 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India the founder of Anupshahr was 
bargujar clan of Rajput Raja named Anup Rai, and thus the date of foundation of present-day Anupshahr was between 1605 and 1628 (during the reign of the Moghul emperor Jahangir).Raja Anup Rai saved Jahangir during a lion hunt, by intercepting and then helping to kill a lion that attacked the emperor.