Marehra

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?Marehra Uttar Pradesh • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Etah
Population	17,772 (2001)

Marehra is a city and a municipal board in Etah district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

More about Marehra

Marehra, the Seat of Sufi Syeds

Marehra, a small town some 200 km from the National Capital of Delhi has been famous for its plums, mangoes and glass bangles. India’s Poet Laureate Mirza Ghalib in his letters to Syed Sahib-e-Aalam, a Sufi Saint of Marehra, has mentioned his burning desire ‘to come to Marehra and eat its sweet and delicious mangoes and plums.’ But he could never come to Marehra. It is said that Mirza Ghalib’s famous book ‘Ood-e-Hindi’ was compiled by Syed Sahib-e-Aalam in Marehra. The Zaidi Syeds came to India from Iraq via Iran during the time of Sultan Iltutmish, the second ruler of the Slave dynasty and the father of Razia Sultan. Prominent among them was Mir Muhammad Sughra who is known as the Father of the Zaidi Syeds of Bilgram a small village in the Hardoi district of Awadh in Central United Provinces, now known as Uttar Pradesh.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Marehra had a population of 17,772. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Marehra has an average literacy rate of 40%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 49%, and female literacy is 30%. In Marehra, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.