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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Bijnor}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| map_caption = Location of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh
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| population_total = 3,682,713
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'''Bijnor district''' ({{IPA|hi|bɪd͡ʒ.n̪ɔːɾ}}) is one of the 75 [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]]. [[Bijnor|Bijnor city]] is the district headquarters. The government of [[Nagar Palika Parishad Bijnor]] Uttar Pradesh seeks its inclusion in [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region (NCR)]] due to its close proximity to [[Delhi|NCT]] of [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/up-seeks-to-include-6-districts-in-ncr/|title=UP seeks to include 6 districts in NCR|date=11 January 2015|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>

Bijnor is notable for its sugarcane production and sugar mills, with two of the top five sugar mills of India situated in the district.<ref name="Sugar"/>

==History==
Bijnor district was created in 1817 out of part of [[Moradabad district]], and it was originally called '''Nagina district''' after its headquarters at [[Nagina]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Bijnor: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XIV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1908 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=124–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47996 |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> The headquarters was relocated to Bijnor in 1824, although the district was still called "Nagina district" until 1837, when it officially became known as Bijnor district.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

===Medieval history===
In 1399, the district was ravaged by [[Timur]]. Later, during the time of [[Akbar]], Bijnor was part of his [[Mughal Empire]]. In the early 18th century, the [[Rohilla]] [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] established their independence in the area called by the [[Rohilkhand]]. Around 1748, the Rohilla chief [[Ali Mohammed Khan]] made his first annexations in Bijnor, the rest of which soon fell under the Rohilla domination. The northern districts were granted by [[Ali Mohammed Khan]] to Khurshid Ahmed Baig, who gradually extended his influence west of the [[Ganges]] and at [[Delhi]], receiving the title of [[Najib-ud-daula]] with the position of the paymaster of the Mughal forces. [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]]s invaded Bijnor who was also instigated by enemies of Rohillas, leading to several battles. Rohilla chief, Najib, who sided with [[Ahmad Shah Durrani|Ahmad Shah Abdali]] in [[Third Battle of Panipat|Panipat]], was made vizier of the empire.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Bijnor |volume=3 |pages=928–929}}</ref>

===Colonial era===
In 1772 the [[Nawab of Oudh]] made a treaty with the [[Rohilla]]s, to expel the [[Maratha]]s in return for a money payment. [[Nawab of Oudh]] carried out his part of the bargain, but the Rohilla chieftains refused to pay. In 1774 the Nawab concluded with the [[Honourable East India Company|East India Company]] government of [[Calcutta]] a [[treaty of alliance]], and he then called upon the British, in accordance with its terms, to supply a brigade to assist him in enforcing his claims against the Rohillas. This was done; in the [[Rohilla War]], the Rohillas were driven beyond the Ganges to the east, and Bijnor was incorporated in the territories of the nawab, who in the same year (1774) ceded it to the [[British East India Company]]. During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|rebellion of 1857]], Bijnor was occupied by the Nawab of [[Najibabad]], a grandson of [[Zabita Khan]], on 1 June. The [[Sadaat-e-Bara|Barha Sayyids]] of Bijnor, who were hereditary enemies of the Rohillas, threw their hat in their lot with the Rohillas Pashtuns and fought on their side almost to the last man during the rebellion.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nr0rAQAAIAAJ&dq=barha+bijnor&pg=PA189 |page=189 |title=District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 14 |year=1908 |publisher= United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India) }}</ref> In spite of fighting between the [[Hindus]] and the Muslim Pashtuns, the [[Nawab]] succeeded in maintaining his position until 21 April 1858, when he was defeated by the British at [[Nagina]].<ref name=EB1911/>

