Roorkee is a Tehsil located in Hardwar district of Uttarakhand. It is one of 3 Tehsils of Hardwar district. There are 309 villages and 18 towns in Roorkee Tehsil.
As per the Census India 2011, Roorkee Tehsil has 172335 households, population of 996344 of which 531481 are males and 464863 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 151761 which is 15.23% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Roorkee Tehsil is around
875 compared to
963 which is average of Uttarakhand state. The literacy rate of Roorkee Tehsil is 61.03% out of which 67.65% males are literate and 53.45% females are literate. The total area of Roorkee is 1066.83 sq.km with population density of 934 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 64.83% of population lives in Urban area and 35.17% lives in Rural area. There are 22.1% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.17% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Roorkee Tehsil.
Roorkee Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 996344 | 100% |
Hindu | 564593 | 56.67% |
Muslim | 421392 | 42.29% |
Sikh | 4767 | 0.48% |
Christian | 2795 | 0.28% |
Jain | 1412 | 0.14% |
Religion not stated | 1080 | 0.11% |
Buddhist | 297 | 0.03% |
Other religions and persuasions | 8 | 0% |
Roorkee Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Number of households | 63407 | 108928 |
Total Population | 350442 | 645902 |
Population (%) | 53.85% | 46.93% |
Male Population | 188705 | 342776 |
Female Population | 161737 | 303126 |
Sex Ratio | 857 | 884 |
Literacy (%) | 68.86% | 56.77% |
List of Cities in Roorkee
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List of Villages in Roorkee
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