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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{other uses|Bilaspur (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Bilaspur Haryana<br />
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| settlement_type = township<br />
| image_skyline = Bilaspur-August2016.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Aerial view of Bilaspur, Haryana<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30.32|N|77.32|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Yamunanagar District|Yamunanagar]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 274<br />
| population_total = 9620<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]& Haryanvi<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 135102<br />
| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#HR.E2.80.94Haryana|HR]]-71<br />
| website = {{URL|haryana.gov.in}} <br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-HR]]<br />
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'''Bilaspur''' is a [[census town]] and block headquarter in [[Yamunanagar District]] in the state of [[Haryana]], India.<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web |title=Bilaspur |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=64927 |website=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=[[Government of India]] |accessdate=18 October 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171018230146/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=64927 |archivedate=18 October 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It takes its name from the corrupted form of "Vyas Puri", as it was the [[ashram]] of [[Vyasa|Ved Vyasa]] [[rishi]] where he wrote the [[Mahabharta]] on the banks of [[Sarasvati river]] near [[Adi Badri (Haryana)|Adi Badri]] where Sarasvati river leaves Himalayas and enters the plains.<ref name="SSS">[http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.sg/2015/03/saraswati-darshan-march-2015-ed-dr.html?view=timeslide Sarasvati Sodh Sansthan Publications 2015]</ref> On [[Jagadhari]] road lies another popular religious site of [[Kapal Mochan]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Bilaspur had a population of 9620. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bilaspur has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 69% and female literacy of 61%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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==Riverfont==<br />
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'''Bilaspur Sarasvati Riverfont''' is being developed are a riverfront. In 2021, [[Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board]]<!-- Per wiki guidelines, retain redlink to cnourage its creation. --> initiated projects to develop 5 river fronts under the under [[Adi_Badri,_Haryana#SR|Sarasvatio Revival Project]] on the rejuvenated [[Sarasvati river]] at [[Mini_Zoo_%26_Black_Buck_Breeding_Centre,_Pipli|Pipli]], [[Pehowa#Prithudak_Teerth|Pehowa]], Bilaspur, [[Dosarka]]<!-- Per wiki guidelines, retain redlink to cnourage its creation. --> (on Panchkula-Yamunanagar [[National Highway 344 (India)|NH-344]] near Sirsgarh) and the [[Theh Polar]]<!-- Per wiki guidelines, retain redlink to cnourage its creation. --> (near [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilisation]] archaeological site on Kaithal-Guhla [[List of highways in Haryana|SH-11]]). Pipli riverfront will be on the pattern [[Sabarmati Riverfront]].<ref name=de1>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/haryanas-saraswati-heritage-board-to-develop-5-riverfronts-285084 Haryana's Saraswati heritage board to develop 5 riverfronts], The Tribune, 19 Jul 2021.</ref><br />
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Bilaspur is one of the important [[Tirtha (Hinduism)|tirtha]] in the [[48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra]]<br />
* [[Adi Badri (Haryana)]]<br />
* [[Gita Mahotsav]]<br />
* [[Kaushalya Dam]]<br />
* [[Parikrama]]<br />
* [[Lohgarh (Bilaspur)]]<br />
* [[Morni]]<br />
* [[Sarasvati river]]<br />
* [[Sadaura]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Yamunanagar district]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Tourism in Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Mahabharata]]<br />
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