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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hapur
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Haripur
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.730937|N|77.775736|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Meerut division|Meerut]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Hapur district|Hapur]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| government_type = [[Municipal council (India)|Municipal Council]]
| governing_body = Hapur Municipal Council
| leader_title = Municipal Chairperson
| leader_name = Pushpa Devi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.up.nic.in/site/NewWinnerList2023.aspx|title=2023 UP Municipal Election results|work=ECI Uttar Pradesh|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/hapur/hapur-palika-seat-bsp-candidate-win-hapur-news-c-30-1-106215-2023-05-13|title=Pushpa Devi wins Hapur Municipal Council Chairman seat|work=Amar Ujala|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref>
| leader_party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| leader_title1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| leader_name1 = Vijay Pal ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_title2 = [[District Magistrate]]
| leader_name2 = Abhishek Pandey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khabarwala24.com/uttar-pradesh/hapur/hapurnew-district-magistrate-abhishek-pandey-took-charge/81242/|title=Hapur हापुड़ के नए जिलाधिकारी अभिषेक पांडेय ने संभाला कार्यभार|work=Khabarwala24|accessdate=22 April 2025}}</ref>
, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=District Hapur |url=https://hapur.nic.in/ |website=Bureaucracy.com |date=19 January 2022 |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>
| leader_title3 = [[Superintendent of Police|SP]]
| leader_name3 = Kunwar Gyananjay Singh, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Deepak Bhuker, IPS, Posted as Superintendent of Police, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh |url=https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/deepak-bhuker-ips-posted-as-sp-hapur-up/ |website=Bureaucracy.com |date=11 August 2021 |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 216.1032
| population_total = 317004
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="IndianCensu2011HapurCity">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011 – Uttar Pradesh – District Census Handbook – Ghaziabad |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0909_PART_B_DCHB_GHAZIABAD.pdf |pages=26–33 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]
| demographics1_title2 = Native
| demographics1_info2 = [[Kauravi dialect|Khariboli]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 245101
| area_code_type = 0122
| area_code = 5731
| registration_plate = UP-37
| website = http://hapur.nic.in/
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'''Hapur''' is a city and the administrative headquarters of [[Hapur district]], in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. Located about {{convert|60|km|mi}} east of [[New Delhi]], the city is part of the [[National Capital Region (India)|Delhi National Capital Region (NCR)]]. [[National Highway 9 (India)|National Highway 9]] passes through the city, connecting it to [[Delhi]].

==History==
Hapur is said to have been founded in the tenth century.<ref name=EB11V12Hapur>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Hapur |volume= 12 |page = 934 }}</ref><ref name=EB14V11Hapur>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Encyclopædia Britannica |edition=14th |volume=11 |page=167 |chapter=Hapur |year=1956 |location=Chicago |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.}}</ref>

Hapur is listed in the ''[[Ain-i-Akbari]]'' as a [[pargana]] under Delhi [[sarkar (administrative division)|sarkar]], producing a revenue of 2,103,589 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 4 cavalry.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |translator-last=Jarrett |translator-first=Henry Sullivan |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |page=288 |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

It was granted by [[Daulat Scindia]] to his French general [[Pierre Cuillier-Perron]] at the end of the 18th century. Under the [[British Raj]], Hapur was within [[Meerut District]], was surrounded by several fine groves, and carried on considerable trade in sugar, [[jaggery]] (gur), grain, cotton, timber, bamboo, and brass and steel utensils.<ref name=EB11V12Hapur />
Hapur participated heavily in the [[1857 Rebellion]] lead by the local [[Gurjar]] [[Zamindars]]<ref> Stokes, E. (1969). Rural Revolt in the Great Rebellion of 1857 in India: A Study of the Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar Districts. The Historical Journal, 12(4), 606–627. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2638016 </ref> The important [[cavalry]] remount depot and farm of [[Babugarh]] adjoined the town.<ref name=EB14V11Hapur /> Earlier it was within [[Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]] district but in 2012 it became a separate district. It comes within Meerut commissionaire.

==Geography==
Hapur is located at {{Coord|28.72|N|77.78|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Hapur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Hapur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 213 metres (699 feet) (higher than its neighbours).

