Roorkee Cantonment

Roorkee Cantonment is a cantonment town, in Roorkee, Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and is one of country's oldest cantonments established in 1803,[1] and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group (Bengal Sappers) since 1853.[2][3] Roorkee became home to the Bengal Sappers and Miners in 1853, and two artillery units were stationed here.[4] Today, the cantonment has a large army base with headquarters for 'Bengal Engineer Group' (BEG), also known as Bengal Sappers, established in 1853,[4] in 1901 the population of the cantonment had grown to 2951.[5] As of 2001[update] India census,[6] Roorkee Cantonment had a population of 17,747.Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%.
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