Salempur, Uttar Pradesh

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Salempur
city
Salempur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°18′N 83°55′E / 26.300°N 83.917°E / 26.300; 83.917Coordinates: 26°18′N 83°55′E / 26.300°N 83.917°E / 26.300; 83.917
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Deoria
Population (2001)
• Total	16,906
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Salempur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Deoria district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Salempur had a population of 16,906. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Salempur has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 56%. In Salempur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Salempur was under Gupta and Pal dynasty.Due to thick forest alarond it was never invaded by Muslim rulers. In Mugal period there representative Salim Khan was here which was the source of its name. It was under Majauliraj. One of the king of Majhauliraj acceptedd Islam as religion so the queen became angry and made her residence across the Bhat(a type of land) thus the name Bhatparani came into picture. Dirgheshwernath is a lord Shiva's temple and made by Aswathama when he had donated his MANI to Arjuna and left for Devaranya(forest of God and present day Deoria district. Sahiyagarh is also nearby place where many idols of Gupta or Pal dynasty are lying under the sun unattended. Shonitpur is present day Sohanpur which was capital of Banasur.Salempur having Kendriya Vidaylaya and Little Flower School which spread around India.

Geography

Nearby Deoria District Deoria.

References

↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

v t e Cities and towns in Deoria district

Deoria	Bhatni Bazar Bhatpar Rani Deoria Gaura Barhaj Gauri Bazar Lar Majhauli Raj Rampur Karkhana Rudrapur Salempur

Other districts	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Amroha Auraiya Azamgarh Badaun Bagpat Bahraich Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bhimnagar Bijnor Bulandshahr Chandauli Chitrakoot Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Nagar Kanshi Ram Nagar Kaushambi Kushinagar Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Panchsheel Nagar Pilibhit Prabuddhanagar Pratapgarh Raebareli Ramabai Nagar Rampur Saharanpur Sant Kabir Nagar Sant Ravidas Nagar Shahjahanpur Shravasti Siddharthnagar Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi

SCHOOLS

St. Paul High School, Little Flower School, St. Xaviers High School, Bapu Inter College Manavsthali High School, Janta Inter College Chakrawa Barsipar

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