==Climate==
{{Main|Climate of Uttar Pradesh}}
Hapur has a [[monsoon]]-influenced [[humid subtropical]] climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters. Summers last from early April to late June and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching {{convert|43|C|F}}.<ref name=ch3>{{cite web|title=Chapter 3 – Findings: Metro Cities of India|url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf|publisher=Central Pollution Control Board|access-date=1 April 2011|pages=63|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210838/http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The monsoon arrives in late June and continues until the middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover, but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October; and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March.<ref name=ch3/>

Rainfall is about 90 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%.<ref name=ch3/>

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| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| location = Hapur(1971–2000)
| temperature colour =
|Jan record high C = 29.3
|Feb record high C = 32.2
|Mar record high C = 39.5
|Apr record high C = 43.5
|May record high C = 45.8
|Jun record high C = 46.1
|Jul record high C = 46.0
|Aug record high C = 40.0
|Sep record high C = 39.0
|Oct record high C = 38.0
|Nov record high C = 34.5
|Dec record high C = 30.0
|year record high C = 46.1
|Jan high C = 21.9
|Feb high C = 23.1
|Mar high C = 28.7
|Apr high C = 36.3
|May high C = 39.1
|Jun high C = 37.6
|Jul high C = 33.6
|Aug high C = 32.6
|Sep high C = 33.7
|Oct high C = 32.8
|Nov high C = 28.6
|Dec high C = 23.5
|year high C = 31.1
|Jan low C = 7.2
|Feb low C = 9.1
|Mar low C = 13.8
|Apr low C = 19.9
|May low C = 24.3
|Jun low C = 26.0
|Jul low C = 25.9
|Aug low C = 25.5
|Sep low C = 23.6
|Oct low C = 18.2
|Nov low C = 12.4
|Dec low C = 8.0
|year low C = 17.7
|Jan record low C = 0.2
|Feb record low C = 0.1
|Mar record low C = 5.4
|Apr record low C = 8.3
|May record low C = 15.4
|Jun record low C = 17.7
|Jul record low C = 16.5
|Aug record low C = 19.0
|Sep record low C = 15.7
|Oct record low C = 7.2
|Nov record low C = 1.8
|Dec record low C = 0.2
|year record low C = 0.1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 19.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 24.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 24.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 12.8
|May precipitation mm = 19.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 101.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 299.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 264.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 115.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 25.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 4.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 13.4
|year precipitation mm = 945.0
|Jan rain days = 1.5
|Feb rain days = 1.7
|Mar rain days = 1.7
|Apr rain days = 0.9
|May rain days = 1.6
|Jun rain days = 4.9
|Jul rain days = 11.2
|Aug rain days = 9.4
|Sep rain days = 6.2
|Oct rain days = 1.6
|Nov rain days = 0.4
|Dec rain days = 0.9
|year rain days = 42.0
|source 1 = India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)<ref name= IMD >{{cite web
| url = http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/meerut2.htm
| title = Meerut Climatological Table Period: 1971–2000
| publisher = [[India Meteorological Department]]
| access-date = 15 April 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214130716/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/meerut2.htm
| archive-date = 14 February 2014
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name=IMD2>{{cite web
|url=http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext2010.pdf
|title=Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010
|publisher=India Meteorological Department
|access-date=15 April 2015
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316064314/http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext2010.pdf
|archive-date=16 March 2014
}}</ref>
|date=April 2015}}

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of cities in Uttar Pradesh}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Hapur (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|66.27}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|32.12}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|0.82}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.79}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
}}

According to the 2011 census, Hapur had a population of 262,983, consisting of 139,525 males and 123,458 females. The literacy rate was 63.40%: 80.66% for males and 66.59% for females. 14.35% of the population was from 0–6 years. Scheduled Castes make up 29.62% of the population.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Ghaziabad |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1214/download/3870/DH_2011_0909_PART_A_DCHB_GHAZIABAD.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

[[Hinduism]] is the majority religion in Hapur city, with 174,278 (66.27%) followers. Islam is the second-most popular religion in Hapur, with 84,477 (32.12%). Followers of [[Sikhism]] number 2,163 (0.82%), [[Jainism]] 981 (0.37%), Christianity 765 (0.29%), and [[Buddhism]] 162 (0.06%). Approximately 156 (0.06%) stated "No Particular Religion" and 1 (0.00%) stated "Other Religion".<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>

{{pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Languages in Hapur (2011)<ref name="Lang"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 80.44 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 18.30 |color2 = green
|label3 = Others |value3 = 1.26 |color3 = grey
}}

[[Hindi]] is the most spoken language. Other languages such as Urdu are spoken by a minority.<ref name="Lang">{{cite web |title=2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Town Level) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10235/download/13347/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |access-date=27 June 2022 |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority==
Many high-standard educational and research institutes are being established in the Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Region, e.g. a dental college and research institute, engineering colleges, commerce colleges a [[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School]] branch, and other educational and research centres. Similarly, in housing development, many famous developers like Ansal Housing Group, Eros Group, etc., are investing large amounts of money in constructing housing for the town.<ref name=HPDAProfile>{{cite web |title=A Brief Profile – The Genesis of Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority |url=http://hpdaonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=7 |website=Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority |access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref>

==Notable people==


*[[Ram Charan (consultant)|Ram Charan]], business consultant, is originally from Hapur
*[[Charan Singh]], the former [[prime minister of India]], was born in the village of Noorpur, Hapur.

==See also==
* [[Asouda]]
* [[Bhudia]]
* [[Dhaulana]]
* [[Garhmukteshwar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Hapur|short=x}}

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