Machhlishahr is a town in

Jaunpur district Jaunpur district is a Districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in the Varanasi Division of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district headquarters is the city of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur which is situated on the banks of the Gomti River ...

in the Indian state of

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. It is situated 30 km west of district headquarters Jaunpur. NH-231 passes through the city. Machhlishahr – Janghai NH-731B – Bhadohi four-lane national highway is under construction which will boost the economy of the region. Machhlishahr is 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 ...

and there has been a longstanding demand for making it a

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. In 2020, Machhalisahar nagar panchayat has secured 33rd all India rank in

Swachh Survekshan ''Swachh Survekshan'' ( lit. Sanskrit "Swachh" for Cleanliness and "Survekshan" for Survey - (सर्व (sarv, “all”) + ईक्षण (īkṣaṇ, “viewing”) is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in villages, ci ...

(cleanliness survey).

Geography

Machhlishahr is located at . It has an average elevation of 84

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s (275

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). It has been assigned 222143 pincode by Indian postal services.

Demographics

Population

As of 2011 Indian Census, Machhlishahr had a total population of 26,107, of which 13,284 were males and 12,823 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,886. The total number of literates in Machhlishahr was 17,205, which constituted 65.9% of the population with male literacy of 71.0% and female literacy of 60.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Machhlishahr was 77.4%, of which male literacy rate was 83.8% and female literacy rate was 70.9%. The Scheduled Castes population was 1,841. Machhlishahr had 3740 households in 2011. India

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, Machhlishahr had a population of 22‚943. Males constitute 51.5% of the population and females 48.5%. Literacy rate is Machhlishahr city is 58.3%.

Religion

A little more than half of the population follow

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, with the rest being followeres of

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Government and politics

Members of Parliament

*1952:

Ganapati Ram Ganapati Ram (26 July 1926 – 3 April 1985) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress The Indi ...

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

*1957:

*1962:

*1967:

Nageshwar Dwivedi Nageshwar Dwivedi (16 October 1916 – 1 January 2010) was an Indian politician. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Assembly Vidhansabha, from Gadwara Assembly Constituency, now Mungra Badshahpur as a member of the Indian National Congress. ...

*1971:

*1977: Raj Keshar Singh,

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*1980:

Sheo Sharan Verma Sheo Sharan Verma (9 January 1925 – 27 January 2010) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Machhlishahr in Uttar Pradesh in 1980,1989 and 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. Verma ...

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*1984: Sri Pati Mishra,

*1989:

*1991:

*1998: Chinmayanand,

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

*1999: Chandra Nath Singh,

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

*2004: Umakant Yadav,

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

*2009:

Tufani Saroj Tufani Saroj (born 2 July 1956) is an Indian politician in 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Saidpur, Ghazipur and 15th Lok Sabha from MachhliShahr, Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He represents the MachhliShahr Constituency in Jaunpu ...

*2014: Ram Charitra Nishad,

*2019: B. P. Saroj,

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

*2024:

Priya Saroj Priya Saroj (born 23 November 1998) is an Indian politician and lawyer, who serves as the Member of Parliament for Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. She is a member of Samajwadi Party. Personal life and education Priya Saroj was born on ...

Notable people

* Salaam Machhalishahari, Indian

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-language

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and

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writer *

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, former Governor,

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References

External links

{{Jaunpur district Cities and towns in Jaunpur district