Shohratgarh is a town and tehsil in
Siddharthnagar district
Siddharthnagar district is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Siddharthnagar is the district headquarters. Siddharthnagar district is a part of Basti division. It was under the ancient Kosal ...
, Uttar Pradesh state of
India
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.
Demographics
, the India
census
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, the population of Shohratgarh town is 35000 and total population of this sub division is 420,532, with the sex ratio of 970 female per 1000 male. Males constitute about 52 percent of the total population and females 48 percent. The literacy rate of Shohratgarh town is about 78.08 percent, higher than the state average of 68 percent. Male literacy is 79.98 percent, and the female is 68.04 percent approx. In Shohratgarh, 15 percent of the population is under six years of age.
Transport
Shohratgarh railway station (station code–SOT) is located on the way to
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the West Rapti River, Rapti river in the Purvanchal , Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of ...
from
Gonda and connected to Gorakhpur Lucknow, Kanpur, Mumbai and New Delhi.
The national highways - 730 are connected to this town from Kushinagar Gorakhpur and Balrampur sravasti pilibhit as the part of India-Japan Buddhist circuit project for the roadways facility of indian government.
References
{{Siddharthnagar district
External links
Village Population of Shohratgarh sub division
Cities and towns in Siddharthnagar district