Badlapur, Jaunpur

Badlapur is an administrative division in Jaunpur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was accorded the status of Town Area Nagar Panchayat on 27 June 2014.[2]

Badlapur Town
Tehsil & Town Area
Badlapur Town
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Badlapur Town
Badlapur Town (India)
Badlapur Town
Badlapur Town (Asia)
Coordinates: 25.53°N 82.27°E / 25.53; 82.27
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictJaunpur
Government
 • MLARamesh Mishra (Bhartiya Janta Party)
 • Density36,943/km2 (95,680/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
 • OtherBhojpuri, Awadhi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code05453
Vehicle registrationUP-62
Sex ratio1000:1009 ♂/♀

Geography

Badlapur is located at 25.53°N 82.27°E / 25.53; 82.27.[3] It has been assigned 222 125 pin code by India Post.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Census of India,[4] Badlapur had a population of 36,943. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Machhlishahr has an average literacy rate of 59%, male literacy is 76.99%, and female literacy is 43.35%. 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.[5]

Transportation

Rail

Badlapur is connected with major cities of India through the Indian Railways network. It has station named Sri Krishna Nagar. Some important trains from Sri Krishna Nagar are the Varuna Express to Lucknow Varanasi, Kanpur, the Howrah - Amritsar Express connecting Kolkata and Amritsar, Sadbhavana Express connecting Raxaul and Delhi and the Farakka Express to Delhi.

Road

Badlapur is connected to Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad and other cities of Uttar Pradesh. National Highway 56(NH-56) links Badlapur to Lucknow and Varanasi. State Highway 7(SH-7) is highway connecting Badlapur to Allahabad and Gorakhpur.

Festivals

The biggest annual celebrations in Badlapur are Durga Puja, Ram Lila & Bharat Milap. People also organise big celebrations on Holi, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan and other occasions. Also, fireworks exhibitions are performed on Independence Day and Republic Day.

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See also

References
  1. "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. "Result of Badlapur Assembly Constituency Election 2012". electionaffairs.com. Lucknow, Uttar.Pradesh, India. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
  3. Falling Rain Genomics,Inc - Badlapur
  4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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