Rudrapur, Uttarakhand

According to the 2011 Census of India, 80.29% people in Rudrapur were Hindus. Though unconfirmed reports said three persons were killed, an official statement later confirmed two deaths in the violence that spread to different parts of the town. In the ensuing clashes, nearly 5 shops and scores of vehicles were also torched. |label1 = Hindi
|value1 = 74.21
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|label2 = Bangla
|value2 = 13.14
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|label3 = Punjabi
|value3 = 4.36
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|label4 = Urdu
|value4 = 3.23
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|label5 = Kumaoni
|value5 = 2.60
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|label6 = Others
|value6 = 2.49
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Hindi is spoken by 1,14,691, Bangla by 20,362, Punjabi by 6,740 people, Urdu by 4,999 and 4,018 people speaks Kumaoni.

Rudrapur is geographically located at latitude: 28.98⁰N and longitude: 79.40⁰E The city is located 72 km away from Nainital, 259 km from the state capital Dehradun and 230 km from the national capital, Delhi. as per the (IS 1893 (Part 1), 2002).

The Rudrapur city is placed in the Terai belt of Uttarakhand state with the two rivers Kalyani and Begul flowing through it. with alluvial soil types Udifluventic Ustochrepts, Typic Ustipsamments, Udic Ustochrepts, Udic Haplusstolls, Typic Ustochreptscrops which support crops like paddy, wheat, sugarcane, maize and other pulses grown in the region.

Rudrapur has a sub tropical climate with an annual average temperature of 24.3 °C. The warmest month annually is June, where the average temperature is 40  °C. January is the coldest month with an average annual temperature of 14.9 °C. The average temperature variation which occurs between the warmest and coldest months is 16.7 °C. The city experiences an average annual rainfall of 1302mm per year with very high ground water levels ranging between 1m to 3 m. The average precipitation that the city experiences ranges between 38mm to 3mm monthly. of the Uttarakhand state which has a total of 5 Parliamentary Constituencies (PC). Shiv Arora from BJP is the current sitting MLA from the Rudrapur constituency. The administrative district headquarter of Udham Singh Nagar District is located in Rudrapur.

The Rudrapur city is governed by the civic body of Rudrapur Municipal Corporation which is called Nagar Nigam Rudrapur. The Rudrapur Municipal Corporation is divided into 20 wards which is governed by 20 elected municipal councilors and a Mayor of the city.

The main political parties active in Rudrapur city are Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) among others. According to a 2019 Sanitation Capacity building platform (SCBP) report, under AMRUT program, the city plans to increase the water supply coverage of the city to approximately 53% with 87 lpcd of daily water capacity It has a single runway, which is in length and is capable of handling a turboprop aircraft. Train service in Rudrapur started in 1886, upon the construction of a branch line by Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway connecting Lalkuan on Bareilly–Kathgodam line with Rampur. Rudrapur lies on the Rampur–Lalkuan broad gauge railway line and the city falls under the Izzatnagar railway division of North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. Three major National highways run through Rudrapur. National Highway 9, which runs from Malaut in Punjab to Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand passes through Rudrapur. This highway connects Rudrapur with several cities like Delhi, Rampur, Haridwar, Saharanpur, Dehradun, Nainital, Sitarganj, Khatima, Tanakpur and Pithoragarh. Other Highways starting from Rudrapur include National Highway 109 and National Highway 309. Rudrapur Bus Station serves as the central bus stand for Uttarakhand Transport Buses plying on InterState Routes from the city. The station was built before the 1960s and is spread over approximately 4 acres.

Rudrapur has established itself as a significant trading center within the Udham Singh Nagar district, which itself is a big trading center in the region. The district exports include industrial as well as agricultural products, both of which are predominantly channeled from Rudrapur. The Basmati rice from Rudrapur is among the top crop which is produced in the region.