Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...

. This district is a part of

Faizabad division Faizabad division, officially known as Ayodhya division, is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Ayodhya is the administrative headquarters of the division. The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renamin ...

(officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the

Awadh Awadh (), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is synonymous with the Kośāla region of ...

region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carving out parts of the erstwhile

Faizabad district Faizabad district, officially Ayodhya district, is one of the 75 districts of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ayodhya, which is believed to be the birth place of Hindu deity Rama, is the administrative headquarters of the district. ...

(now Ayodhya district). It was created by the then Chief Minister

Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social cha ...

and named in memory of

Bhimrao Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly of India, Constit ...

, who worked for the advancement of the deprived classes, women and other weaker sections of society. The total area of Ambedkar Nagar district is 2350 Sq. Km.

Geography

Topography

Ambedkar Nagar is located on the north-eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. It lies between 26° 09' N to 26° 40' N latitudes and 82° 12' E to 83° 05' E longitudes. It is bounded on the north by Basti and Sant Kabir Nagar districts, on the north-east by Gorakhpur district, on the south by Sultanpur district, on the west by Faizabad district, on the east by Azamgarh district, and on the south east by Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. The total area of the district is >. The total length of the district from east to west is approximately and the breadth from north to south is about . The district of Ambedkar Nagar forms a part of the central Ganga basin. The soils of the Ambedkar Nagar district are alluvium. The Sarayu River is the main river and is located at the northern boundary of the district. The Tanda, Rajesultanpur, Ramnagar and Baskhari blocks are located along this river and use its water for irrigation. Irrigation in the Baskhari block is also from Lake Devhat, the

Rajesultanpur Rajesultanpur or Raje Sultanpur is a town and nagar panchayat in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics India census, Population of children with age 0–6 years is 16636 which makes up 32.32% of total ...

Lake and the

Hanswar Hanswar is a town in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India, located east of Tanda. Demographically, Hanswar resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located. History Hanswar, located 70-80 miles from Ayodhya, had ...

Lake. Lake Darvan provides water in the Katehari block. The Akbarpur, Bhiti, Bhiyaon, and Jalalpur blocks depend upon smaller rivers and seasonal streams. The city of Akbarpur is situated on the banks of the River Tons (Tamsa), which divides the city into the two parts Akbarpur and Shahzadpur, with the latter being the main commercial centre of the city.

Climate

The climate of the district resembles that of eastern Uttar Pradesh. It is characterised by a rhythm of seasons, which are produced by south-west and north-east monsoon. The reversal of winds takes place twice a year. The climate of the district may be classified into three distinct seasons. * Cold weather season (November to February) * Hot weather season (March to mid-June) * Season of rains (mid-June to October) The cold weather season lasts from November to February. In November, the belt of high pressure extends from north-west India and covers the whole of the Uttar Pradesh. The temperature beings to decline and the maximum and minimum are respectively, in this month. The prevailing winds blow from west to east and are influenced by the pressure distribution and pattern of the Himalayas.

Demography

According to the 2011 census Ambedkar Nagar district has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

of 2,397,888, This gives it a ranking of 186th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.35%. Ambedkar Nagar has a

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 976

females Female (symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...

for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 74.37%. Scheduled Castes made up 24.65% of the population. The distribution of population in each block is controlled by physical conditions and socio-economic causes. Akbarpur block has the highest share of population (16.56%), followed by Jalalpur (13.80%), Tanda (12.32%), Ramnagar (10.26%), Katehri (10.03%), Bhiyaon (9.78%), Baskhari (9.53%), Jahangirganj (9.17%) and Bhiti (8.55%).

Religion

Hinduism is major religion in Ambedkar Nagar district with 1.985.654 Hindus (82.81%). Islam is second largest religion with 401,678 Muslims (16.75%). Other religions includes 2.536 Christians (0.11%), 1.817 Buddhists (0.08%), 869 Sikhs (0.04%), 235 Jains (0.01%), 5.066 did not stated (0.21%) and 33 did other (<0.01%).

Languages

The official languages of the district are

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

and

Awadhi Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city ...

. At the time of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Informatio ...

, 79.45% of the population in the district spoke

, 10.71%

, 8.09%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

as their first language.

