Sikanderpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Sikanderpur is a town and a nagar panchayat
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Ballia district
Ballia District
Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Ballia district is a part of Azamgarh Division situated in eastern Part of Uttar Pradesh. Main occupation is agriculture. Ballia City is district headquarters and commercial Market of this district. There are four Tehsil in...

 in the India
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 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...

. It was founded by Alexander the Great, as its name indicates (Sikander is how Alexander is called in many Eastern languages).

Demographics

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Census
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, Sikanderpur had a population of 21,790. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sikanderpur has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 49%. In Sikanderpur, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
There in Sikanderpur the visiting place is Kila ka Pokhra, Jama Masjid (Built by Babar), Maa Jalpa-Kalpa Mandir, Karbala and more place. There is a sample of Hindu-Muslim unity as There is Shishu Mandir & Darool Uloom madarsa situated nearly and one more thing is that the Famous Jama Masjid is Situated beside Sangh (sanghat) Mandir.There is 6 mohallas as following:
Milki, Baddha, Diamondpura, Chandani chowk, Mudiyapur, Pandeytola, Bhikhpura, Gandhi
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