Dostpur is a town and a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

Sultanpur district Sultanpur district is a district in the Awadh region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division of the state. The administrative headquarters of the district is Sultanpur city. The total area of Sultanpur ...

in the state of

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. The town borders Sultanpur and

Ambedkarnagar Ambedkar Nagar is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carving out parts of the erstw ...

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passes near the town.

Geography

Dostpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 81 metres (265 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Dostpur had a total population of 14,011, of which 7,217 were males and 6,794 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,232. The total number of literates in Bahraich was 9,155, which constituted 65.3% of the population with male literacy of 70.4% and female literacy of 60.0%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Dostpur was 77.7%, of which male literacy rate was 84.1% and female literacy rate was 71.0%. The Scheduled Castes population was 3,149. Dostpur had 1984 households in 2011. India

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, Dostpur had a population of 11,877. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dostpur has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63% and, female literacy is 51%. In Dostpur, 18% of the population in the age range of 0-6 years. Dostpur is situated at the border of

. The river named "Majhui" separates Sultanpur district from Ambedkar Nagar.

References

Cities and towns in Sultanpur district {{Sultanpur-geo-stub