Gahmar

Gahmar
गहमर
Village
Gahmar
Gahmar

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 25°29′49″N 83°49′19″E / 25.497°N 83.822°E / 25.497; 83.822Coordinates: 25°29′49″N 83°49′19″E / 25.497°N 83.822°E / 25.497; 83.822
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Government
 • Body

Gram panchayat

Gahmar
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 25,994
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 232327
Telephone code 05497
Vehicle registration UP61
Nearest city Zamania
Sex ratio 1000/943 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency Ghazipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Zamania
Civic agency Gahmar
Climate Normal (Köppen)
Website Gahmar Village

Gahmar is a village in India, located near the Ganges river in the Ghazipur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The village is 38 km from Ghazipur. Shree Kushum Dev Rao founded the village on Sakara dih in 1530 AD.

Gahmar has a railway station connected to Patna and Mughalsarai Junction. The village has 2 post offices, two water tank and one Panchayat Bhawan, along with branches of the State Bank of India the Union Bank of India, with ATM facility. The population of the village is 25,994 as reported in 2011 Census.[1]

Notable Personalities

Gopal Ram Gahmari, a Hindi language writer and novelist was from this village and it is claimed that he was the first writer to start writing spy literature in Hindi.[2] He was a member of the Bhartendu Mandal. One of his works is Naye Babu which targets pseudo reformers' views of that time.[3][4] Gopal Ram Gahmari's Kothi's ruins is situated near Gahmar Railway Station.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gahmar Population - Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh". Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Nagendra (1988). Indian Literature. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 652. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Clark, Thomas Welbourne (1970). The Novel in India: Its Birth and Development. University of California Press. p. 167. ISBN 0520017250. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Basu, Aparna; Taneja, Anup (2002). Breaking out of invisibility: women in Indian history. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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