printing grade paper e.g. Offset Printing, Cream wove Paper since 2008.
Sravanthi Energy Pvt. Ltd is setting up a 450 MW gas based power plant in Mahuakhera ganj area. In addition to this, two more private power plants are coming in Kashipur.
Education
Kashipur is fast growing city in UttarakhandUttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
where industries have sprung up at a great pace. The city is in developing stage in terms of education. ITI Kashipur is regarded one of the best ITIs in Uttarakhand and provides only Diploma Courses. Government Polytechnic Kahsipur is providing great engineers for the country. It is the biggest and oldest polytechnic in Uttarakhand.
IIM Kashipur
The Indian Institute of Management is setting up a new campus in Kashipur which will give this city & it's citizens a new direction in the field of education. IIM Kashipur to be operational from 2011, Approximately 200 Acres of Land in the Escorts Farm area of Kashipur, UttarakhandUttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
have been allocated by the Government of Uttarakhand for the Institute.
Schools
| No. | Name of the School | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shemford Kashipur | | Singal Farms, P.O. Pratapur, Kashipur, Dist. Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand.Pin – 244713 |
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