Cities and towns

Ambedkar Nagar Nagar Panchayat and Nagar Palika

* Akbarpur * Tanda *

Jalalpur Jalalpur is a town, tehsil and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Jalalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . The city is directly connected to Azamgarh, Akbarp ...

Ashrafpur Kichhauchha Ashrafpur Kichhauchha is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ambedkar Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is well known worldwide as here the shrine of the famous Chisti Sufi saint Sultan Syed Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani is l ...

* Iltifatganj * Jahangir Ganj

Blocks

* Akbarpur * Baskhari * Bhiti * Bhiyaon * Jahangir Ganj *

* Katehari * Ramnagar, Alapur * Tanda

Economy

Ambedkar Nagar is known for its textile industry, power plant, sugar plant and cement manufacturing plant. Tanda town is well known for its "Tanda Terrycot". The major economic activity of the district is agro-based industries, firms small, power looms and farming. There is a thermal power plant belonging to the NTPC called

Tanda thermal power plant Tanda Thermal Power Station is located in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from North Karnpura Coal Fields. Sourc ...

at Makhdoom Nagar area near Tanda. Jaypee Group (Jaypee Ayoudha Greeding) has set up a cement manufacturing plant at Naseebjot Village near Tanda. The district has a sugar factory called Akbarpur Sugar Mill, which is situated near Mijhaura, about ten kilometres from the district headquarters. Akbarpur is a very important town and district headquarter of Ambedkar Nagar district with active participation in the production of plastic along with farm based products. In 2006 the

Ministry of Panchayati Raj The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India. Ministry of Panchayati Raj looks into all matters relating to the Panchayati Raj and Panchayati Raj Institutions. It was created in May 2004. The ministry is headed by a ...

named Ambedkar Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Tourism

The shrine of

Ashraf Jahangir Semnani Sultan Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani ( ur, ; (1285–1386) was an Iranian Sufi saint from Semnan, Iran. He was the founder of the Ashrafi Sufi order. He is India's third most influential Sufi Saint after Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer ...

'Hayate Makhdoom Syed

(1975), Second Edition(2017) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. is located in Kicchocha Sharif (Kichhauchha Sharif).

Transport

Bus stations

* Akbarpur(Akbarpur,Ayodhya,Sultanpur Depot) * Tanda(Ayodhya Depot) *

(Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar Depot) * Baskhari(Akabrpur Depot)

Education

Medical and engineering colleges

Mahamaya Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College Mahamaya Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College or Mahamaya Government Allopathic Medical College, generally known as Mahamaya Medical College, is one of the state run medical colleges with multispeciality hospitals in Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar. T ...

, a government Medical college in SaddarPur Tanda * Rajkiya Engineering College, Ambedkar Nagar, a government

Engineering College Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (bachelor's and/or master's degree), and any advanced education and specializations that ...

in Ambedakar Nagar * Mahamaya College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, a government Agriculture

Engineering college Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (bachelor's and/or master's degree), and any advanced education and specializations that ...

in Akbarpur * VJV College of Technology, Ramnagar

Other colleges

Ramabai Government Women Post Graduate College Ramabai Government Women Post Graduate College was established in 1997 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The college is in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India. As a rural college, it is near the district headquarters Akbarpur. ...

* BBS PG College. Rajesultanpur * Pt. Ram Lakhan Shukla Rajkeey Post Graduate College Alapur * SLJB PG College * Gandhi Smarak Inter College, Rajesultanpur *

Rahul Sankrityayan Inter College Rajesultanpur Rahul Sankrityayan Inter College Rajesultanpur (Rahul Sankrityayan Inter College Rajesultanpur, Hindi: राहुल सास्कृतायन इण्टर कालेज,राजेसुल्तानपुर) is an junior college#I ...

* RMRS PG College * Raj Inter College,

* Gandhi Smarak Inter College, Natthupur Laudhna

Media

Ambedkar Nagar has some active media groups which continuously give news updates on Ambedkar Nagar news in Hindi, including breaking news and current news. These media groups include ''

Amar Ujala ''Amar Ujala'' is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948. It has 21 editions in six states and two union territories covering 180 districts. It has a circulation of around two million copies. The 2017 In ...

