Machhali Shahar

Machhali Shahar

मछलीशहर مچھلی شھر

City
Machhali Shahar मछलीशहर مچھلی شھر

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.68°N 82.42°E / 25.68; 82.42Coordinates: 25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.68°N 82.42°E / 25.68; 82.42
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
[ Jaunpur
Government
 • Body Municipal Corporation
Area
 • Total 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation 84 m (276 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 26,107
 • Density 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Machhali Shahar is a city and a Nagar Panchayat in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Machhali Shahar is located at 25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.68°N 82.42°E / 25.68; 82.42.[1] It has an average elevation of 84 metres (275 feet). It has been assigned 222143 pincode by Indian postal services.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Machhlishahr had a population of 26‚107. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Literacy rate is Machhlishahr city is 77.43%‚higher than the national average of 59.5%. male literacy is around 83.85%,while female literacy rate is 70.86%. In Machhlishahr, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. Represented in the U.P. State Assembly by MLA Subhash Pandey of the BSP.

History

Machhali Shahar was known as Machchhika Khand during the time of Gautam Buddha. It was one of the active places used by Budhhist monks (including Lord Gautam Buddha) during the period of Gautam Buddha.

Education

Machhali Shahar is a progressive & competitive field of education. This competition starts from some earlier institutions such as Inter College, Madarsa Faizanul Uloom, Ideal Computer Academy, Impulse Coaching Institute etc. Now, there are more than thirty institutions situated in Machhali Shahar.

Festivals

The biggest celebrations in Machhali Shahar are,Ram navami, Eid-ul-Milad and Bharat Milap as yearly festival. Pupils also organise big celebrations on Dashahara, Eid-ul-Zuha, Eid-ul-Fitr, Holi, Ramzan-ul-Mubarak, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, Shab-e-Barat and more other occasions. Visible excitement shows on Independence Day and Republic Day. This is the city where all pupils related with all regions celebrate all the festivals with each other.

Educational institutes

Machhali Shahar tahsil has more than 80 colleges up to high school. In brief years, many professional and technical institutions were opened and contributed for development of ancient city as well. The most notable work of oldest computer institute of time Ideal Computer Academy which leads 96.5% selections and employability per year including the selection from big cities to foreign countries like Canada, US, South Africa, China, Switzerland and specially Gulf Countries (Oman, UAE, Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arab, Egypt etc.). Other notable organizations are St.Joseph Sr.Secondary School‚St.Thomas Mission School‚ Shanti Public School‚Madrasa Faizanul Uloom‚SM Public School‚Baby Care Convent‚ Dr.Wasiul Hasan Memorial Public School‚ Public Children Higher Secondary School, Amar Shail Uchchatar Madhyamic Vidyalay, R.D. Memorial Public School, B.N. Memorial High School, Bhagwan Prasad singh public school jamalpur (tower), S.D.R.K. High School and government colleges such as Faujdar Inter College, Janata Uchtar Madhyamik Vidyalay‚ Govt.Girls Inter College as well as technical institutions like Bakhshi Polytechnic‚ APCS Institute of IT & Management‚RM Computer College and others to develop educational environment.

Members of Parliament

Nagar Panchayat

In present time Mr.Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal is the chairman of Nagar Panchayat Machhali Shahar. The office is Situated near Baraipar Chauraha in front of Mahadev Prasad Sinha Road. Now these days in Machhali Shahar there are multiple Banks and ATMs have been opened like Union bank of India, State bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Allahabad Bank‚Punjab National Bank etc.

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Machhlishahr
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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