Pilibhit

Pilibhit Pilibhit
District HQ
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,645,183
• Rank	138
Website	www.pilibhit.nic.in
The word 'Pilibhit' means 'Wall of Yellow Mud'

(English:Pilibhit, Hindi:पीलीभीत, Urdu:پیلی بھیت, Telugu:పిలిభిట్, Tamil:பிளிப்திட், Kannada:ಪಿಲಿಭಿತ್, Malayalam:പിളിഭിട്ട്, Gujrati:પિલિભિત, Bengali:পিলিভিট্, Oriya:ପିଲିଭିଟ୍ , Punjabi:ਪਿਲਿਭਿਟ੍, Nepali:पिलिभित, Marathi:पिलिभिટ્ )

Pilibhit is a city and a municipal board in Pilibhit district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Pilibhit is the north-eastern most district of Bareilly division, which is situated in Rohilkhand region of the sub Himalayan belt on the boundary of Nepal. Pilibhit has an agriculture-based economy. Till 1978, 63% area of the district was a dense forest, but deforestation has scaled done the total forest cover to 23% in 2004.

The Pilibhit District is a bit backward in the area of industry, since main crop in this area is sugarcane. So there are four sugar factories at Majhola, Puranpur, Bisalpur and Pilibhit. Three factories are in co-operative sector and one at Pilibhit is in private sector. The Lalit Hari Sugar Factory is the largest among them. Now, in year 2005-06, the Bajaj Industry has come up with Bajaj Hindustan Ltd, in Barkhera area of the district. Apart from this, District has a few cottage industries too, Main cottage industries are flute manufacturing and zari work. The flute made in Pilibhit has a big international demand. These flutes are exported to US, Europe and the African countries. Other major units are three solvent plants, four flour mills, one steel plant (a few Kms from the City) and one Alcohol Distillery in Majhola.

The origin of river Gomti, Gumti or Gomati (Hindi: गोमती), which is a tributary of the Ganges River, is from a small lake Gomat Taal situated in Madhotnada in the puranpur tehsil region. Apart from this, district also has a few places of religious importance in or around the district. A main Guruwara of Sikh community is placed in Nanakmatta town around 46 KMs from the city. One of the biggest and the most important temple of the region 'Sri Purnagiri Temple' is in the nearby Champawat district of Uttaranchal. Thousand of Lakhs of people from the holes and corners of Uttar Pradesh comes to this temple, and Pilibhit is one of the Halting point for the pilgrims.

Geography

Pilibhit lies between the parallels of 28⁰6' and 28⁰53' north latitude and the meridians of 79⁰57' and 80⁰27' east longitude. In the north side there is the district Udham Singh Nagar and the territory of Nepal, on the south lies the Shahjahanpur district, on the east the district is flanked for a short distance by district Lakhimpur Kheri and for the remaining distance by the Shahjahanpur district and on the west the district of Bareilly.

Demographics

Eagle View of Pilibhit city

Eagle View of Pilibhit city

As of 2001 India census, Pilibhit had a population of 16,45,183. Males constitute 53.26% of the population and females 46.73%. Pilibhit has an average literacy rate of 49.81%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 62.49%, and female literacy is 35.11%. In Pilibhit, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to the central statistical organization, the District Pilibhit had an area of 4,008 km² on Sept 1, 2007, occupying 37th position in the state. Major part of Pilibhit District is covered by dense forest. Total 78478 hectare is forest. The Sharda canal is the main canal of the district, the others being its branches. Total length of canals in the district is 138 km. Though Pilibhit District is a bit backward in the area of industry. The main crop in this area is sugar cane. So there are four sugar factories at Majhola, Puranpur, Bisalpur and Pilibhit. Three factories are in co-operative sector and one at Pilibhit is in private sector. Other major units are three solvent plants, one flour mill, one steel plant and one Alcohol Distillery. Small scale industries are Rice mills, engineering units, brick klins, candles and mainly bansuri (flute) manufacturing.

Climate

Pilibhit
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     7     14 4     24     21 10     30     29 14     46     36 23     81     44 31     121     47 34     132     41 33     140     36 27     110     34 25     31     30 20     23     20 14     12     11 6 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.3     57 39     0.9     69 49     1.2     85 58     1.8     96 73     3.2     111 87     4.8     116 94     5.2     105 91     5.5     98 81     4.3     94 77     1.2     86 67     0.9     68 56     0.5     51 43 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Pilibhit experiences three distinct seasons: summer, monsoon and winter. Typical summer months are from March end to June, with maximum temperatures ranging from 36 to 47 °C (100 to 115 °F). Contrary to most of the Himalyan Plateau where June is the warmest month, the warmest months in Pilibhit is May. The city starts receiving heavy thundershowers with sharp downpours in Mid June. Though the temperatures plunge in this month, the summer heat accompanied by high humidity can be occasionally quite oppressive.

Monsoon winds blowing from the South India are a welcome relief in mid of June, bringing with them heavy showers in July, August. Pilibhit receives excessive rainfall in the month of August & September. The city receives an annual rainfall of 723 mm, mainly between June and September as the result of southwest monsoon. August is the wettest month of the year. The spells of continuous rainfall may stretch to many days or even a few weeks. Pilibhit has, on record, received rainfall for 17 consecutive days (Days when rainfall is greater than 21.7 mm) in 1967.

