District Azamgarh

District Azamgarh is located in Uttar Pradesh. People of this village is very helpful. They help each other a lot in need. The village is surrounded by green nature.

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ORIGIN OF NAME OF AZAMGARH:

The district is named after its headquarters town, Azamgarh, which was founded in 1665 by Azam, son of Vikramajit. Vikramajit a descendant of Gautam Rajputs of Mehnagar in pargana Nizamabad, like some of his predecessors, had embraced the faith of Islam. He had a Muhammadan wife who bore him two sons Azam and Azmat. While Azam gave his name to the town of Azamgarh, and the fort, Azmat constructed the fort and settled the bazaar of Azmatgarh in pargana Sagari.

ABOUT MY DISTRICT AZAMGARH:

In Hindi आज़मगढ़ ज़िला and in urdu اعظم گڑھ ضلع. The ancient name of Azamgarh was Aryamgarh-close relation with Aryan, is one of the district of UP, India.

Azamgarh district is one of the eastern district of Uttar Pradesh covering an area of 4234 km². and lies in between 25° 38´ and 26° 27´North latitudes and 82° 40´ and 83° 53´ East longitudes.

Azamgarh district's total population was 3,939,915 as per 2001 census with population density of 972/km². The population consists of 297,300 urban and 3,642,616 rural; 1,989,501 females and 1,950,414 males. The literacy rate was 57%.

Azamgarh district is further divided into 7 tehsils, and 22 development blocks. There are 4,106 villages (3,792 inhabited and 314 uninhabited) in the district.

The district is bounded on north by Ghaghara river and in south by Jaunpur and Ghazipur districts.

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