What is "hapur"

Hapur (known earlier as Haripur) is a city in, as well as the headquarters of, Hapur district, in western Uttar Pradesh, India. Located about east of New Delhi, the city is part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). National Highway 24, connecting Delhi- Lucknow, passes through the city.

Hapur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Old known name Haripur.

Hapur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Hapur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 59. During the 02nd Vidhan Sabha (1957-1962), this constituency was represented by two MLAs simultaneously.

The constituency is reserved for candidates from scheduled caste community.