Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh

According to tradition, Hamirpur was founded by one Hamira Deva in the 11th century. The town's old fort, which was still standing in the early 1900s, is also attributed to Hamira Deva. Hamirpur was important enough in the late 1500s to be the seat of a mahal, which the Ain-i-Akbari lists as part of sarkar Kalpi.{{rp|171–2}}

In 1823, the British moved their collectorate headquarters for northern Bundelkhand from Kalpi to Hamirpur. The town's main market, Sophiganj, was founded by a British officer in 1830 and named after his daughter. The town grew somewhat after its promotion to district headquarters, but it plateaued in the late 1800s and in 1909 was described as "a town of no considerable size".{{rp|171–2}}

Hamirpur was promoted to a municipality in 1949.{{rp|267}}

Hamirpur is located at {{Coord|25.95|N|80.15|E|}},{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Hamirpur.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Hamirpur, India|website=www.fallingrain.com}} 68 km from Kanpur and 140 km from Lucknow.{{cite book |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Balwant |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hamirpur |date=1988 |publisher=Government Press |location=Varanasi |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08747 |access-date=4 June 2023}}{{rp|267}} It is wedged snugly between the Yamuna and Betwa rivers, just west of their confluence.{{cite book |editor1-last=Drake-Brockman |editor1-first=D. L. |title=Hamirpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1909 |publisher=Government Press |location=United Provinces |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281449 |access-date=4 June 2023}}{{rp|170}} It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).{{cn|date=June 2025}}

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|location = Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh (1991–2020)

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| Jan record high C = 30.2

| Feb record high C = 35.2

| Mar record high C = 43.2

| Apr record high C = 46.2

| May record high C = 48.2

| Jun record high C = 48.2

| Jul record high C = 46.0

| Aug record high C = 41.0

| Sep record high C = 40.2

| Oct record high C = 39.2

| Nov record high C = 38.2

| Dec record high C = 31.0

|year record high C = 48.2

| Jan high C = 20.3

| Feb high C = 26.0

| Mar high C = 33.1

| Apr high C = 39.6

| May high C = 42.0

| Jun high C = 39.4

| Jul high C = 34.1

| Aug high C = 33.3

| Sep high C = 34.1

| Oct high C = 33.7

| Nov high C = 28.4

| Dec high C = 22.6

|year high C = 32.0

| Jan low C = 7.9

| Feb low C = 12.2

| Mar low C = 17.5

| Apr low C = 23.6

| May low C = 27.3

| Jun low C = 28.3

| Jul low C = 26.6

| Aug low C = 25.9

| Sep low C = 25.7

| Oct low C = 21.0

| Nov low C = 14.9

| Dec low C = 9.9

|year low C = 20.3

| Jan record low C = -0.9

| Feb record low C = -0.9

| Mar record low C = 7.0

| Apr record low C = 11.0

| May record low C = 9.4

| Jun record low C = 15.0

| Jul record low C = 16.0

| Aug record low C = 15.0

| Sep record low C = 14.0

| Oct record low C = 9.0

| Nov record low C = 2.0

| Dec record low C = -1.0

|year record low C = -1.0

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 9.0

| Feb rain mm = 6.9

| Mar rain mm = 9.3

| Apr rain mm = 2.7

| May rain mm = 9.3

| Jun rain mm = 62.6

| Jul rain mm = 190.6

| Aug rain mm = 146.5

| Sep rain mm = 104.6

| Oct rain mm = 15.9

| Nov rain mm = 2.2

| Dec rain mm = 4.2

|year rain mm = 563.7

| Jan rain days = 0.9

| Feb rain days = 0.7

| Mar rain days = 0.8

| Apr rain days = 0.3

| May rain days = 1.0

| Jun rain days = 3.3

| Jul rain days = 9.3

| Aug rain days = 8.4

| Sep rain days = 5.0

| Oct rain days = 1.1

| Nov rain days = 0.2

| Dec rain days = 0.3

|year rain days = 31.3

|time day = 17:30 IST

| Jan humidity = 66

| Feb humidity = 54

| Mar humidity = 41

| Apr humidity = 32

| May humidity = 33

| Jun humidity = 52

| Jul humidity = 75

| Aug humidity = 79

| Sep humidity = 72

| Oct humidity = 57

| Nov humidity = 59

| Dec humidity = 65

|year humidity = 57

|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf

| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| access-date = April 8, 2024

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{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf

| archive-date = 5 February 2020

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf

| title = Station: Hamirpur Climatological Table 1981–2010

| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| date = January 2015

| pages = 311–312

| access-date = 22 September 2020}}

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As of the 2011 Census of India, Hamirpur NPP had a population of 35,475, of which 19,027 were males and 16,448 were females. The population in the age range of 0–6 years was 3,940 constituting 11.1% of the total population. The total number of literates were 26,121, which constituted 73.6% of the population with male literacy of 78.7% and female literacy of 67.6%. The effective literacy rate (of 7+ population) of Hamirpur NPP was 82.8%%, of which male literacy rate was 88.5% and female literacy rate was 76.3%. Hamirpur had 6,802 households in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0937_PART_B_DCHB_HAMIRPUR.pdf|title= District census handbook Hamirpur|access-date=1 September 2020}}

As of the 2001 Census of India,{{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=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Hamirpur had a population of 32,035, of which 17,349 were males and 14,686 were females. The population in the age range of 0–6 years was 4,230, constituting 13.2% of the total population. The total number of literates were 22,592, which constituted 70.5% of the total population, with male literacy of 77.5% and female literacy of 62.3%. The effective literacy (of 7+ population) was 81.3%, of which male literacy rate was 89.1% and female literacy rate was 72.0%.

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{{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|82.5}}

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Majority of the population of Hamirpur are Hindus with 82.5% adherents, followed by Muslims at 17.2%.

• Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel, MLA, BJP
• Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of state
• Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015), poet, writer and lyricist

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