Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Pratapgarh
City
Nickname(s): Bela
Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 25°55′59″N 81°58′59″E / 25.933°N 81.983°E / 25.933; 81.983Coordinates: 25°55′59″N 81°58′59″E / 25.933°N 81.983°E / 25.933; 81.983
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Pratapgarh
Population (2001)
 • Total 12,339
Languages
 • Official Hindi
 • Local Awadhi
Languages
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 230001
Telephone code 05342
Vehicle registration UP-72
Website www.pratapgarh.nic.in

Pratapgarh (Hindi: प्रतापगढ़), also called Belha, Bela, Bela Pratapgarh, Partapgarh or Partabgarh, is a city and municipality of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh district, part of the Allahabad Division. Pratapgarh is the birthplace of the national poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

It is one of the older districts of Uttar Pradesh, that came into existence in the year 1858. It is at a height of 137 Mt. from sea level.

History and etymology

Belha Devi Temple in Pratapgarh City

The district is named after its headquarter town Belha Pratapgarh, commonly known as Pratapgarh. Raja Pratap Singh, a local raja between 1628–1682, located his capital at Rampur near the old town of Aror. There he built a garh (fort) and called it Pratapgarh after himself. Subsequently, the area around the fort became known as Pratapgarh. When the district was constituted in 1858, its headquarters was established at Belha, which came to be known as Belha Pratapgarh, the name Belha presumably being derived from the temple of Belha Bhawani on the bank of river Sai. It is popularly known as "Belha Mai" – meaning Mother Goddess Belha.

Several human skeletons along some animal bones and a number of a small stones implements, belonging probably to the Neolithic, have been unearthed in Archaeological exploration at Sarai Nahar in Kunda Tehsil. It is the only site in the entire valley of Ganga which has yielded human skeleton of such an early age as also the Stone Age implements. On the left bank of river Sai there stand a ruined "Kot" representing a Buddhist Stupa. Town Bihar has been conjectured that the remain are probably on an ancient Buddhist monastery which gave its name Bihar. Bihar signifies Vihar or majesties. The name itself as Buddhist.

Geography

Sai and the Ganges are the main rivers flowing through Pratapgarh district. The district lies between the parallels of 25°34′ and 26°11′ north latitude and between the meridians of 81°19′ and 82°27′ east longitude extending for some 110 kilometres (68 mi) from west to east. It is bounded on the north by the district of Sultanpur, on the south by Allahabad, on the east by Jaunpur, on the west by Fatehpur and north-west by Raebareli. In the south-west the Ganges forms the boundary of the district for about 50 kilometres (31 mi). Separating it from Fatehpur and Allahabad and in the extreme north-east the Gomti forms the boundary for about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). According to the Central Statistical Organization (Central Statistics Office), India, the district has an area of 3,730 square kilometres (1,440 sq mi).

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Pratapgarh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]

Primarily, an agragrian district, for a while now, Pratapgarh has risen in ranks as the top producer of Aonla or Amla fruit. It is a multi-purpose fruit, is extremely rich in vitamin C, helps cure gastro-intestinal disorders, is said to encourage youth and liveliness and is exported all over india and possibly over world in form of sweets and medicines. 




Demographics


As of 2011 Pratapgarh district's population is 2,331,000.[2] This gives it a ranking of 109th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 854 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,210/sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was  16.2%.[3] Pratapgarh has a sex ratio of 994 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 73.1%.[3]



 Notable people 





Religions in Pratapgarh



Religion


Percent




Hindus

  

68%





Muslims

  

30%





Jains

  

1.7%





Others†

  

0.3%




Distribution of religions

†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).







Transport


The Pratapgarh Railway junction handles 42 trains every day.





The daily passenger trains link Pratapgarh with Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, along with Amethi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Agra, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Howrah, Allahabad, Varanasi, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jammutawi, Haridwar, Dehradun, Jhansi, Moradabad, Bareli, Patna, Gaya, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Puri, and Delhi. There is also a tri-weekly train to Bhopal, Pratapgarh–Bhopal Express, which is a super-fast train. Another super-fast train, the bi-weekly Udyognagri Express, connects the city with Mumbai, the metro city and capital of Maharashtra. There is also a Delhi–Varanasi garib rath express at midnight.



Members of Parliament





Famous Temples




Ghuisarnath Temple, Kumbhapur, Lalganj, Pratapgarh






Lord Shani's statue in Shani Dham
View of river Bakulahi from the Shani Dev Temple







Maa Chauharjan (Barahi) Devi Temple, Pratapgarh


Kamakshi Devi Temple, Kamasin, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh




Schools and college



¤ B.B.S.Inter College Barna Lalgopalganj Kunda Pratapgarh




Newspapers




See also




References




  1. 1 2  Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  2. ↑  official website of state govt.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5  "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  4. ↑  https://www.google.co.in/search?q=school+kunda&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN702IN702&oq=school+kunda&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.4707j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=school kunda&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:2&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=25724003,81511488,427&tbm=lcl&rldimm=5676028416065509569
  5. ↑  http://crescentschool.in/



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Shukla Buisness point Raniganj Kaithoula Lalgarnj Pratapgarh
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