Country India District Sonbhadra Local time Thursday 1:21 AM | State Uttar Pradesh Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 9,232 (2001) | |
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Bijpur is a census town part of Dudhi Tehsil in Sonbhadra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is the border town located at UP - Madhya border.
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Map of Bijpur, Uttar Pradesh 231208
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Bijpur had a population of 9232. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bijpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 65%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Here NTPC, the largest power generation utility in India, has set up a 3000MW thermal power generation utility. The name of NTPC residential colony is Rihand Nagar. Also here is the famous Govind Vallabhpant Sagar, the backwaters of Rihand Dam in Uttar Pradesh.
Educational institutes
There are three CBSE based Senior Secondary schools. They are:
1) Ram Awadh Singh Mahavidyalaya JARHAN BIJPUR SONEBHADRA 2) Dayanand Anglo Vedic. Sr. Sec. Public School
3) Kendriya Vidyalaya
4) St. Joseph's School 5) SUNFLOWER ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL
Temples
1) Shiv Mandir (Rihand Nagar)
2) Hanuman Mandir (Bijpur)
3) Dudhiya Devi Mandir (Bijpur)