Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Pratapgarh, also called Belha or Bela Pratapgarh, is a city and municipality in the state of Uttar Pradesh in Indiaon the bank of ,"Sai" river also known as Ancient Ganges. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh district, part of the Allahabad division.

Pratapgarh
City
Pratapgarh
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (India)
Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (Asia)
Coordinates: 25.897°N 81.945°E / 25.897; 81.945
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
Government
 • District magistrateRupesh Kumar
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
230001-02
Telephone code+91 05342
Vehicle registrationUP-72
Sex Ratio957 ♂/♀
Websitepratapgarh.nic.in

It is one of the oldest districts of Uttar Pradesh, that came into existence in the year 1858. It is at a height of 491m from sea level.

History and etymology
Belha Devi Temple in Pratapgarh City

The district is named after its headquarter town Belha Pratapgarh, commonly known as Pratapgarh. Raja Pratap Bhadur Singh (1628–1682), a local king, located his capital at Rampur near the old town of Aror. There he built a garh (fort) and called it Pratapgarh after himself. Subsequently, the area around the fort started to be known as Pratapgarh. When the district was constituted in 1858, its headquarters was established at Belha, which came to be known as Belha Pratapgarh, the name Belha presumably being derived from the temple of Belha Bhawani on the bank of river Sai. It is popularly known as "Belha

Several human skeletons along some animal bones and a number of a small stones implements, belonging probably to the Neolithic, have been unearthed in Archaeological exploration at Sarai Nahar in Kunda. It is the only site in the entire valley of Ganga which has yielded human skeleton of such an early age as also the Stone Age implements. On the left bank of river Sai there stand a ruined "Kot" representing a Buddhist Stupa.

Geography

Sai and the Ganges are the main rivers flowing through Pratapgarh district. 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 kilometres (68 mi) 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-west by Raebareli. In the south-west the Ganges forms the boundary of the district for about 50 kilometres (31 mi). Separating it from Fatehpur and Allahabad and in the extreme north-east the Gomti forms the boundary for about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). According to the Central Statistics Office, India, the district has an area of 3,730 square kilometres (1,440 sq mi).

Economy

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Pratapgarh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[2] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[2]

Primarily, an agrarian district, for a while now, Pratapgarh has risen in ranks as the top producer of Aonla (Amla). The fruit grown here is sold all over India and the world in the form of sweets and medicines.

Transport

Air

Nearest airport is Allahabad Airport located 70km away from city in Prayagraj.

Railways

Railway is the main transport form in this district and some junctions are Pratapgarh, Chilbila and Bhupia Mau. Pratapgarh Junction railway station handles 42 trains daily.

Road
  • Allahabad -Faizabad Highway (NH-96)
  • Lucknow Varanasi highway (NH-31)
  • Patti Raniganj Delhupur road (MDR-164/E)

Expressway

Attractions

Kisan Devta Mandir

Pratapgarh district has the world's first temple dedicated to farmers, named Kisan Devta Mandir. In this district, farmers are revered as gods. The temple was established by Shailendra Yogi, a homeopathic doctor, in Sarai Mahesh village of Patti tehsil of Pratapgarh in 2015.[3][4] It was [5]


List of people from Pratapgarh


List of people from Pratapgarh

Notable people
Temples
  • Shani Dev Temple
  • View of river Bakulahi from the Shani Dev Temple
  • Maa Chauharjan (Barahi) Devi Temple
  • Kamakshi Devi Temple, Kamasin
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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 20 December 2018.
  2. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. "प्रतापगढ़: यहां होती है किसानों की पूजा, बना है दुनिया का पहला किसान मंदिर". News18 India. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. "यहां करिए किसान देवता के दर्शन; दावा- दुनिया में है एकलौता मंदिर, 4 मार्च तक चलेगा कैंप". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "At this Kisan Temple in Pratapgarh dist, farmers sow devotion and reap blessings | Allahabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.


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