Bijnor city is located 12 km west to the bank of River Ganga and 460 km from Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh. Bijnor is the district headquarters of Bijnor district. As per Census 2011, Bijnor has a population of 93,297 residing in 17,715 households. The urban local body governing the town is Bijnor Nagar Palika Parishad (BNPP) or (Bijnor Municipal Council).
The city has recently got the sewer network in place but it is not functional yet, as the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is still under construction, scheduled to be completed only by 2018.
Rohilla, S. K., Luthra, B., Bhatnagar, A., Gupta, B. (2017). SFD Report - Bijnor, India SFD Promotion Initiative, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India
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