ROORKEE (Part 2) : NAMASKAR CITY

Demographics

The Roorkee Tehsil is the most populous among the three Tehsils in the Haridwar District with 45% of its population categorized as urban. According to the 2011 census Roorkee city has a population of 345,00^] within the area of 8.11 square kilometres. The average literacy rate of Roorkee is 89.48% The sex ratio of the town as-of 2011, is 863 for all age groups while between the age 0-6 it is 820. NAMASKAR CITY

Government and politics

For administrative purposes, the Roorkee city is part of the Haridwar district’s Roorkee Tehsil. The city falls under the Roorkee Legislative Assembly constituency, which is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. NAMASKAR CITY

Civic administration

The governance of Roorkee city is done by the Roorkee Municipal Coorporation (RMC) which comes under Roorkee Metropolitan Region. According to the 2011 census, the RMC covers an areas of 28.91 km² (11.16 sq mi) with 1.84 lakh population. The RMC is administered through the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act 1959 which was adopted and amended by Uttarakhand. The act is administered by the Urban Development Department (UDD), Government of Uttarakhand.

The council is formed every five years through ward councillors’s elections and it holds the highest authority within the Urban Local Body (ULB) to make decisions. The council is headed by a Mayor, who is elected by the Ward Councillors from 40 municipal wards. A Municipal Commissioner (MC) is appointed by the state who is responsible for the operations of the ULB. The RMC is responsible for city related civic services like cleanliness of the city, solid waste management, maintenance of gardens/dividers/circles, street light, bio-medical waste, all storm water and wastewater drainage. NAMASKAR CITY

Economy

Roorkee is an industrial base of Haridwar district. It is partially industrialized. Its main industries are ship parts manufacture, surveying, drawing and mechanical instruments. It has a GDP of US$ 112 million. NAMASKAR CITY

Languages

Major languages spoken in Roorkee are Hindi 72%, Urdu 23%, Punjabi 3%, and English 2%. NAMASKAR CITY

References

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