Hapur

History

Hapur is said to have been founded in the tenth century. Hapur is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, producing a revenue of 2,103,589 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 4 cavalry. It was granted by Daulat Scindia to his French general Pierre Cuillier-Perron at the end of the 18th century. Under the British Raj, Hapur was within Meerut District, was surrounded by several fine groves, and carried on considerable trade in sugar, jaggery (gur), grain, cotton, timber, bamboo, and brass and steel utensils. The important cavalry remount depot and farm of Babugarh adjoined the town. Earlier it was within Ghaziabad district but in 2012 it became a separate district. It comes within Meerut commissionaire.

Geography

Hapur is located at . It has an average elevation of 213 metres (699 feet) (higher than its neighbours).

Most-observed species

• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  71
• Red-naped Ibis

  Pseudibis papillosa (Temminck, 1824) · Aves
  65
• House Crow

  Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  62
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  51
• White-throated Kingfisher

  Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  49
• Red-wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  49
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  33
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  32

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-11
  10 km NW of Kharkhauda, India
• M 4.2 — 2025-02-17
  10 km SSE of Nāngloi Jāt, India
• M 3.9 — 2021-07-05
  7 km WNW of Kharkhauda, India
• M 3.8 — 2020-12-17
  5 km ENE of Deoli, India
• M 4.2 — 2020-05-29
  Uttar Pradesh, India
• M 3.7 — 2020-05-10
  6 km ESE of Loni, India