Kachhwa

Kachhwa
town
Kachhwa Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°12′25″N 82°42′58″E / 25.207°N 82.716°E / 25.207; 82.716Coordinates: 25°12′25″N 82°42′58″E / 25.207°N 82.716°E / 25.207; 82.716
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Elevation	84 m (276 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	14,712
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Kachhwa is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mirzapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Kachhwa is located at 25°13′N 82°43′E / 25.22°N 82.72°E / 25.22; 82.72.^[1] It has an average elevation of 84 metres (275 feet). It is around 30 km. away from Varanasi Cantt.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Kachhwa had a population of 14,712. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kachhwa has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 46%. In Kachhwa, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Overview

This place is also known for Kachhwa Christian hospital, which was set by Christian missionary Dr Neville Everad to provide medical care to the nearby town.

Another relatively newer landmark institution is the Kacchawa Christian School, a CBSE school run by ACTS Ministries.

References

↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kachhwa
↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

Cities and towns in Mirzapur district

Mirzapur	Ahraura Bakiabad Bharuhana Chunar Kachhwa Mirzapur Vindhyachal Birohi

Other districts	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Amroha Auraiya Azamgarh Badaun Bagpat Bahraich Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bhimnagar Bijnor Bulandshahr Chandauli Chitrakoot Deoria Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Nagar Kanshi Ram Nagar Kaushambi Kushinagar Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Panchsheel Nagar Pilibhit Prabuddhanagar Pratapgarh Raebareli Ramabai Nagar Rampur Saharanpur Sant Kabir Nagar Sant Ravidas Nagar Shahjahanpur Shravasti Siddharthnagar Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi

This is a town area.It has a very ancient Hanuman Mandir that is also called Much wale Hanumanji(God Hanuman having moustache).

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