Tanda, Ambedaker Nagar
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Tanda 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 India
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 of Uttar Pradesh
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.

Geography

Tanda is located at 26.33°N 82.39°E. It has an average elevation of 78 metre
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s (255 feet).

Demographics

India census
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, Tanda had a population of 83,079. Men constitute 52% of the population, and women 48%. It has an average literacy rate of 61%, slightly higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 54%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Location and transportation facilities

Tanda is an industrial city and famous for its Terricot clothes. it has an ancient history as well.
this was barren land. it was when the mughal emperor farruksiar, asked RAJA SYED MOHAMMAD HAYAT, to make a civilisation on the bank of ghagra river in 1714 B.C. reference imperial gazette. the royal estate of tanda streches from the borders of old awadh to the borders of bihar. tanda preserves a remarkable history. it was when imperial army was going towards Delhi before the mutiny of 1857. tanda's then emperor RAJA HUSSAIN ALI with his brother ABBAS ALI stood against the British army and fought a fierce battle in which many of the estates soldiers died.
still RAJA KAZIM RAZA and his cousin brother RAJA JAFAR ABBAS owns 4 - 6 palaces all over the estate and many other properties.This place is connected with the Rail and Road with the rest of the country. It is to be noted that frequent bus service is not available and the nearest Railway Station is Akbarpur. At Tanda, the Jeep and Autos are the common transport facility available to go to Faizabad and Akbarpur, other than occasional bus services. At the same time Faizabad and Akbarpur is well connected with the rest of Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country.

Tanda has got the direct link with Road
Transport but it does not have the direct Rail link and it is connected with the nearest
Railway Stations which is around 20 KM and is called Akbarpur. This Railway station
has got 24 hours Road transport services and all the local and private vehicle are
easily available.

Tanda is around 155 KM from Varanasi, 200 KM from Lucknow, 55 KM from Faizabad and
around 80 KM from Gorakhpur. Other important places which have the link with
Tanda is Mau which is around 150 KM.

The nearest Air port is Babatpur near Varanasi and Amausi in
Lucknow.

Industries

Tanda city that is famous for Tanda Tericot. Here, the main business depend on power looms.

National Thermal Power Corporationa is based near Tanda. National Thermal Power Corporation project have a big colony. It has a hospital, three schools(Rajkiya Vidyut Parishad Intermediate collage,Bal Bharti Public School,Vivekananda Shishu Kunj(UP Board & CBSE Board)) and two clubs. At the back of the colony there is a very beautiful view of the river 'Sarayu'. It has many parks, all of them beautiful.
Jaypee cement factory is also based near the NTPC Plant. Jaypee has its own Township and Hospital/Dispensary. In the Hospital, they provide free treatment and medicines for the nearby villagers.

Tanda is an Industrial area

Tanda is famous for manufacturing of hand loom and Power loom cloths. Here the shirting cloths ,interlining cloths,lungi,gamcha, arabi roomal, in better design are produced and available in competitive range and rate.the cloths of tanda is now exported.there are self employment present in the powerloom industry.

Religion

The main religion of Tanda city is muslims . Some hindu and Sikhs also reside here, they form the integral business community of the city and irrelevant of the religion they work togather, and the place enjoys full communal harmony. Tanda is also famous for its holy River Saryu(Ghagra River).

Festival

Many festivals are celebrated here (by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs), for instance Durga Pooja and Eid. Some local events like Datikandhava [a festival that celebrates lord Shri Krishna], Ramleela and Haroon Rasheed Mela are also celebrated here.

Educational Structure

Tanda have one degree college i.e. Triloknath Postgraduate College.

Beyond this there are many inter colleges like, Arya Kanya Inter College,Lalta prasad kanya inter college, Muslim Niswan Inter College, Fatima Girls Inter College, Adarsh janta Inter College, Qumi Inter College,Hobart Triloknath Inter College,Lalta prasad kanya inter college.

Here many other high schools and primary schools are situated.

There are some English medium schools also. One of the most popular is Cosmopolitan School run by south Indians.here is madrasa manzre haq and kanzul uloom also.
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