As the monsoon winds recede, the day temperatures starts decline in October with cooler nights signalling the onset of winter. Pilibhit experiences winter from November to February. it experience Pleasant windy days, clear skies and cool nights in the month of November till February ends. Which makes it the most enjoyable time of the year. The day temperature hovers around 14 °C (57 °F) while night temperature is below 7 °C (45 °F) for most of December and January, often dropping to 5 or 6 °C (42 °F). On particularly cold days, wind may appear to be very chilly due to the dryness of air. Rain is very expected in month of February.

Temperature records:

• The highest temperature recorded was 120 °F (48.5 °C) on 29 May 1989.
• The lowest temperature recorded was 31 °F (-0.2 °C) in 17 January 1949.
• Pilibhit has received Snow fall once in the year of 1949. which was the coolest year in this area.

How to reach

By Train:
Pilibhit Junction Railway Station is on the Bareilly-Lakhimpur railway line. The station is under the administrative control of the North Eastern Railways. Computerized reservation facility is provided. Going south-west, Bhojipura Junction Railway Station is the main station next to Pilibhit. The nearest main station to the west is Puranpur Railway Station.

Main Three express trains comes here from Lucknow named as Lucknow-Agra express(5313), Nainital Express(5308) and Rohilkhand Express(5310) respectively. Two express trains from Agra comes named as Agra-Gonda express(GOKUL-5316) and Agra-Lucknow(5314) Express. From Delhi one has to reach first nearby district Bareilly by bus or train then may reach Pilibhit by a bus or meter gauge train.

• Station Code: PBE
• Enquiry about arrival and departure of trains: +91-5882-255804

By Bus:
National Highway 74 passes through Pilibhit. Regular buses connect Pilibhit to Bareilly at the frequency of every ½ hr. Direct buses are also available from Delhi, Lucknow, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Kanpur, Rupaidhiya, Agra and Tanakpur etc.

• Enquiry about arrival and departure of Buses: +91-5882-255670

By Air:
Nearby Airports (within 200 miles):

• Lucknow (LKO, 136.967 miles),
• Agra (AGR, 138.348 miles),
• Gwalior (GWL, 187.85 miles)

Distance of different cities from Pilibhit

• All distance given are Air Distance and all directions are from pilibhit, Road distance are different from air distance.

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Air Distance of State capitals' from Pilibhit

City	State	Distance (km)	Distance (Miles)	Direction
New Delhi	Delhi	274	171	NW
Mumbai	Maharashtra	1317	818	SW
Kolkata	W Bengal	1125	700	SE
Chennai	Tamilnadu	274	171	NW
Bangalore	Karnataka	1748	1086	S
Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	1254	780	S
Chandigarh	Punjab & Haryana	372	232	NW
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	270	167	SE
Bhubaneswar	Orissa	1112	691	SE
Patna	Bihar	684	425	SE
Dehradun	Uttaranchal	212	132	NW
Shimla	Himanchal Pradesh	274	205	NW
Gandhi Nagar	Gujarat	978	608	W
Jammu	Jammu & Kashmir	657	408	N
Jaipur	Rajasthan	438	273	W
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	623	388	SW
Ranchi	Jharkhand	895	557	SW
Raipur	Chhattisgarh	861	535	SW
Panaji	Goa, Daman & Div	1585	985	W
Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	2184	1335	S
Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh	1383	860	E
Dispur	Assam	1417	881	E
Gangtok	Sikkim	893	556	E
Kohima	Nagaland	1522	946	E
Agartala	Tripura	1328	825	E
Imphal	Manipur	1535	954	E
Shillong	Meghalaya	1312	816	E

Where to stay

No.	Hotel Name	Address
1	Hotel Nirmal	Station Road, Chhatari Chauraha, Pilibhit
2	Hotel Anand	Tanakpur Road, Chhatari Chauraha, Pilibhit
3	Hotel Santosh	Station Road, Sungari Police Station, Pilibhit
4	Hotel Ashok	JP Road, Choke Chauraha, Pilibhit
5	LNV Guest House	Near Roadways, Pilibhit
6	Irrigation Guest House	Near S.P. Residence Pilibhit
7	Forest Department Guest House	Bankatti Road, Near Police Choki, Pilibhit
8	Meghvati Guest House	Naktadana Road, Near Kachhari, Pilibhit

History

In 1801 when Rohilkhand was ceded to the British, Pilibhit was a Pargana of the District of Bareilly, which lost it in 1833, the arrangement being temporary and the tract being again united with Bareilly in 1841. In 1871 was formed the Pilibhit subdivision comprising Jahanabad, Pilibhit and Puranpur which was eventually converted into a separate District in 1879. At the introduction of the British rule the parganas of Pilibhit, Jahanabad & Bisalpur was formed into separate Tehsils. Puranpur was united for this purpose with Khutar. A redistribution of the area was effected in 1824, when the Bisalpur Tehsil contained the Parganas of Bisalpur and Maurari, which afterward become a single area; Jahanabad was joined with Richha to form tehsil Pareva & Pilibhit with Bilheri, the HQ being at Pilibhit. In 1851 Bilheri and the other tarai pargana were taken under direct management and in 1863 Richha was attached to the new Baheri Tehsil, Pargana Jahanabad being assigned to Pilibhit which also received Puranpur on its transfer in 1865. The latter, in 1871, a became subtehsil dependent on Pilibhit. The promotion of Puranpur into a full Tehsil occurred in 1879, while Bisalpur throughout remained a separate subdivision. Thus the area is now divided into three Tehsils and four Parganas. Puranpur & Bisalpur constituting individual Tehsils and Parganas & the Tehsil of Pilibhit comprising the paraganas of Pilibhit and Jahanabad.

