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BAREILLY - SNIPPETS FROM
THE PAST
The district
of Bareilly (also known as Bareli
or Bans Bareli) forms a part of the Rohilkhand Division and is named after
its headquarter city, the foundation of which can be dated sometime in the
first half of the sixteenth century. Tradition has it that Bareilly was founded
in 1537 by Bans Deo and Barel
Deo, the two sons of Jagat Singh Katheriya, who founded a village
called Jagatpur, a name which
is still retained by one of the localities of the old city.
From Archaeological
point of view, the district of Bareilly is very rich. The extensive remains of Ahichhatra,
the capital town of ancient Northern Panchala
have been discovered near Ramnagar Village of Anola Tehsil in the district.
It was during the first excavations at Ahichhatra
(1940-44) that the painted grey ware, associated with the advent of the Aryans in the Ganga Yamuna Valley, was
recognised for the first time in the earliest levels of the site. Nearly 5000
coins belonging to the periods earlier than that of Guptas have been yielded from Ahichhatra. It has
also been one of the richest sites in India from the point of view of the
total yield of terracotas.
LOCATION, AREA AND BOUNDARIES
The district
of Bareilly lies between Lat.28º
1' & 28º 54' N and Long. 78º 58' & 79º 47' E, running over a distance
of about 60 miles from North to South and about 47 miles from East to West,
and covering an area of approximately 1578 square miles. The Municipal Corporation
covers an area of 10.573 square kms.(as per 1999 census). The Northern boundary
of the district is contiguous with that of Nainital district, on the East lies the
district of Pilibhit and on
the South-East, Shahajahanpur
district. On the South and South-West, it is bounded by the district of Badaun, the Ramganga river forming the natural boundary between the two
districts for about 19 miles. On the West lies the district of Rampur.
POPULATION
As per
the 1999 census, the population of the district is 28,34,616 comprising of
about 54% male population and 46% females. The literacy percentage of the
district is about 26%.
SUB-DIVISIONS, TEHSILS
AND THANAS
The district
comprises of the six sub-divisions
of Anola, Baheri, Bareilly, Faridpur, Nawabganj
and Meerganj, each forming the
Tehsil of the same name. For
purposes of Police Administration, there are 21 Thanas (Police Stations) in the district-tehsil.
Bareilly having 9 of them, of
which 5 are located in the Bareilly
city. There are 4 police stations in Tehsil Anola,
3 in Tehsil Baheri, 3 in Tehsil
Faridpur and 2 in Tehsil Nawabganj.
RIVER SYSTEMS AND WATER
RESOURCES
The main
river of the district, the Ramganga
river, flows from the West to the South-East, separating Tehsil Anola from the rest of the district. The
other rivers - the Siddha, the
Dojora, the Bahgul (west), the Sankha,
the Deoranian and the Nakatia, and their tributaries, which mostly
rise in the Tarai, generally
run through the district in Southern and South-Eastern direction to join the
Ramganga river.
TEMPERATURE AND CLIMATE
The temperature
of the district fluctuates from a maximum of 44ºC in the months of May-June
to a low of 4ºC during the cool months of Dec-Jan. The climate of the district
is influenced by its proximity to the hills and the tarai swamps in the north.
Although the air is dry in summers, it contains moisture during the rest of
the year. The district goes through a cycle of four seasons, during the year.
The cool winters from December to February, followed by the warm summers which
continue till about the middle of June, relief from the heat coming in the
form of the South-West monsoons, ushering during the rainy season which lasts
till the end of September. October and November constitute the post-monsoon
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