Gahmar

Gahmar
Gahmar
	Village
	Gahmar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Gahmar Gahmar (India) Gahmar Gahmar (Asia)
	Coordinates: 25.497°N 83.822°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Government
• Type	Sarpanch (Pradhan)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	25,994
Language
• Official	Hindi[2]
• Additional official	Urdu[2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	232327
Telephone code	05497
Vehicle registration	UP, 61
Nearest city	Zamania
Sex ratio	1000/913 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Ghazipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Zamania
Civic agency	Gahmar
Climate	Normal (Köppen)

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. The village has two post offices, and one Panchayat Bhawan.

History

Gahmar was settled by Sakarwar Rajputs, the descendants of Dham Deo Misir who came from the vicinity of Fatehpur Sikri after Babur captured it in 1527 AD. They are closely related to Sakarwar Bhumihars and Kamsar Pathan, the descendants of Dham Deo Misir's brother Kam Deo. After moving east from Fatehpur Sikri, initially, both of them settled in Sakradih, but due to floods, Dham Deo migrated to Maa Kamakhya Dham near Gahmar and Kam Deo settled in Reotipur.[3]

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Gahmar had a total population of 25,994, of which 13,367 were males and 12,627 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,650. The total number of literates in Gahmar was 17,108, which constituted 65.8% of the population with male literacy of 74.0% and female literacy of 57.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Gahmar was 76.6%, of which male literacy rate was 86.4% and female literacy rate was 66.2%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 3,295 and 327 respectively. Gahmar had 4365 households in 2011.[1]

Transport

Railways

Gahmar has a railway station connected to Patna and Mughalsarai Junction railway station.

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References

"Census of India: Gahmar". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
"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 4 January 2019.
Ansari, Saiyad Hasan (1986). Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley. Concept Publishing Company. p. 103-106. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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[Census2011Gov-1] "Census of India: Gahmar". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[langoff-2] "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 4 January 2019.

[3] Ansari, Saiyad Hasan (1986). Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley. Concept Publishing Company. p. 103-106. Retrieved 15 February 2020.