Rare historical facts about Pilibhit
1. There is one memorial Place at Khakra Chouki (Current police chouki), where 21 freedom fighter were hanged on 14 Jan 1907, Monday, on the day of Makar Sankranti, Who denied to follow English government orders and rebelled against them. In the respect of these 21 Martyrs, a rock (named all martyrs) has been founded in the compound of police chouki.
2. The freedom fighter Maulana Enayetulla was from Pilibhit. Who voluntarily played host in exile of Queen of Avadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal to reach Nepal.
3. Pilibhit was invaded by the Marathas in 1772 AC. This was the time when the Kurmi Community came in this region. The Marathas were the ancestor of Kurmi community, which is the one of the major community in the region.
4. It is believed, that Pilibhit was ruled by a King named 'Moredhwaja', who were a great devotee of lord Krishna and a loyal friend of Arjun.
5. Mahatama Gandhi addressed a huge rally on 12 Nov 1929 in the field of Gauri Shankar Temple along with Kasturba and Mirabehn and planted a tree in the temple campus which is still there in the temple.

Etymology

The present town is of comaparatively recent origin but there is still a village known as 'Old Pilibhit' standing on the left bank of the Khakra river about 5 Km. to the north-east near the road to Neoria. This village had always been occupied by the Banjaras of the Periya clan. It is supposed that Pilibhit is the corruption of Periya Bhit or the village mound of the Periyas and also that the name Pilibhit has beed derived from a yellow mud wall which once surrounded the district.

Places of Interest

1. Old Pilibhit

The present town is of comaparatively recent origin but there is still a village known as 'Old Pilibhit' standing on the left bank of the Khakra river about 5 km to the northeast near the road to Neoria. This village had always been occupied by the Banjaras of the Periya clan. It is supposed that Pilibhit is the corruption of Periya Bhit or the village mound of the Periyas and also that the name Pilibhit has been derived from a yellow mud wall which once surrounded the district

2. Zama Masjid

A painting of Pilibhit Jama Masjid in 1780 found in British Liberary

Many big buildings were constructed in the Mughal period. In this continuation a replica of Jama Masjid Delhi was built here by Hafiz Rahmat Khan in 1769. The only difference between Jama Masjid Delhi and Jama Masjid Pilibhit is of area only. Previously there was a pond at this place. Three lakh rupees were spent for the construction of this Masjid at that time. A Sun watch is still there in Jama Masjid. Hafiz Rahmat Khan was the Afghan Rohilla leader whose jagirs or estates included Pilibhit and Bareilly, where he is buried. He became the leader of the Rohilla Afghans in western Avadh, but was killed in a battle against the Nawab of Avadh, assisted by trhe English, in 1774. The gateway is built in late Mughal style, paying homage to the gateways of the Jami' Masjid in Delhi, while the wall around the mosque enclosure shows the curvilinear Bengali roof found in Shah Jahan's additions to the Mughal palace at Agra.

3. Dargah of Shahji Miyon

In the Northern side of the City of Pilibhit a Dargha of Qutebe Pilibhit Hazrat Kibla Hazi Shah Ji Mohammad Sher Mian Sahib Rahmat Ullah Aleh is situated which is very famous and people travel from other States as well as countries to take the blessing of Hazrat Shah Ji Mian. It is also said that by offering a CHADAR at the Dargah is fruitful to the people.

4. Gauri Shankar Temple

This temple is 450 years old. This is situated in Mohalla Khahra at banks of rivers Devha & Khahra. It is said that the fore fathers of present Pujari Pandit Har Prasad came to this place with other saints. There was a jungle at that time. He dreamt in the night that Bhagwan Shankar is here, in the morning he saw the murti of Bhagwan Shankar. Gradually a temple was built. Every year a fair is organized here on the occasions of Shivratri, Raksha Bandhan and on every Monday of Sharavan Month. A dharamshala is situated at the outer side of the temple, which was donated by Dwarika Das Banjara. There are two big entry gates at the Eastern and Southern side of the Temple. These gates were built by Hafiz Rahmat Khan.

5. Raja Venu Ka Tila

In the Puranpur Tehsil of District Pilibhit, one KM away from railway station, there is one High place (Tila) is situated in Shahgarh area, It is said that there was a Mahal of Raja Venu at this place. Ruins are still there. A very big well and ruins tells the story of a Kingdom.

