Google Map Of Roorkee

Roorkee is a town and municipal block in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand located to the north of India. Situated on the depository of Ganges canal, this city is popular for its cantonment that is among the oldest of country. Moreover, Roorkee pride itself on one of the renowned engineering colleges of India, IIT Roorkee. Roorkee has derived its name after Rurimadi Imran, wife of Rajput chieftain. Earlier, Roorkee was capital of Mughal Mahal during the rule of Akbar. In addition to this, Roorkee has gained popularity for manufacturing nautical instrument. Right now, Roorkee has more than 100 industries as well as corporate houses in the tehsil. With few years, Roorkee has turned out to be a business center.

Roorkee is linked with some of the major cities via rail route, as it comes under the junction of Northern Railway. Jolly Grant Airport located in Dehradun is the nearest airport from the tehsil. Cities in close proximity to Roorkee include Dehradun, Rishikesh, Muzaffarnagar, Ambala, Chandigarh, Meerut, Saharanpur and Haridwar. Other than business center, Roorkee is also an education center and home number of engineering and medical institutes. Population of male in the city is more than females and literacy rate is above than national average.