==Geography ==
Bijnor, or more correctly Bijnaur, occupies the north-west corner of the [[Moradabad Division]] (historically, [[Rohilkhand]] or Bareilly region).
The western boundary is formed throughout by the deep stream of the river Ganges, beyond which lie the four districts of [[Haridwar]], Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, and Meerut. To the north and north-east in the hill country of [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]], the dividing line being the submontane road, which runs from Haridwar along the foot of the Himalayas to [[Ramnagar, Nainital]], [[Haldwani]], and [[Tanakpur]]. This road, popularly known as the Kandi Sadak, belongs throughout its length to Garhwal, the transfer having taken place a few years since. On the east the Phika river for the greater part of its course constitutes the boundary, separating this district from Nainital and Moradabad, as far as its junction with the Ramganga; and to the south lie the Thakurdwara Tehsil of Moradabad. Amroha and Hasanpur tahsils of Amroha District. The boundary being conventional and undetermined by natural features. The extreme parallels of north latitude are 29° 2' and 29° 58' and of east longitude 78° 0' and 78° 57' from Lalitpur, the most northerly point, to koti Rao in the furthest eastern corner the distance in {{convert|56|mi|km}}; and from Koti Rao to Kamharia in the south-westerly angle {{convert|57|mi|km}}; and from Kamharia to Lalitpur {{convert|62|mi|km}}. The total area of the district is liable to change slightly from time to time by reason of the erratic action of the Ganges and Ramganga: In 1906 it amounted to {{convert|1,145,272|acre|mi2 km2}}, the average for the last five years being {{convert|1,147,967|acre|mi2 km2|abbr=on}}.

There remains the low fringe of Khadir along the Ganges to the west. This generally resembles the lowlands that skirt the rivers of the interior, the low flats which adjoin the stream itself being purely alluvial in character, while above them rises a terrace of higher ground extending inland as far as the chain of stagnant [[Marsh|morasses]] lying immediately under the [[Khadir and Bangar|bangar]] cliff.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,76,308|13=1911|14=8,02,166|15=1921|16=7,36,765|17=1931|18=8,31,403|19=1941|20=9,05,793|21=1951|22=9,79,406|23=1961|24=11,84,306|25=1971|26=14,80,734|27=1981|28=19,27,023|29=1991|30=24,54,521|31=2001|32=31,31,619|33=2011|34=36,82,713|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bijnor district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,682,713,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-uttarpradesh.php?adm2id=0903 |title=District in Uttar Pradesh |access-date=19 June 2019 |year=2019 | publisher=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref><ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Bijnor district |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=127477 |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Liberia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web |author=US Directorate of Intelligence |title=Country Comparison:Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2007 |access-date=1 October 2011 |quote=Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Oklahoma 3,751,351 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=1 January 2011 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 74th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|808|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.64%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Bijnor has a [[sex ratio]] of 913 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 70.43%. 25.13% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.38% and 0.08% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Religion===
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|title=Religions in Bijnor district (2011)<ref name="Religion"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|55.18}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|43.04}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|1.37}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.41}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
†<small>Includes [[Jainism|Jains]] (0.17%), [[Christianity|Christians]] (0.17%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.05%).</small>
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Majority of the people of the district follow [[Hinduism]] followed closely by adherents of [[Islam]]. [[Sikhism]] is followed by a little more than one per cent of the population. [[Jainism]], [[Christianity]] and [[Buddhism]] have small number of adherents.<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
!Tehsil
![[Hindus]]
![[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Muslims]]
!Others
|-
|[[Najibabad]]
|48.44%
| style="background:green;color:white" |50.37%
|1.19%
|-
|[[Bijnor]]
| style="background:darkorange" |63.46%
|35.66%
|0.88%
|-
|[[Nagina]]
| style="background:darkorange" |50.73%
|46.10%
|3.17%
|-
|[[Dhampur]]
| style="background:darkorange" |54.99%
|42.93%
|2.08%
|-
|[[Chandpur, Bijnor|Chandpur]]
|style="background:darkorange" |58.15%
|40.14%
|1.71%
|}

===Languages===

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Bijnor district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 76.33 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 22.53 |color2 = green
|label3 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value3 = 0.96 |color3 = pink
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.18 |color4 = grey
|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]], 76.33% of the population of the district spoke [[Hindi]], 22.53% [[Urdu]] and 0.96% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] 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>

==Government and administration==
===Politics===
The [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency]] is [[Chandan Chauhan]], since 4 June 2024. He represents [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saxena |first1=Vinay |date=5 March 2024 |title=Chandan Singh Chauhan: जीत के पुराने जाट-गुर्जर फॉर्मूले के साथ मैदान में युवा पीढ़ी, कौन हैं ब‍िजनौर से RLD प्रत्‍याशी चंदन चौहान - RLD candidate from bijnor lok sabha seat chandan singh chauhan profile |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bijnor-rld-candidate-from-bijnor-lok-sabha-seat-chandan-singh-chauhan-profile-23667362.html |work=Jagran |language=hi |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>