6. Jaisantri Devi Temple

It is one of the sacred place of the district, Placed near Awas Vikas Colony, which almost 5 KM away from railway station. although the temple premises is not in good condition, but still its a place of faith of Thousands and lakhs Hindus of sarounding areas. the temple becomes crowded in the Navratris, during this days a fair is organized, which attracts not only the people of the district but also from the nearby district as well. It is believed that the temple was constructed some time in 1858, after the great Indian sepoy munity, in the memory of some sepoys, who died while fighting with the Britishes in the field near the temple itself.

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Chuka Beach Pilibhit

7. Ardhanarishwer Temple

One of the newly constructed, well decorated temple, which is the center point of all Shiv devotees of the city, situated on station road, near Vishal Cinema. This temple become extremely crowded during Shrawan Month and on the day the Mahashivratri. The another attraction of this temple is the Kali Puja, organized on the Diwali night in an auspious Mahurat. Thousands of Devotees take part togather in the puja.

8. Chuka Beach

Chuka beach is situated between the main Sarada canal and sarada sagar dam under the 'Mahof forest renge'. This is one of ever-green forest area protected by government of india, which is one of five forest reserves in the Dist. namely Mala, Haripur, Barahi, Mahof and Deoriya. Dist Administration has developed this spot as a picnic spot in order to increase the tourism in the area.

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Sunset at Chuka Beach near Pilibhit

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9. Drumand Government Inter College

This was established in 1915 by Mr. Drumand. Now this is a Government College for Class VI to XII and for boys only. Apart from the fact that it is a government inter college. this School, has one of the oldest Building with the great architecture in the whole regeion. and the trust which is taking care of the building, is one of the richest trust in that area.

10. Raja ji Ka Temple

Raja lalta Prasad and Sahau Har prasad , belonging to the raja family of Pilibhit worked together and attained lot of fame and prosperity. Their contribution in making the town of Pilibhit well known in the region was immense. Pilibhit is situated in the sub montane region of Himalayan Mountains , in the Rohilkhand division of Uttar Pradesh (previously known as The United Province of Agra and Oudh). Raja Lalta Prasad (1872-1924) along with his brother Sahu Har Prasad (1875-1953) apart from setting up businesses , such as The lalit hari suagar mills took interest in the development of the region and estabilished The Lalit Hari Sanskrit and Ayurvedic college , The Radha Ramanji Temple , Dharamshalas at religious centres in the shahukara locality of the city.

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Gurudwara Sri Chattvi Padshahi

11. Chatthvi Padshahi Gurudwara

There is one 400 years old famous gurudwara in the pakriya locality of the city. It is said that Guru Govind Singhji took rest here, on the way to NanakMatta. He establish a gurudwara here on the name of the 6th guru Sri Hargovind ji and named it as "Chattvi Padshahi Gurudwara". In 1983, one of the famous social servant Sri Faoj Singh reconstrate this beautiful momument.

12. Gomat Taal

Gomti River is one of the most sacred rivers of north India. It originates from a reservoir called Gomat tal, which is about 7 km east of Pilibhit, and flows into the River Ganges. It passes through Lucknow the capital of Uttar Pradesh and the latter part of its course through Barabanki, Sultanpur, Faizabad and Jaunpur districts. The length of the river is 800 km. According to legends in the pilibhit locality, the river is considered to be the daughter of Sage Vashistha. During solar eclipse, devotees believe that taking a bath in the Gomat taal is equivalent to the bath taken in the river in Kurukshetra.

WildLife at Pilibhit

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

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A tiger walking with a cub in the Pilibhit Reserve Area

Pilibhit has been granted to have a tiger reserve area which constitutes potential tiger habitat of priority I and II. This new tiger reserve at Pilibhit covers an area of approximately 1000 sq kms. It runs through Pilibhit, Kishenpur sanctuary and Khutar range of Shahjahanpur, the existing one has Dudhwa, Katarniaghat and Kakraha range of Bahraich division. Pilibhit, Khutar and Kakraha are the reserved forest areas which are being converted into protected areas for the reserves. This reserve is sectioned under the much talked “Project Tiger”.

In the February’08 annual census of forest inhabitants says, this reserve area has a total 36 tigers. The break up of 36 tigers in Pilibhit is 11 male, 20 female, and five cubs. In the 2005 census, there was only one cub, 12 male and 22 female, which were found occupying the 2,766 sq km of forest area. Pilibhit reserve is expanded over 73,000 hectare area in a few districts.

The massive deforestation in the only existing forest tract of Indo-Nepal border in Pilibhit-Lakhimpur Tarai belt has reduced the forest cover. The depleted swathes of forest land have increased the pressure on survival of wild animals within the protected area. The new tiger reserve was sanctioned in keeping with this problem. The outline for the reserve, as identified by the Critical Tiger Habitat Committee, has approved by Central government in September 2008. With Pilibhit Tiger Reserve area, now Uttar Pradesh has total two tiger reserve areas. The government of India has opened four reserves with the name of Sunabeda Tiger Reserve in Orissa, Shahayadri Tiger reserve in Maharashtra, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pardesh, and Ratapani Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh in the third quarter of 2008.

