Baghpat

Baghpat (also spelled Bagpat) is a district in the State of Uttar Pradesh in India. The district derives its name from its headquarter town Bagpat, which is located at between 28°57’ North Latitude and 77°13’ East Longitude. The district is bounded in the north by district Muzaffarnagar, in the south by Ghaziabad, in the west by river Yamuna and district Rohtak of Harayana.

Area of the district is 1321 Sq Km and population 1163991 as per census 2001.

There are three tehsils, 6 blocks, 237 gram sabhas, 46 nyay panchayats, and 290 inhabites and 225 uninhabited villages in the district.

History

The city was originally known as ‘Vyagprastha’ - Land of Tigers. In ancient days it was a dense jungle. Later it came to be known as Baghpat and finally Bagpat during the Mughal era.

The place finds mention in the Mahabharata. It is here Pandavas were conspired into living in Lakshagrih (the house of lac) to be killed by Kauravas.

Baghpat District came into existence in 1997. Prior to becoming a district, it was a Tehsil in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.

Politics

Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies and their areas after delimitation order of 2008

50 Chhaprauli Vidhan Sabha Constituency - KCs 2-Chhaparauli, 3-Binoli, PCs 8-Mukarrabpur Kandera, 17-Kishanpur, 18-Bhudpur, 22-Kasimpur Kheri of 1-Baraut KC, Doghat NP, Tikri NP & Chhaprauli NP of 1-Baraut Tehsil.

51 Baraut Vidhan Sabha Constituency - PCs 1-Kheri Pradhan, 2-Kotana, 3-Luhari, 4-Loyan, 5-Malakpur, 6-Shahpur Badoli, 7-Sadiqpur Sinoli, 9-Badawad, 10-Sadatpur Jonmana, 11-Bam, 12-Badaka, 13-Wazidpur, 14-Mahawatpur, 15-Jiwana, 16-Bawali, 19-Bijrol, 20-Johari, 21-Hilwari, 23-Jagos of 1-Baraut KC & Baraut MB of 1-Baraut Tehsil; PCs 5-Bali, 6-Meetli, 7-Niwara, 8-Sisana, 9-Gyasri Urf Gandhi, 10-Saroorpur Kalan, 11-Fatehpur Putthi, 12-Dhanaura Silvernagar, 13-Bichpari, 14-Budhera, 15-Naithla, 16-Sultanpur Hatana, 17-Faizpur Ninana, 18-Goripur Jawahar Nagar, 19-Sujara, 20-Tayodi & 21-Khera Islampur of 1-Baghpat KC of 2 Baghpat Tehsil.

52 Baghpat Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 3-Khekra Tehsil; KC 2-Pilana, PCs 1-Baghpat, 2-Pali, 3-Pawla Bagamabad, 4-Tatiri of 1-Baghpat KC, Baghpat MB, Aminagar Sarai NP & Agarwal Mandi NP of 2-Baghpat Tehsil.

Places of interest
Lakshyagrah, Valmiki Ashram in Bagpat, Pura Mahadev