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Roorkee
31 October 2006 - 12:57 @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roorkee

Coordinates: 29.87° N 77.88° E

Roorkee

Roorkee
State
 - District(s)		 Uttaranchal
 - Haridwar
Coordinates 29.87° N 77.88° E
Area
 - Elevation
 - 274 m
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001)
 - Density		 97,064
 - 

Roorkee is a city and a municipal board in Haridwar District in the Indian state of Uttaranchal.

Contents

  • 1 Geography
  • 2 Importance
  • 3 Demographics
  • 4 External Links

Geography

It is about 180 kilometers north of the Indian capital New Delhi and located between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna. Before the creation of Uttaranchal on November 9th 2000, Roorkee was a part of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Roorkee is situated in the foothills of Himalayas and close to the cities of Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun

Importance

Roorkee is best known for Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, formerly known as University of Roorkee. It is also a home to government research institutes, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Irrigation Research Institute (IRI) and the National Institute Of Hydrology (NIH).

It also has the biggest army base for Bengal Engineering Group and Center. One striking feature of this town is the presence of India's first Aqueduct, which was built by the British and augmented recently.

It is also the place where first locomotive engine in India moved on rails -- locomotive engine named Mary lind which was especially shipped from England. It was used to carry soil which was used for the construction of aqueduct on Ganga canal. This aqueduct, later, was used to construct India's first Hydraulic Power House (Operational 1930 at Pathri). Remains of this power house are still there at Pathri, Bahadrabad, Roorkee; and the locomotive rail paths are still intact. PS: This locomotive ran in year 1846, long before the first passenger train in India (bombay-thane).

It is 29 KMs from Holy City Haridwar.

Demographics

As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Roorkee had a population of 97,064. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Roorkee has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 72%. In Roorkee, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Languages spoken are Hindi, English and Punjabi.

External Links

  • Roorkee travel guide from Wikitravel
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Coordinates: 29°52′N 77°53′E


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