Khekada

Khekada

खेकडा
खेखडा
Khekada खेकडा खेखडा
City
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Baghpat
Government
• Type	UP Gov
• Body	NPP
Population (2011)
• Total	40,000
• Density	50,000/km2 (100,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP17
Website	www.nppkhekra.com

Khekada is a City, Sub-District Headquarter & Nagar Palika Parishad of Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is 28 Kilometres from Delhi ISBT & 37 Kilometres from New Delhi Parliament of India.

The name Khekada is also pronounced Khekra and a part of NCR Delhi.

Smt. Sangeeta Dhama is Hon'ble Chairperson of Khekra Nagar Palika Parishad from 12.12.2017.

Khekada is a part of Delhi National Capital Region(NCR) & situated at the Crossing on the National Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi- Saharanpur- Yamunotri- National Highway No-409 B and at a distance of 28 Kilometres from Delhi Kashmere Gate ISBT and 10 Kilometres from South of Baghpat District. Khekada is most important industrial township and also a multi-religious place with many Hindu Temples, Churches, Jain temples and mosques. From the commercial point of view, Khekada has great importance. The City has a famous Anaj Mandi (District Hq of Krishi Utpadan Mandi at Dundahera Road) & (District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Near Tahseel Complex). Famous Hindi Author Tejpal Singh Dhama, born in Vikrami Samvata 2028. Khekra most of important City of Baghpat District. Which is a centre for earning International Currency for India.

Demographics

At the 2001 Census of India,[1] Khekada had a population of nearly 40,000. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Khekada had an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 70% and female literacy was 52%. In Khekada, 16% of the population were under 6 years of age.

Religions in Khekada
Religion			Percent
Hindus			67%
Muslims			32%
Christians			0.2%
Others†			2.8%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

References

"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.