===Assembly constituencies===
[[Najibabad]], [[Chandpur, Bijnor|Chandpur]], [[Noorpur Assembly constituency|Noorpur]], [[Dhampur Assembly constituency|Dhampur]], [[Nagina Assembly constituency|Nagina]] (reserved), [[Bijnor Assembly constituency|Bijnor]], [[Barhapur Assembly constituency|Barhapur]], [[Nehtaur Assembly constituency|Nehtaur]] (Reserved)

===Settlements===
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}


====Urban====
* [[Afzalgarh]]
* [[Basi Kiratpur]]
* [[Bijnor]]
* [[Chandouk|Chandok]]
* [[Chandpur, Bijnor|Chandpur]]
* [[Dhampur]]
* [[Haldaur]]
* [[Jhalu]]
* [[Mandawar, Uttar Pradesh|Mandawar]]
* [[Nagina]]
* [[Najibabad]]
* [[Nehtaur]]
* [[Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh|Noorpur]]
* [[Sahaspur]]
* [[Seohara]]
* [[Sherkot]]

{{Div col end}}

====Rural====


{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Askaripur]]
* [[Bahupura]]
* [[Harewali]]
* [[Jhalri]]
* [[Linderpur]]
* [[Madhusudanpur Nand Urf Jhalra]]
* [[Naseeri]]
* [[Pakhanpur]]
* [[Pheona]]
* [[Raja Ka Tajpur|Tajpur]]
* [[Ratangarh, Bijnor|Ratangarh]]
* [[Sisauna]]
* [[Umri, Bijnor|Umri]]


{{Div col end}}

==Economy==
Bijnor district has a vast [[sugar industry]] with total nine sugar mills of which Dhampur mill and Bundki mill are among India's top sugar mills. Approximately 2.09 lakh hectares of land is dedicated to sugarcane farming.<ref name="Sugar">{{cite news |last1=Dabas |first1=Harveer |title=sugarcane: Bijnor has 2 of India's top 5 sugar mills |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/bijnor-has-2-of-indias-top-5-sugar-mills/articleshow/55928965.cms |access-date=24 November 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=12 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==Cuisine==

Bijnor Urad Chawal is a notable rice-based dish of the region. It is served in special occasions like marriage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aasid |first=Aasid |date=9 April 2022 |title=बिजनौर के मशहूरउड़द चावल सिर्फ बिजनौरी ही बता सकते हैं कि उड़द चावल का महत्त्व क्या है |url=https://bijnorexpress.com/bijnor-historic-information/ |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=Bijnor Express |language=hi}}</ref>

==Notable people==


*[[Najib ad-Dawlah]], Mughal serviceman and founder of [[Najibabad]]
*[[Raashid Alvi]], politician
*[[Vishal Bhardwaj]], film director and producer
*[[Rahul Chaudhari]], professional [[kabaddi]] player, gold medal winner in the [[2016 South Asian Games]] as member of [[India national kabaddi team]]
*[[Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi]], Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer
*[[Sahu Jain family]], Prominent Industrialist who owns Times Group.
*[[Naim Ul Hasan]], politician
*[[Bakht Khan]], Indian rebel chief associated with [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
*[[Dushyant Kumar]], Hindi-language poet
*[[Om Kumar]], politician
*[[Manoj Kumar Paras]], politician
*[[Jagdish Prasad Mathur]], politician
*[[Prakash Mehra]], film director and producer
*[[Shadab Nazar]], first-class cricketer
*[[Swami Omvesh]], politician
*[[Hamid Afaq Qureshi]], historian
*[[Azizur Rahman (Indian politician)|Azizur Rahman]], politician
*[[Lokendra Singh (politician)|Lokendra Singh]], politician
*[[Meghna Singh]], cricketer and member of the [[India women's national cricket team]]
*[[Munshiram Singh]], politician
*[[Virendra Singh (physicist)|Virendra Singh]], Indian physicist
*[[Suchi (politician)|Suchi]], politician
*[[Ruchi Veera]], politician
*[[Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram]], Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist



==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://bijnor.nic.in Bijnor website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bijnor district
|North = [[Haridwar district]], [[Uttarakhand]]
|Northeast = [[Pauri Garhwal district]], Uttarakhand
|East = [[Nainital district]], Uttarakhand <br /> [[Udham Singh Nagar district]], Uttarakhand
|Southeast = [[Moradabad district]]
|South = [[Jyotiba Phule Nagar district]]
|Southwest = [[Meerut district]]
|West = [[Muzaffarnagar district]]
|Northwest =
}}

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