The original name of the city was Vyaghraprastha (Sanskrit: व्याघ्रप्रस्थ, meaning tiger city) because of the large number of tigers in that area.[4] It is also mentioned as Vyaghraprastha in the Indian epic Mahabharata, one of the five villages that Krishna demanded from Hastinapur on behalf of the Pandavas, so as to avert the war.[5]
During the Mughal Era, the city was named as Baghpat (Hindustani: बाग़पत) by emperors in Delhi, in reference to the city's gardens.[6]
History
Baghpat is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, as producing a revenue of 3,532,368 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 200 infantry and 20 cavalry.[7]
Geography
Baghpat is located in western Uttar Pradesh, on the east bank of the Yamuna river. It is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Delhi and 48 kilometres (30 mi) west of Meerut, on the main Delhi–Saharanpur highway. Baghpat is the headquarters of Baghpat district, which is in the shape of a north–south rectangle. To the north of Baghpat district are Shamli and Muzaffarnagar district, to the east Meerut district, to the south Ghaziabad district, and to the west, across the Yamuna, Delhi, and Sonipat district in Haryana state.[3]
Demographics
As of the 2011 Census of India[update], Baghpat's 7880 households included a population of 50,310 of which 26,435 were males and 23,875 were females. 8,781 children ranged in age from 0 to 6. The literacy rate in Baghpat was 50.7%, with male literacy of 56.9% and female literacy of 43.8%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Baghpat was 61.43%, of which the male literacy rate was 68.9% and the female literacy rate was 53.1%. The Scheduled Caste population was 2,337. In 2011.[1]
The chairman of Baghpat's Nagar Palika Parishad is Riazuddin (3rd term).[9] The district magistrate is Jitendra Pratap Singh.[10] and the superintendent of police is Arpit Vijayvargiya.[11]
^ ab"Census of India: Baghpat". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak; H. S. Jarrett (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 286. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
