20-834: Zafarabad may refer to: Zafarabad, India Zafarabad, alternate name of Jafarabad, Borujerd , in Iran Zafarabad, alternate name of Javadabad, Delfan , in Iran Zafarabad, Fars , a village in Fars Province, Iran Zafarabad, Hamadan , a village in Hamadan Province, Iran Zafarabad, alternate name of Khvajeh Hoseyni , Hamadan Province, Iran Zafarabad, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Zafarabad, Dehgolan , Kurdistan Province, Iran Zafarabad, Divandarreh , Kurdistan Province, Iran Zafarabad, Delfan ,
40-489: A total population of 107,640, of which 56,420 were males and 51,220 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 11,647. The total number of literates in Sultanpur was 84,080, which constituted 78.1% of the population with male literacy of 81.5% and female literacy of 74.4%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Sultanpur was 87.6%, of which male literacy was 91.6% and female literacy rate
60-565: A village in Lorestan Province, Iran Zafarabad, Kakavand , a village in Lorestan Province, Iran Zafarabad, North Khorasan , a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
80-525: Is 68%, and female literacy is 48%. In Jafarabad, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age. Zafarabad (IR Station code ZBD) is an important railway junction station under Allahabad division of Northern Railway (India) zone of Indian Railways. It connects Jaunpur Junction on north direction, Janghai junction, Phaphamau Junction, Allahabad of east direction, Varanasi Junction on south-east direction and Sultanpur junction on North-west direction. This Jaunpur district location article
100-612: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh Sultanpur is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Gomti , which Hindus consider a holy river . The city is the administrative headquarters of Sultanpur district and is a part of Ayodhya division in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated 135 kilometers east of state capital Lucknow . According to legend, In
120-542: Is also connected by the Purvanchal Expressway which starts from Lucknow to Ghazipur. Sultanpur Junction railway station (station code: SLN) connects Sultanpur to major cities in India. The nearest airport to Sultanpur is Ayodhya International Airport (60 km) and Prayagraj Airport which is 99 kilometers away. Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (Lucknow) is 140 km from Sultanpur and
140-545: The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . As of 2011 Indian Census , Jafarabad had a total population of 10,792, of which 5,578 were males and 5,214 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,595. The total number of literates in Jafarabad was 6,897, which constituted 63.9% of the population with male literacy of 71.1% and female literacy of 56.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jafarabad
160-584: The British established a military station and cantonments on the opposite (right) bank of the Gomti, at a village then called Girghit, and this eventually took on the name Sultanpur instead while the old town declined. The old town was described in 1839 as being in a state of disrepair, without commerce or industry, and with a population of just 1,500 people. The only remains of the Bhar period were two brick wells on
180-648: The Gomti River, which drains almost the whole city and district. The southern part of the city drains towards the Sai River flowing through the Pratapgarh district. The only significant minerals found in the region are in Kanker district . It joins Sharda Canal parts 16 and 17 jointly in the whole district and fulfills the requirements of water for agriculture. According to the 2011 Indian Census , Sultanpur had
200-551: The Sayyid chaudhris of the pargana . The town then had "many old brick dwelling houses and a few new ones". Old Sultanpur was eventually razed to the ground by the British after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , in retaliation for the murder of two British officers in the town at the beginning of the uprising. As for the new Sultanpur, it was also called Chhaoni Sarkar by officials and Kampu, or "the camp", by locals. It
220-475: The Sultanpur area beside the Gomti river it is said that Kush the son of Ram was born with badh(बाध) so it was the birthplace of Kusa , the son of Rama . This was identified with the Kusapura mentioned by Xuanzang , who said that Gautama Buddha taught here for six months and that it had a stupa built at the time of Ashoka which was then in disrepair. The town was under Bhar rule until around 1200. It
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#1732780591815240-485: The area of Mahmudpur located in Sultanpur. The city of Kusbhawanpur was renamed after the Alauddin Khalji's title Sultan and a new city was founded on the site, called Sultanpur. Old Sultanpur was originally located on the left bank of the Gomti and is mentioned on several occasions by Muslim historians as the site of battles. It was a prosperous town with several mohallas , or wards. At some point, though,
260-494: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zafarabad&oldid=594403895 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zafarabad, India Jafarabad (sometimes Zafarabad ) is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district in
280-519: The raja of Kurwar . Sultanpur is the headquarters of the Sultanpur district , the north side of the district is bounded by Ayodhya district ; the south side by Pratapgarh district ; the west side by Barabanki and Amethi districts ; and the east side by Azamgarh , Ambedkarnagar , and Jaunpur districts . Sultanpur has an average elevation of 95 metres (312 ft). The geography of Sultanpur comprises plain lands, except for some regions around
300-420: The south, "about a mile from the river", and a large mound or dih called Majhargaon in the middle of town, which was supposedly the remains of the old Bhar palace. Atop Majhargaon was a fort built by the sultan, then partly ruined, and containing houses belonging to the faujdar and his followers. Northwest of the fort was a mosque also built by the sultan, and there were also a couple of other mosques built by
320-457: The town also had a police station and hospital, jail, poorhouse , leper asylum, and a dispensary which was rebuilt in 1895, at the same time as the Amethi female hospital was built in town, almost entirely funded by Raja Bhagwan Bakhsh Singh of Amethi. The town also had three markets: Perkinsganj, Shawganj, and Partabganj, the last of which opened in 1895 and was named after Partab Bahadur Singh,
340-443: Was 75.0%, of which male literacy rate was 84.0% and female literacy rate was 65.5%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 1,374 and 27 respectively. Jafarabad had 1497 households in 2011. As of the 2001 Census of India , Jafarabad had a population of 8,801. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Jafarabad has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy
360-406: Was 83.2%. The Scheduled Castes population was 7,706. Sultanpur had 17,954 households in 2011. Sultanpur is connected to nearby cities through the 4-lane Lucknow to Jaunpur- Saidpur NH 731 and the 2-lane Prayagraj to Ayodhya NH 330 . Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) is the major public transport apart from other commercial modes run by private agencies. Sultanpur
380-583: Was built up on the site of the old cantonment, which was removed in 1861. Sultanpur was made a municipality in June 1869, with a municipal committee; a municipal board was formed in September 1884. In 1890 the Victoria Manzil was built for the first agricultural exhibition, and it served as the town hall and the meeting place for the municipal board under British rule. At the turn of the 20th century,
400-668: Was said that when Muslims during the time of the Mamluk dynasty came to invade and loot in this area of Kusapura, the then Bhar rulers of Kusbhawanpur executed them and the horses were seized. When it was heard to the Sultan Alauddin Khalji that this incident took place, he gathered an army and attacked them at once, on the opposite bank of the Gomti River from Kusbhawanpur. Then Alauddin Khalji settled Muslims in
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