Amethi
Town in Uttar Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amethi is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the Amethi district. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. Amethi was 72nd district of Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1 July 2010 by merging three tehsils of the erstwhile Sultanpur district namely Amethi, Gauriganj and Musafirkhana and two tehsils of the erstwhile Raebareli district, namely, Salon and Tiloi. The town is part of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency and Amethi Assembly constituency, which became reputed as a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party. The Congress leaders belonging to Nehru-Gandhi family won several elections from Amethi during 1980–2014. In 2019, Smriti Irani of Bhartiya Janta Party won this seat.
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Amethi | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 26.155°N 81.809°E / 26.155; 81.809 | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Division | Ayodhya |
Region | Awadh |
District | Amethi |
District Formation | 1 July 2010; 13 years ago (2010-07-01) |
Headquarters | Gauriganj |
Government | |
• Body | Government of Uttar Pradesh |
• MP(Lok Sabha) | Smriti Zubin Irani, (Union Cabinet Minister) |
• MLA | Maharaji Prajapati |
• DM | Nisha, IAS[1] |
• SP | Anoop Kumar Singh, IPS[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.72 km2 (0.28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 13,849 |
• Density | 19,000/km2 (50,000/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi[4] |
• Additional official | Urdu[4] |
• Regional | Awadhi |
• Literacy (2011) | 59.14 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 227405 |
Telephone code | +915368 |
Vehicle registration | UP-36 |
Sex ratio | 908 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ |
Airport | Fursatganj Airfield |
Website | amethi |