'', ''

Dainik Jagaran ''Dainik Jagran'' ( Hi:दैनिक जागरन , , ) is an Indian Hindi language daily newspaper. It was ranked 5th in the world and 2nd in India by circulation in 2016. In 2019 Quarter 4, according to Indian Readership Survey, Daini ...

'', ''Avadhnama Urdu'' ''

Dainik Bhaskar ''Dainik Bhaskar ''is India's largest Hindi-language daily newspaper owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is ranked 3rd in the world by circulation and is the largest newspaper in India by circu ...

'', ''

Hindustan ''Hindūstān'' ( , from '' Hindū'' and ''-stān''), also sometimes spelt as Hindōstān ( ''Indo-land''), along with its shortened form ''Hind'' (), is the Persian-language name for the Indian subcontinent that later became commonly used b ...

'' and ''Soochna News''.

Notable people

Masood Ahmad Dr. Masood Ahmad is an Indian politician and a member of 1993 Legislative Assembly of Tanda, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a state President of Rashtriya Lok Dal of Uttar P ...

, Ex-MLA Tanda and member of the 1993 Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. *

Muhammad Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf often referred to as Shaykh al-Islām, and Madni Miyan (born on 27 August 1938 Common Era, CE; 1 Rajab 1357 Islamic calendar, AH) is an Indian people, Indian Islamic scholar, theologian, murshid, spiritual leader and a ...

, Grand Mufti of India and Islamic scholar, Sufi, author *

Syed Amin Ashraf Syed Amin Ashraf (10 July 1930 7 February 2013) was an Urdu Ghazal poet and critic. He earned his PhD in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim University on the topic ''Major Themes and Imagery in Sarogini Naidu's Poetry'', and later served ...

(1931-2013), Urdu poet and academic at Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, from Kichaucha Sharif *

Syed Waheed Ashraf Syed Waheed Ashraf is an Indian Sufi scholar and poet in Persian and Urdu. Ashraf received his B.A., M.A. and PhD (1965) degrees from Aligarh Muslim University. The title of his doctoral dissertation was ''A Critical Edition of Lataife Ashraf ...

, Sufi poet and scholar of Persian and Urdu languages hailing from Kichaucha Sharif in Ambedkar Nagar district * Mahdi Hasan, anatomist and Padma Shree awardee *

Anwar Jalalpuri Anwar Jalalpuri (6 July 1947 – 2 January 2018) was an Indian Urdu poet from Jalalpur, Uttar Pradesh, known for translating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanskrit to Urdu. He received the Padma Shri posthumously from the President of India, and ...

(1947 - 2 January 2018) an Urdu poet from Jalalpur, Ambedkar Nagar, who translated the Bhagavad Gita from Sanskrit to Urdu. *

Ram Manohar Lohia Ram Manohar Lohia ; (23 March 1910 – 12 October 1967) was an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader. During the last phase of British rule in India, he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast ...

, politician from Akbarpur * Hashmi Miya, Muslim scholar, Sufi, author, also known as Syed Mohammed Hashmi Ashrafi Al Jilani *

Azimulhaq Pahalwan Haji Azimulhaq Pahalwan ( 25 Apr 1962 – May 2020) was an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar, Tanda constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district, ...

, Ex-MLA Tanda and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. * Hari Om Pandey, member of parliament from BJP * Rakesh Pandey, MLA Jalalpur from Samajvadi Party and Ex-MP Ambedkar Nagar from Bahujan Samajvadi Party. * Ritesh Pandey, MP Ambedkar Nagar and Ex-MLA from Jalalpur from Bahujan Samajvadi Party *

Arunima Sinha Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America), Mount Den ...

, first Indian woman amputee to climb Mount Everest * Naseem Khan (politician)

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

* Lalji Verma Ex. Minister Uttar Pradesh government and leader of the BSP legislative assembly. *

Ram Murti Verma Ram Murti Verma (born 1 January 1965) is an Indian politician and former Minister of Milk and Dairy development in the Uttar Pradesh government under Akhilesh Yadav ministry. As a member of the Samajwadi Party, Verma represents the Tanda cons ...

MLA from Tanda, member of Samajwaadi Party, former minister in

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist * Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University *Ak ...

's government, ex-MLA from Akbarpur.

References

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