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Fisheries Ecology Utter Pradesh

The Fisheries Reservoir

Pilibhit also have one fisheries Reservoir in the tehsil area of Bilsanda, Berkhera and Bisalpur which is recognized as a reservoir by Fisheries Department of the state government as well as the central government. The State Fisheries Department classifies this water body used as fisheries reservoir as a medium (500 to 1000 ha area). This reservoir of natural water body is located on the southern periphery of deoriya range also runs along the forests of this range. Every year during winters this water body attracts thousands of migratory birds. Besides birds, it is home to a large number of turtles. There are also numerous species of fish found in this water body. Apart from this reservoir, Pilibhit also have a few small man made and natural water bodies which are being use by Fisheries Department. There are also large numbers of local communities, mainly refugees from Bangladesh settled on periphery of this water body. These communities engage themselves in poaching of migratory birds every year disturbing the peace and tranquility.

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Mahof Forest range Pilibhit

Other forest area in Pilibhit

Apart from the reserve area and wild life places, Pilibhit also has a few forest areas around in the district. Mala range (Southern East from city), Haripur forest area (Southern west from the city), Barahi Range(A few Kms from city railway station), Mahof forest area (South from city) and Deoriya (On district’s Southern border) are a few of them. Some of them are really dense and unhabited areas. Mala, Deoriya and Barahi are well connected with the city by road and railway. Mala Range comes on the way to Lakimpur Khiri from Pilibhit city, which is famous for leopards, Swamp deer, Rhinoceros, Cheetal, Hog deer, Barking deer, Sambar, Wild bear, Ratel, and around 400 species of birds and 90 species of fishes. Although Mala and Deoriya has a few inhabitated colonies, but Mahof is completely uninhabitated yet, In these forests, basically Bengali communities are inhabitant in small colonies, who came in the area from East Bengal after partition of india in 1947. These forests have enormous depth for a good tourist destination.

Sports in Pilibhit

Sri Lalit Hari Cricket Stadium

Pilibhit has one cricket stadium in the Lalit hari sugar mill compound, which is also or formerly known as Lalit Hari Stadium. This stadium was established in 1931 on Tarakpur road, at the railway station end. The home team for this stadium is Uttar Pradesh. It has Matting type of pitch. This stadium had hosted a few Ranji trophy cricket matches in the early 80s.

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Sri Lalit Hari Cricket Stadium,Pilibhit

Some of the famous match was played at the Lalit Hari Sugar Factory Ground, Pilibhit are :-

• A match played between Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan teams, a north zone match on 25, 26, 27 December 1983 (three-day match) under 1983/84 Ranji trophy cricket tornament. Uttar pradesh won the toss and decided to bat, But Match got drawn.

• A match played between Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha teams, a Central Zone match on 22, 23, 24 November 1981 (3-day match) under 1981/82 Ranji trophy cricket tornament. Vidarbha won the toss and decided to bat but Uttar Pradesh won the match by 8 wickets.

Gandhi Sports Stadium

This is one of the beautiful stadium in the Bareilly zone speared 85 Acres (Local measurement) of area in the mid of the city, which has various facilities for Athletics, Football, Volleyball, Hockey and some indoor sports. In the same compound one multipurpose Auditorium is available. This stadium is better known as sports heart of the city, as this is the only sport facility available for public uses.

Other Facilities

Apart from these sports grounds, various educational institutions has their own facilities. Few are DGIC ground, St. Aloysius ground, Rama college ground, SVM college ground and some more. Although city hasn't produce any big sports' celebrity. But city teams have able to save a few state level competitions on various events.

Politics of Pilibhit

Members of Parliament - Constituency Pilibhit

Parliament Constituency Code = 9

Year	Lok Sabha	Name of Members of Parliyament	Party
1951	01st Lok Sabha	Shri Mukund Lal Agrawal	INC
1957	02nd Lok Sabha	Shri Mohan Swarup	PSP
1962	03rd Lok Sabha	Shri Mohan Swarup	PSP
1967	04th Lok Sabha	Shri Mohan Swarup	PSP
1971	05th Lok Sabha	Shri Mohan Swarup	INC
1977	06th Lok Sabha	Shri Mohd. Shamsul Hasan Khan	BLD
1980	07th Lok Sabha	Shri Harish Kumar Gangawar	INC
1984	08th Lok Sabha	Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh	INC
1989	09th Lok Sabha	Smt. Maneka Gandhi	JD
1991	10th Lok Sabha	Sri Parshuram Gangwar	BJP
1996	11th Lok Sabha	Smt. Maneka Gandhi	JD
1998	12th Lok Sabha	Smt. Maneka Gandhi	IND
1999	13th Lok Sabha	Smt. Maneka Gandhi	IND
2004	14th Lok Sabha	Smt. Maneka Gandhi	BJP

Members of legislative assembly - Uttar Pradesh

Pilibhit Legislative Assembly Constituency Code = 41
Bisalpur Legislative Assembly Constituency Code = 43
Puranpur Legislative Assembly Constituency Code = 44
Barkhera Legislative Assembly Constituency Code = 42

Bharkhera Legislative Assembly Constituency came into existence in 1967.

