Baghpat is a city and a municipal board in Baghpat district  in the state of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India

India

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. It is the administrative headquarters of Baghpat District.
The Baghpat city is located on the banks of river Yamuna

Yamuna

The Yamuna is the largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India...

 at 28 deg 57' North Latitude and 77 deg 13' East Longitude. It is 52 KM from Meerut City and is on the main Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

–Saharanpur

Saharanpur

Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division...

 Highway around 40 KM from Delhi toward north.

Baghpat District was established as a separate district in 1997. Prior to becoming a district, Baghpat was a Tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 under Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

.

Medical Facilities

The Government Medical Center is relatively outdated , thought the present UP state government does have plans to modernize the currently available facilities. The city also has private hospital - Raksha Hospital, the most modern hospital in the district providing all sorts of medical facilities at subsidized rates.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Baghpat had a population of 36,365. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Baghpat has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 82% of the males and 58% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History and Culture

It was founded by the Pandava

Pandava

In the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, the Pandava are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu , by his two wives Kunti and Madri. Their names are Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. Although, Karna is told by Lord Krishna that according to the laws and ethics he is the first son of Kunti making...

 brothers of Mahabharata

Mahabharata

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 as Vyagprastha. Barnava

Barnava

Barnava is a village in Bagpat district in Uttar Pradesh, India.Barnava is between Sardhana and Binauli near Meerut.Baranava is the site of the Lakshagriha, it was called Varnavat at Mahabharata time. Barnava still have evidence of Lakshagriha....

, near Binauli is the site of the Lakshagriha, the lac

Lac

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 palace that was built by Purochana a minister of Duryodhana to kill the Pandavas.

Famous persons from Baghpat District

Sqn Ldr S.P. Singh

Shirash Pal Singh

Shirash Pal Singh was the coach of Indian National Kabaddi team. He was born in a small village called Bandpur of Khekra tehsil in Baghpat district. He played kabaddi throughout high school, college and also at the national level.-Career:...

, former coach of Indian Kabaddi

Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

 team and Asiad gold medalist belonged to Bandpur

Bandpur

Bandpur is a village located in the Khekra Tehsil of Indian Baghpat district.It is located about 3 km from the New Delhi-Saharanpur highway.Nearby villages are Katha, Bada Gaon and Sunehra....

 village of Khekada

Khekada

Khekada, Hindi खेकडा is a city and a nagar panchayat in Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Khekada has a population nearby 1,30,000. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%.Khekada has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the...

Tehsil in Baghpat. Also he was the coach of the gold medal winning kabaddi team at the SAF games in Madras 1995. He has made his motherland proud by winning medals at several international and national events. For his achievements he was felicitated by Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India. Wing Commander Krishan Pal Solanki resident of Village & Post jiwana Guliyan District Bagpat who joined Indian Air Force Along with Sqn Ldr SP Singh after holding various appointments in IAF is heading AFNHB hyderabad. He had motivated large number of youth to join Armed forces & contribute to the national security .

Recently, youngsters from the district have shown great performance in other sports also such as boxing and shooting.