| Voice of Ambedkar Nagar
: Pankaj Kumar
People in Ambedkar Nagar are poor.
Women illiterate and not empowered. They lack awareness about health,
sanitation and child bearing.
Farmers need to know of new technologies, equipments and marketing.
This will help them to produce high yielding crops and earn profits.
Ambedkar Nagar
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2 372.0 Km2
Population in Ambedkar Nagar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2,398,709
Male : 1,214,225
Female : 1,184,484
Under 6 population
Total : 324,550
Male : 168,270
Female : 156,280
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 44530
In seeing : 26651
In speech : 2895
In hearing : 1343
In movement : 9524
Mental : 4117
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 220
Sex Ratio Rank : 447
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 189 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 407 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Ambedkar Nagar Information
History :
This district was formed by the then Hon'ble Chief Minister Ms.
Mayawati on September 29, 1995. The district was named Ambedkar
Nagar in the memory of the Father of the Constitution, Dr. Bhim
Rao Ambedkar for his work done for the upliftment of the depressed
classes, women and other weaker sections of the Society.
District : Ambedkar Nagar
District Hq. : Akbarpur
Tehsil
1. Akbarpur
2. Tanda
3. Alapur|
4. Jalalpur
Blocks
1. Akbarpur
2. Katehary
3. Bhiti
4. Tanda
5. Baskhari
6. Ram Nagar
7. Jahangir Ganj
8. Jalalpur
9. Bhiyanwa
Geography of the District
Saryu is the main river of this district which is situated at the
north border of the district. Tanda, Jahangir Ganj, Ram Nagar and
Baskhari blocks are situated at this river and these blocks are
fully utilizing the water resourse of the river. Sangam place of
Tons, Madha and Visui rivers is Shravan Kshetra which is a well
known tourist place. Main Lakes Devhat and Hanswar lakes are
situated in Baskhari block and Darvan in Katehari block. From these
lakes most of the area is being irrigated as a result whcih yields
maximum crops productivity in the district.
This district has folling
numbers of educational institutions
1. Government and Primary Junior
High School:- 1162
2. Inter College : 20
3. Degree College : 15
(All degree colleges are associated to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh
University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.)
This District has following numbers of health
facilities
CHC: 02
PHC : 31
Ayurvedic Hospital : 31
Unani Hospital : 04
Homeopathic Hospital : 14
Family and Mother-Child Welfare Hospital : 09
Statistics of the District
Scheduled Caste Population : 3,91,669 (24.03%)
Literacy : 39.70%
Approximately 91% population live in villages whose main occupation
is Farming.
Tourist Places
Sangam place of Madha and Visui rivers is 8 km far from district
Headquarter. It is believe that at this place Shravan Kumar was
killed by King Dashrath, which is now know as Shravan Kshetra. Here
every year on Magh Purnima a Fair is organised in which a large
number of tourists from all parts of the country come into this
fair.
There is a place named Sihmai Karirat situated
at 5 km from district headquarter which famous for a well know tourist
palce as Shivbaba. Here in this village even today people do not
fix doors and at every Monday and Friday a fair is organised. It
is believed that desires of the tourists are being fullfilled.
Govind Saheb, Kichhauchha Sharif these are two
other well famoused tourist places in this district.
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