Year	Vidhan Sabha	Pilibhit Constituency	Bisalpur Constituency	Puranpur Constituency	Barkhera Constituency
1951	01st Vidhan Sabha	Sri Niranjan Singh (INC)	Sri Hari Prasad (SoP)	Sri Munendra Pal (SoP)	NIL
1957	02nd Vidhan Sabha	Sri Niranjan Singh (INC)	Sri Bhihari Lal (PSP)	Sri Munendra Pal (PSP)	NIL
1962	03rd Vidhan Sabha	Sri Ram R. Singh (INC)	Sri Durga Prasad (INC)	Sri Mohan Lal Acharya (INC)	NIL
1967	04th Vidhan Sabha	Sri B. Ram (BJS)	Sri Munendra Pal (PSP)	Sri Mohan Lal Acharya (INC)	Sri Kishan Lal (BJS)
1969	05th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Ali Zaheer (INC)	Sri Tej Bhahdur (BKD)	Sri Har Narayan (BKD)	Sri Kishan Lal (BJS)
1974	06th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Dhirendra Sahai (BKD)	Sri Tej Bhahdur (INC)	Sri Harish Chandra (BJS)	Sri Kishan Lal (BJS)
1977	07th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Dhirendra Sahai (JP)	Sri Munendra Pal (JP)	Sri Babooram Prabhati (JP)	Sri Kishan Lal (JP)
1980	08th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Charan Jit Singh (INC)	Sri Tej Bhahdur (INC)	Sri Vinod Kumar (INC)	Sri Baboo ram (INC)
1985	09th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Syed Ali Ashrafi (INC)	Sri Tej Bhahdur (INC)	Sri Vinod Kumar (INC)	Sri Kishan Lal (BJP)
1989	10th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Riyaz Ahemad (IND)	Sri Harish Kumar (JP)	Sri Har Narayan (JP)	Sri Sannu Lal (IND)
1991	11th Vidhan Sabha	Sri B. K. Gupta (BJP)	Sri Ram Saran Verma (BJP)	Sri Pramod Kumar (BJP)	Sri Kishan Lal (BJP)
1993	12th Vidhan Sabha	Sri B. K. Gupta (BJP)	Sri Ram Saran Verma (BJP)	Sri Virendra M. Singh (JD)	Sri Kishan Lal (BJP)
1996	13th Vidhan Sabha	Smt. Raj Rai Singh (BJP)	Sri Anish A. Khan (BSP)	Sri Gopal Krishna (SP)	Sri Peetam Ram (SP)
2002	14th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Riyaz Ahemad (SP)	Sri Anish A. Khan (BSP)	Sri Vinod Tiwari (BJP)	Sri Peetam Ram (SP)
2007	15th Vidhan Sabha	Sri Riyaz Ahemad (SP)	Sri Anish A. Khan (BSP)	Sri Arshad Khan (BSP)	Sri Sukh Lal (BJP)

SoP indicates Socelist Party
PSP indicates Praja Socelist Party
BKD indicates Bharatiya Karnti Dal
BLD indicates Bharatiya Lok Dal
INC indicates Indian National Congress
BJS indicates Bharatiya Jana Sangh
JP indicates Janata Party
JD indicates Janata Dal
BJP indicates Bharatiya Janata Dal
SP indicates Samajwadi Parti
BSP indicates Bhahujan Samajwadi Parti
IND indicates Independent Condidate

All details are taken from Election Commision web site.

Pilibhit District at a glance

Some figures about Pilibhit District

Area - 4008 sq km

Population (as 2001)

Type	No.
Male	8,76,368
Female	7,68,815
Total	16,45,183
Rural	13,50,959
Urban	2,94,224
SC	2,50,495
ST	1892

Scheduled Castes (Largest three) ( As in Sept, 2007)

Scheduled Castes	No.
Chamar etc.	92,574
Pasi etc.	41,941
Dhobi	37,930

Scheduled Tribes (Largest three) ( As in Sept, 2007)

Scheduled Tribes	No.
Tharu etc.	1,222
Bhotia etc.	225
Generic Tribes etc.	190

Literacy (as 2001)

Gender	No.	Percentage
Male	5,42,084	62.49%
Female	2,77,714	35.11%
Total	8,19,798	49.81%

Administrative Set up (2007-08)

Administrative Set ups	No.
Lok Sabha	1
Assembly	4
Tehsil	5
Block	7
Nagar Panchayat	24
Gram Panchayat	687

No. of Villages ( As in Sept, 2007)

Village	No.
Total	1218
Habited	1116
Inhabited	102

Important Towns (Largest three) (As in Sept, 2007)

Towns	Population
Pilibhit (MB)	1,24,245
Bisalpur (MB)	60,681
Puranpur (MB)	37,233

No. of Town (As in Sept, 2007)

Civic System	No.
Total	20
Nagar Palika	5
Nagar Panchayat	15

Police Station (As in Sept, 2007)

Social Security Center	No.
Total Police Station	28
Urban Police Station	11
Rural Police Station	17

RoadWays (As in Sept, 2007)

Roadways	No.
Bus Station	388
Urban	137
Rural	251

Railways (As in Sept, 2007)

Railways	No.
Railway Station	15
Railway Line	285 KM

Post Offices (As in Sept, 2007)

Post Office	No.
Rural Post Office	104
Urban Post Office	317
Telegram Offices	5

Communication (As in Sept, 2007)

