Ashrafpur Kichhauchha

Ashrafpur Kichhauchha
Kichhauchha
city
Ashrafpur Kichhauchha
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°25′33″N 82°45′25″E / 26.42583°N 82.75694°E / 26.42583; 82.75694Coordinates: 26°25′33″N 82°45′25″E / 26.42583°N 82.75694°E / 26.42583; 82.75694
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ambedkar Nagar
Population (2001)
  Total 13,420
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Ashrafpur Kichhauchha is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ambedkar Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is well known worldwide as here is located the shrine of the famous Chisti Sufi saint Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani[1], which attracts millions of devotees irrespective of religion, caste, creed and sex all the year round. The nearest railway station is the Akbarpur station which is about 23 kilometers. Akbarpur station is connected by rail to big cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi and Mumbai.

Education

  • SHJI College Kichhauchha is one of the oldest intermediate college.
  • Mohaddis-e-Azam Mission Oriental College.
  • Ekra Public School
  • Prathmik Vidyalaya Kichauchha
  • Kalpa Mahila Mahavidhyalya Sansthan Mahmood Pur Ramdin Singh Kichocha Ambedkar Nagar
  • Saraswati shishu mandir is one of the oldest school .

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Ashrafpur Kichhauchha had a population of 13,420. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashrafpur Kichhauchha has an average literacy rate of -98%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Ashrafpur Kichhauchha
Religion Percent
Hindus
60%
Muslims
39%
Jains
0.5%
Others†
0.5%
Distribution of religions
Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Notable People

References

    • Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani(1975) Second Ed.(2017) ISBN 978-93-85295-54-6, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
  1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.


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