Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh

This article is about the city in Uttar Pradesh. For other places of the same name, see Pratapgarh.

Pratapgarh City
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Coordinates
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District(s)	Pratapgarh
Population	12,339 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 230001 • Telephone • +05342 • Vehicle • UP-72
Website	www.pratapgarh.nic.in

Pratapgarh (Hindi: प्रतापगढ़, Urdu: پرتاپ گڑھ}) also called Bela, Bela Pratapgarh, Partapgarh or Partabgarh, is a city and nagar panchayat of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh district, part of the Faizabad Division. Pratapgarh is the birthplace of the national poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Etymology

The temple of Bela Bhawani

The district is named after its headquarters town Bela Pratapgarh, commonly known as Pratapgarh.Raja Ajit Pratap Singh, a local raja between 1628–1682, located his headquarters at Rampur near the old town of Aror. There he built a garh (fort) and called it Pratabgarh after himself. Subsequently the area around the fort became known as Pratapgarh. When the district was constituted in 1858, its headquarters was established at Bela, which came to be known as Bela Pratapgarh, the name Bela presumably being derived from the temple of Bela Bhawani on the bank of river Sai. It is popularly known as "Bela Mai" - meaning mother goddess bela.

Geography

Sai and the Ganges are the main rivers flowing through Pratapgarh distrct. The district lies between the parallels of 25°34' and 26°11' north latitude and between the meridians of 81°19' and 82°27' east longitude extending for some 110 km. from west to east. It is bounded on the north by the district of Sultanpur, on the south by Allahabad, on the east by Jaunpur, on the west by Fatehpur and north-east by Rae Bareli. In the south-west the Ganges forms the boundary of the district for about 50 km. Separating it from Fatehpur and Allahabad and in the extreme north-east the Gomti forms the boundary for about 6 km. According to The Central Statistical Organization, India, the district has an area of 3,730 km².

• /Transport*/

Rail transport is efficient in the city from a long time. Delhi - Pratap garh: Padmawat Express Daily from old Delhi station at 7:50 pm Train No. 14207/14208 Delhi - Pratap garh: Kashi Vishwanath Exp Daily from New Delhi station at 11.40 am Train No. 14257/14248 Delhi - Pratap garh: Garib rath Express from Anand Vihar Mega Terminal station at 18.15 pm Train No. 2251/2252 Delhi - Pratap garh: Neelanchal Express Sun, Tue, Fri from New Delhi station at 6:30 am Train No. 12875/12876 Delhi - Pratap garh: NDLS–NFK Express Thu from New Delhi station at 6:00 pm Train No. 14123 The daily passenger trains link Pratapgarh with Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, along with Amethi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Agra, Jaipur, Howrah, Allahabad, Varanasi, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jammutawi, Haridwar, Dehradun, Jhansi, Moradabad, Bareli, Panta, Gaya, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Puri, and Delhi. There is also a weekly train to Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, called Pratapgarh–Bhopal Express, which is a super fast train. Another super fast train, Udyognagri Express, connects the city with Mumbai, the metro city and capital of Maharashtra. There is also a Delhi–Varanasi garib rath express at midnight. New train launch on 1 July 2011 for Jounpur.

==Important places==

• Ram Janki Mandir (Mahuli)
• Sabji and Fruits Mandi (Mahuli)
• Bhayaharan Nath Dham (Katra Gulab Singh, Mandhata)
• Old Hanuman Mandir Kohandaur
• Ram Janki Mandir Kohandaur
• Kohandaur railway station,12k.m.from Pratapgarh
• Harihar Baba Jee Mandir (dharauli) Kohandaur
• Mangrauran Bhavani Mangraora Pratap Garh
• Kalyani Devi Mandir Kalyani Narharpur Kohandaur
• Haudesvar Nath Mahadev Mandir Kunda
• Surya Mandir (Swaruppur)
• Chandikan devi
• Shakti devi (shivpur)
• Baba Ghuisarnath Dham (Sangipur)Shree Ghusmeshar baba image
• Belha Devi Mandir (Belha)
• Barahi Devi in Chauharjan (Lachchhipur)
• Baba Belkhar Nath (Patti)
• Radha Krishna Temple (SangramGanj)
• Yaksha-Udhishthira Samvad Asthal (Raniganj Ajgara),
• Baba Budenath Dham (Deom Pashchim, Sangipur)
• Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (Mangarh, Kunda)
• Chandika dham Chandikan
• Kamakshi devi (kamasin)
• Nayer Devi (Heeraganj)
• Jangali Vir Baba (Lalganj)
• Inhan Devi Mandir
• Shani Dev Temple,Kaserua,Vishvanath Ganj,Pratapgarh
• Maa Barahi (Lakshipur)Pratapgarh
• karenti ghat kunda pratapgarh
• Budhau Baba,Akhodi Teer,Sarai Jamuari,Post-Sarsi Dih.Block Mangraura,Patti,Pratapgarh

Industry

Pratapgarh produces "Amla" - a citrus fruit rich in Vitamin-C. The district mostly relies on agriculture. The soil is fertile and irrigated in most parts of the district. There used to be an agricultural Automobile company - Auto Tractors Limited, set up Govt of Uttar Pradesh with technical collaboration with British Leyland. It was closed abruptly during the period of "Mulayam Singh" govt on account of heavy losses.

Prestigious school and colleges

Colleges

• P.G College Patti Pratapgarh UP.
• Ram Raj Inter mediate college Patti Pratapgarh UP.
• B.D. Intermediate College pure budhidhar Baba Gang Kunda Pratap Garh
• M.D.P.G. College Allahabad Road Pratap Garh
• P.B.P.G. & inter college pratapgarh city
• G.I.C. (Government Inter College) Pratap Garh
• Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Avadheshpuram, Lala Bazar, Kalakankar
• Kalu Ram Inter College, Shitalaganj, Pratapgarh.
• Rani Rajeshwari Inter College, Dilippur, Pratapgarh
• Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Post Graduate Degree College, Lalganj
• Govt Polytechnic, Sultanpur Road, Chilbila
• Amar Janta Inter Mediate College,Katra Gulab Singh
• Abul kalam inter college
• Bharat Singh Inter college kumhiya Patti Pratapgarh.
• Tilak inter college, Pratapgarh
• B.M.Inter College Kohandaur Pratapgarh,
• K.P.Hindu Inter College Pratap Garh
• R.B.Pal Singh Inter College Birapur Pratapgarh
• M G I College,bahunchara,pratapgarh.
• P. B. Inter College, Pahadpur, Pratapgarh.
• R. A. M. Intermediate College, Lalganj, Pratapgarh.
• Ram naresh intermediate college puredhanau kunda pratapgarh
• A P S Inter College Bhadohi Pratapgarh
• Raj Narayan Singh degree college,Bhadohi,PRATAPGARH

In this district many great persons are born.

• Jagat Guru Swami Kripalu Jee Maharaj Mangarh Kunda
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Poet
• Raja Dinesh Singh

External links

• Pratapgarh District web site
• Unofficial Pratapgarh District web site
• Unofficial Belha Devi web site
• Facebook Page of Belhadevi Mata
• Official Ghuisarnath Dham web site
• Official Bhayaharan Nath Dham web site
• Facebook Page of Ghuisarnath Dham (घुइसरनाथ मंदिर)