Baghpat

Key facts

Settlement.name: Baghpat
Settlement.other_name: Vyaghraprastha
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Baghpat
Settlement.government_type: Municipal Board
Settlement.governing_body: Nagar Palika Parishad Baghpat
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 253
Settlement.population_total: 50,310
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: 986

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Area: 2.825
Elevation: 253
Dialing code: 1234

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postal code: 250609

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Etymology
History
Geography
Demographics
Administration
List of villages
Education
Notable people
References
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Baghpat, historically known as Vyaghraprastha, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bagpat district, which was established in 1997. It is part of the National Capital Region, surrounding New Delhi.

==Etymology== The original name of the city was Vyaghraprastha (Sanskrit: व्याघ्रप्रस्थ, meaning tiger city) because of the large number of tigers in that area. It is also mentioned as Vyaghraprastha in the Indian epic Mahabharata, one of the five villages that Krishna demanded from Hastinapur on behalf of the Pandavas, so as to avert the war.