Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar
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Akbarpur is a city and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district
Ambedkar Nagar district
Ambedkar Nagar district is a district in the Faizabad division. It was formed in 1995 by the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Mayawati, and was named after one of the most contributing personalities in Indian legislation, Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar.-Geography:The total area of the district is...

  in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is the administrative headquarters of Ambedkar Nagar District
Ambedkar Nagar District
Ambedkar Nagar district is a district in the Faizabad division. It was formed in 1995 by the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Mayawati, and was named after one of the most contributing personalities in Indian legislation, Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar.-Geography:The total area of the district is...

.Akbarpur is also the birth place of Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967) who was a renowned Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader.

Geography

Akbarpur is located at 26.431°N 82.540°E. It has an average elevation of 133 metres (436 feet).

Akbarpur, is situated at Holy River Tamsa. According to Ramayana, it is the place where King Dashratha shot Shravan Kumar. The ashram of the sage Shringi Rishi was also situated here.Eminent personalities Gaurav Chandra, Deep Chandra. Akbarpur its name Akbar belongs Islamic King Akbar. Here a islamic invader lived there named Kamal Shah. Who was murderd by any. Aand King Akbar visited this palace after his death. He constructed a mosque and a Makbara in memory of Kamal Shah. The name of Akbar is popular as Akbarpur. According to Ramayana here the Lord Rama son Kusha is driving Shravasti. And his parallel Rajbhar King also drive this eastern area. In Ramayan Lord Rama battled to many Rajbhar Kings.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Akbarpur had a population of 33,889. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Akbarpur has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 67% of the males and 53% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

Akbarpur is educationally advanced in comparison to other towns of the Ambedkar Nagar district. Various colleges and schools exist in the city. The primary and secondary schools are either privately owned or government controlled. The condition of higher education has been improved since various colleges have been set up. The Ramabai Government Women Post Graduate College
Ramabai Government Women Post Graduate College
Ramabai Government Women Post Graduate College was established in 1997 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The college is in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India. As a rural college, it is near the district headquarter Akbarpur...

, Akbarpur, was established in 1997 for providing opportunities mainly to rural scholars along with urban scholars in the area of higher education
Higher education
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in different streams. BNKB Degree College is one of the private managed and government aided college for co-education, which offers several degree programs.
Many Government Secondary schools (Junior High School and Rajkiya Intermediate College) have been opened in the town for providing education opportunities. There is also one government medical collage(PGI).
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