{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}} {{about|the town in Uttar Pradesh|the town in Uttarakhand|Sahaspur, Uttarakhand}} <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities for details -->{{Infobox settlement | name = Sahaspur | native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT guideline. --> | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|29|07|15|N|78|37|15|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Bijnor | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 199 | population_total = 24,463 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref>Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh. ''[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0903_PART_B_DCHB_BIJNOR.pdf District Census Handbook, Bijnor: Village and Town Wise Primary Census Handbook]''. p 30.</ref> | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi Urdu English | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- 246745 --> | postal_code = 246745 | registration_plate = UP20 | website = {{URL|up.gov.in}} | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Sahaspur''' is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
==Geography== Sahaspur has an average elevation of 199 metres (653 feet).
==Demographics== The Sahaspur city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. According to the 2011 census of India, the population was 24,463, of which 12,822 are males while 11,641 are females.
The population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3719 which is 15.20% of total population of Sahaspur (NP). In Sahaspur Nagar Panchayat, the female sex ratio is 908 against the state average of 912. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Sahaspur is around 972 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate of Sahaspur city is 60.60% lower than the state average of 67.68%. In Sahaspur, male literacy is around 64.05% while the female literacy rate is 56.76%.
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===Languages=== {{Pie chart |caption = Languages of Sahaspur (2011)<ref name="languages"/> |label1 = Hindi |value1 = 60.70 |color1 = orange |label2 = Urdu |value2 = 40.25 |color2 = green |thumb=left }} Hindi and Urdu are the official languages.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Minority Affairs|access-date=29 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> At the time of the 2011 Census of India,60.70% of the population of the sahaspur spoke Hindi, 40.25% Urdu as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10224/download/13336/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref>
== Notable people == * Tanzil Ahmed (D.S.P, NIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/nia-officer-mohammed-tanzil-shot-dead-as-children-watched-316145-2016-04-04 |title=NIA officer Mohammed Tanzil shot dead as children watched |last=Rai |first=Ankur Sharma Rajat |date=4 April 2016 |website=India Today |publisher= |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> * Lokendra Singh (ex-MLA 24noorpur) * Yashvir Singh (ex- MP 5 Nagina Lok sabha)
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Category:Cities and towns in Bijnor district