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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|City in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kichha<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = <br />
| image_skyline = Indira Gandhi Playground.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Indira Gandhi playground in Kichha<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttarakhand#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|28.92|N|79.50|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 = [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Udham Singh Nagar district|Udham Singh Nagar]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = [[Kichaka|King Kichaka]]<br />
| government_type = Municipality<br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
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| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 293<br />
| population_total = 221,965<br />
| population_as_of = 2021 (Estimated)<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Native<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Kauravi]], [[Tharu languages|Tharu]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 263148<br />
| area_code_type = STD code<br />
| area_code = 05944<br />
| registration_plate = UK 06<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''Kichha''' is a [[tehsil]] in [[Udham Singh Nagar district]], Uttarakhand, India.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Kichha is located at {{Coord|28.92|N|79.50|E|}}.<ref>[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Kichha.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Kichha]</ref> The town has an average elevation of 293&nbsp; meters (953&nbsp; feet).<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
[[File:Kichha city.jpg|thumb|Kichha Railway station]]<br />
{{As of|2011}} Indian census figures<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kichha, had a population of 41,965. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kichha has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 59%. In Kichha, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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==Education==<br />
*[[G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology]]<br />
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==Notable people ==<br />
'''Politicians'''<br />
*[[Tilak Raj Behar]] MLA<br />
*[[Rajesh Shukla]] Former MLA<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Udham Singh Nagar district}}<br />
{{Kumaon}}<br />
{{Municipalities of Uttarakhand}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Udham Singh Nagar district]]</div>
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