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Bijnor
India
Bijnor, town, northwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies in the Upper Ganges-Yamuna Doab near the Ganges (Ganga) River, about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Meerut.
Bijnor was ceded to the British East India Company in 1801. The present-day town is a trade centre for agricultural products and is also noted for thread manufacturing. It is linked by road and rail with Meerut and Delhi to the southwest as well as with Haridwar and Dehra Dun to the north in Uttarakhand state. Corbett National Park lies about 40 miles east of Bijnor. Pop. (2001) 79,346; (2011) 93,297.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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