Services	No. of Connections	Operator
Land Lines	87457	BSNL, Reliance, Airtel
Mobile	74,657	BSNL, Vodaphone, Airtel, Cellphone, Reliance

Banks (As in Sept, 2007)

Banks	No. of Branchs
Nationalised Banks	156
Private Sector Banks	5
Gramin Banks	25
Co-Operative Bank	37
Aricultural and Rural Bank	7

Fair Price Shops (Governmental) (As in Sept, 2007)

Fair Price Shope	No.
Urban	809
Rural	270

Plants (As in Sept, 2007)

Plants	No.
Bio Gas Plant	7898
Cold Storage	31

Agriculture Production (As in Sept, 2007)

Produce	Amount
Food Grains	547 ('000 M.Ton),
Cane	454 ('000 hectares)
Oilseeds	1.84 ('000 M.Ton)
Potato	63 ('000 M.Ton)
sown	42('000 M.Ton)

Irrigation (As in Sept, 2007)

Irrigation	Area
Net Irrigated Area	319 ('000 hectares)
Gross Irrigated Area	454 ('000 hectares)

Water System (As in Sept, 2007)

Water System	No.
Length of canal	138 km
Govt. tubewell	484
Pvt. Tubewell	9327
Total Hand pumps	2110
Rural Hand pumps	1286
Urban Hand pumps	820

Dairy (As in Sept, 2007)

Livestock	No.
Total Livestock	109781
Veternary Hospital	39
Livestoc Service Centre	63
Artificial Insemination Centre	38

Agricultural Socity (As in Sept, 2007)

Agricultural Socities	No.
Primary Agri Loan Society	96
Society Member	30400

Industries (As in Sept, 2007)

Industries	No.
Regd. Industries under Industry Act 1948	557
Small scale Industry	30792
No. of workers	75961

Education (As in Sept, 2007)

Education Center	No.
Junior Basic School	845
Senior Basic School	761
Higher Sec. School	234
College	24
PG College	8
I.T.I	1
Polytechnic College	2
Teacher Training Inst.	1
Engineering College	2
Medical College (Ayurvedic)	1

Public Health (As in Sept, 2007)

Public Health Center	No.
Allopathic Health Centers	7
Ayurvedic Health Centers	32
Homeopathic Health Centers	15
Unani Health Centers	1
Primary Health Centre	68
Comm. Health Centre	7
Family and Maternity Centre	14
Family and Maternity Sub-Centre	354

Special Hospitals (As in Sept, 2007)

Special Hospital	No.
TB Hospital	1
Leprosy Hospital	1
Infectious Diseases	1

Total Roads (As in Sept, 2007)

Road	Length (km)
PWD	778
Total	1329

Electricity - (As in Sept, 2007)

Type	No.
Villages	964
Town	20
SC slums	976

House Type (As in Sept, 2007)

Type of house	% of households occupying
Permanent	50.9
Semi-permanent	25.7
Temporary	23.3

Cinemas (As in Sept, 2007)

Cinema	No.
Urban	25
Rural	16
Total	41

Religions (Largest three) (As in Sept, 2007)

Religions	No.
Hindus	11,73,317
Muslims	3,90,773
Sikhs	75,479

Religious Places (As in Sept, 2007)

Religious Places	No.
Temples	864
Mosques	287
Gurudawras	65
Chruch	7

Some facts about Pilibhit District

Names of rivers in Pilibhit District
Sharda
Chauka or Chuka
Gomti
Khanaut
Mala
Deoha
Lohia
Khakra
Rapatua
Sundaria & Kailas
Absara

Lakes & water bodies in Pilibhit District
Pangaili Fulhar Lake (Madhotanda)
Mahadev lake (Jamunia)
Bari lake(Bithora Kalan)
Anwar ganj lake (Anwarganj)
Balpur lake (Balpur mandalia)

Canals

Canal	Length (km)
Sharda canal	12.64
Hardoi branch	36.80
Kheri branch	31.20
Sharda Sagar feeder	03.90
Outlet channel	03.23
Subsidiary Hardoi branch	21.55

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Pilibhit Administrative Set up

Names of Blocks in Pilibhit District
Amaria
Barkhera
Bilsanda
Bisalpur
Lalorikhera
Marori
Puranpur

Names of tehsil
Pilibhit
Puranpur
Bisalpur
Barkhera

Main Educational Institutes

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St. Aloysius College, Pilibhit

Drumand Government Inter College
St.Aloysius College
C.L.V.P.S.V.M. Inter College
Springdel Inter College
Ram Inter College
Lions Bal Vidhya Mander
Ben-her College
Girls Government Inter College
Anguri Devi S.V.M. girls College
S.N. Inter College
Upadhi Mahavidhayalaya
Ram Lubhai Sahani Govt. Girls Degree College

Main Roads
Station Road
Jai Prakash Road
GGIC / Nai Basti Road
Chudi wali Gali
Thandi Road
Mill Road
Khakra Road

Main Cinema Halls
Vishal Cinema
Laxmi Cinema
Novalty Cinema

List of NGOs Running In Pilibhit
Mahila Kalyan Samiti (MKS)
Medical Sisters Of St. Joseph (MSJ)
Ram Krishna Sewa Samiti (RKSS)
Samaj Kalyan Evam Vikas Adhyayan Kendra (SKEVAK)
The Methodist Church In India (MCI)
Uttar Pradesh Drought Relief Committee (UPDRC)

