Ambedkar Nagar district

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Ambedkar Nagar (also Ambedkarnagar) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Ambedkar Nagar district is a part of Faizabad division. The administrative headquarters of the district is at the town of Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar.

The district was created on September 29, 1995 and named after Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar.[1]

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[edit] Geography

The total area of the district is 2520 km² and approximately 90% of the population lives in small farming villages. According to the OMMS database there are 3,955 villages in Ambedkar Nagar District.[2] Because of the dispersed nature of these hamlets and small villages, the district is divided administratively (OMMS Database) into nine blocks: Akbarpur, Baskhari, Bhiti, Bhiyam, Jahagirgani, Jalapur, Katehari, Ramnager, and Tanda.

The Saryu River is the main river and is located at the northern boundary of the district. Tanda, Jahagirgani, Ramnager and Baskhari blocks are located along the Saryu River and use the water for irrigation. Irrigation in the Baskhari block is also from Lake Devhat and the Hanswar lakes. Lake Darvan provides water in the Katehari block. The Akbarpur, Bhiti, Bhiyam, and Jalapur blocks depend upon the smaller rivers and seasonal streams. It is near of distic Azamargh. Parmeshwar17

[edit] Tourism

Ambedkar Nagar District is home to the shine of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani in Kicchocha Sharif (Kichhauchha Sharif). At Shravan Kshetra an annual fair is held on Magh Purnima (February full Moon). Legend has it that Sravana Kumar was killed by King Dasharatha at Shravan Kshetra.

[edit] Industry

This is a city that is famous for Tanda Terricot. Here main business is depend on power looms and also farming. Recently many industrial houses are setting their sights on this small district. It has a thermal power station belonging to NTPC.Also, it has a Cement Manufacturing plant belonging to the Jaypee Group.

[edit] Education

Ambedkar Nagar District has an Engineering College namely Mahamaya College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Which is a Faculty of Technology of Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ History of Ambedkar Nagar District
  2. ^ OMMS Database of Census data for Ambedkarnagar District

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Divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra division: Agra | Aligarh | Etah | Firozabad | Mainpuri | Hathras | Mathura
Allahabad division: Allahabad | Fatehpur | Kaushambi | Pratapgarh
Azamgarh division: Azamgarh | Ballia | Mau
Bareilly division: Badaun | Bareilly | Pilibhit | Shahjahanpur
Basti division: Basti | Sant Kabir Nagar | Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot division: Banda | Chitrakoot | Hamirpur | Mahoba
Devipatan division: Bahraich | Balarampur | Gonda | Shravasti
Faizabad division: Ambedkar Nagar | Barabanki | Faizabad | Sultanpur
Gorakhpur division: Devaria | Gorakhpur | Kushinagar | Maharajganj
Jhansi division: Jalaun | Jhansi | Lalitpur
Kanpur division: | Auraiya | Etawah | Farrukhabad | Kannauj | Kanpur Dehat | Kanpur Nagar
Lucknow division: Hardoi | Lakhimpur Kheri | Lucknow | Raebareli | Sitapur | Unnao
Meerut division: | Bagpat | Bulandshahr | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Ghaziabad | Meerut
Mirzapur division: Mirzapur | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Sonbhadra
Moradabad division: Bijnor | Jyotiba Phule Nagar | Moradabad | Rampur
Saharanpur division: Muzaffarnagar | Saharanpur
Varanasi division: Chandauli | Ghazipur | Jaunpur | Varanasi
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