Ghatampur
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| Ghatampur | |
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| Coordinates | 26°10′N 80°10′E / 26.17°N 80.17°ECoordinates: 26°10′N 80°10′E / 26.17°N 80.17°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District(s) | Kanpur Nagar |
| Population | 35,496 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 122 metres (400 ft) |
Ghatampur is a city and a municipal board in Kanpur Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of the taluk of the same name.
about 16 km east of Ghatampur is Berikhera, a village where every family has sent their son,brother or spouse to serve in Defence of India.Number one village in the strength of serviceman and variety too as Engineer (Umakant Yadav) to
About 12 km east of Ghatampur is Nimbia Khera, a village which boasts a 2000 year old Shiva temple. Behta Buzurg, another village 15 km from Ghatampur, on the road going from Ghatampur to Sarh, is famous for an ancient Jagannath temple.
About 15 km North-East of Ghatampuris a small town named Bhitergaon which has a historical temple of the Gupta Era. KUSMANDA DEVI temple is one of the most famous temple of the region.in village PARAULI about 20km from ghatampur a historical shiva temple(bhola devi)is situated.an ancient temple (thakur dwara)of tiwari family is also there in village parauli.
Ghatampur Bus Station and Ghatampur Railway Station serve the town. Nearest airport is C A Kanpur Airport.
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[edit] Geography
Ghatampur is located at 26°10′N 80°10′E / 26.17°N 80.17°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 122 metres (400 feet) there is also famous temple in ghatampur named kusmanda or kudaha temple.it is believed that it is only one temple in India of its own kind. On the fourth day of Navaratrhi people celebrate "Deepdan" this day all the citizen comes on the temple to celebrate it. Navaratri festival time is best to visit Ghatampur because after the Navratri here started Ramleela and Krishnaleela it goes five day.
The second best festival of Ghatampur is "Kartik Purnima" on this day on the Kusmanda Mata Ground Ghatampur nagar palika arranged a big fair. this town has been two inter college two of them shri Gandhi vidya peeth comes in first place because of its gorgeous history,it has a single M.K.Gandhi sculpture in whole rural area,situated on its campus within nature. Hundreds of people come here daily and commemorate 'Rastra-pita'. Er. Prakash Chandra also belongs to ghatampur region avillage near about 9 KM from H.Q.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Ghatampur had a population of 35,638. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ghatampur has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 55%. In Ghatampur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. PLACES IN GHATAMPUR- ghatampur is progressively developing area regarding education and other facilities. ghtampur has its own degree colleges as Janta college and other inter colleges. ghatampur has branches of state bank of india, punjab national bank and bank of baroda.
HEALTH SERVICES- Ghatampur is getting tremendous facility regarding health sector area. At the center of ghatampur has Community health centre, ghatampur providing health services to rural and poor community. Ghatampur also has national JALMA institute of leprosy and other mycobacterial disease.it has major thrust on leprosy, tuberculosis, filariasis & other mycobacterial diseases. Beside few private hospitals has emereged recently to provide best of medical treatment & facility,
POWER PLANT PROJECT- Recently government has come up with constructing 2000mw coal based powerplant in ghatampur area.
[edit] Sister Cities
- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Jahanabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Musanagar, Uttar Pradesh
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ghatampur
- ^ "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. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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