Pin Codes of various areas

Place	PIN Code	Place	PIN Code	Place	PIN Code
Amaria	262121	Barkhera	262203	Bilsanda	262202
Bisalpur	262201	Ganesh Ganj	262122	Jugraipur	262123
Katra Bazar	262201	Kutchery	262001	Lohia Head	262301
Majhola	262302	Neorila	262305	Pilibhit	262001
Pilibhit Chowk	262001	Pilibhit City	262001	Pilibhit H O	262001
Sultanpur	262125	Abhaipur Bo	262122	Ahirwara Bo	262201
Amaria Dso	262121	Amkhera Bo	262203	Amra Karoor Bo	262201
Amrita Bo	262201	Azampur Barkhera Bo	262201	Bahadurpur Bo	262203
Bahanpur	262001	Bakania Bo	262202	Bamrauli Bo	262202
Banskhera Bo	262121	Baratbhoj	262001	Barehpura Bo	262121
Barhera Bo	262201	Barkhera Chaturaha Bo	262201	Barkhera So	262203
Bauni Bo	262201	Behtim Bo	262202	Bhaden Kanja Bo	243001
Bhadsara Bo	262121	Bhagwantapur Bo	262122	Bhairo Kalan Bo	262122
Bhikaripur	262001	Bhikaripur Bo	262201	Bhopatpura Bo	262203
Bifarcation Bo	262122	Bilsanda So	262202	Bisalpur So	262201
Bithora Kalan	262001	Chandia Hazara Bo	262122	Chandpura Bo	262201
Chandupur	262124	Churra Bo	262201	Dang	262001
Daulatpur Bo	262203	Deohana Bo	243001	Deoria Kalan Bo	262201
Dhakia Bo	262201	Dhuria Palia Bo	262122	Dudhia Khurd Bo	262122
Dunidam Bo	262302	Gajraula Kalan	262001	Ganesh Ganj Ndso	262001
Gehluiya	262001	Ghajhera Bo	262201	Ghatampur Bo	262122
Ghungchai Bo	262122	Gobhia Sarai Bo	262122	Gulabtanda Bo	262122
Harrai Bo	243001	Harraipur Bo	262121	Imalia Gangi Bo	262201
Intgoan Bo	262201	Jahanabad Edso	262001	Jallapur Bo	262201
Jamunia Bo	262124	Jatpura Ndedso	262001	Jeorah Kalyanpur Bo	262203
Kadherchaura Bo	262122	Kali Nagar	262124	Kalyanpur Khas	262001
Kanakore	262001	Kargaina Bo	262121	Karnapur Bo	262122
Karrkhera Bo	262201	Karunapur Karoor Bo	262203	Kasganja Bo	262122
Katra Bazar Ndtso	262201	Kesarpur Saidpur Bo	243123	Khajuria Pachpera Bo	262203
Khakra Ndtso	262001	Khamaria Pull	262001	Khandepur Bo	262201
Khundara	262001	Kishni Bo	262201	Kumirkha Bo	262201
Lalauri Khera	262001	Luhicha Bo	262201	Madhopur Bo	262201
Madhotanda Bo	262122	Madhupuri Bo	262203	Majhola Dso	262302
Maktul	262001	Mala Colony	262001	Meerpur Bahanpur Bo	262201
Meerpur Hamirpur Bo	243001	Mohammadpur Bhanja Bo	262201	Mudia Hulas Bo	262203
Mundalia Bo	262121	Narainpur Bo	262203	Naugawan Santosh Bo	262201
Naujalia Nakatia Bo	262122	Neoria Dso	262305	Neoria Mobile Bo	2623053
Nizamdandi	262001	Paharganj Bo	262201	Pandari Bo	262305
Pania Ramkishan Bo	262203	Parasi Ramkishan Bo	262203	Parewa Vaish Bo	262121
Parsia Bo	262203	Pauta Kalan Bo	262203	Pilibhit Kutchery Ndtso	262001
Pipalia Bo	262121	Piparia Agroo	262001	Piperia Dulai Bo	262122
Piperia Mundan Bo	262203	Piperia Santosh Bo	262124	Puranpur Dso	262122
Ram Nagar Jagatpur Bo	262203	Ramnagra Colony Bo	262122	Rampura Fakire Bo	262122
Ranth Bo	243001	Rasiayankhanpur Bo	262201	Richhaula	262001
Rohania Bo	262201	Rooppur Kamaloo	262001	Rudrapur Bo	262122
Sabalpur Bo	262122	Sakhaula	262001	Sarauri	262001
Sehpura Bo	262203	Shahgarh Bo	262122	Sherpur Bo	262122
Shivnagar Bo	262122	Simra Akbar Ganj Bo	262203	Suhas	262001
Sunpahar Bo	262302	Tirkunia Bo	262121	Udaikaranpur Bo	262122

Official Web Site : http://www.pilibhit.nic.in/

See also

Pilibhit - Lok Sabha Constituency
Pilibhit District - Vidhan Sabha Constituencies
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve