Mankapur

Mankapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gonda district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly currently headed by BJP.[2] It borders Gonda to the West, Rehra to the North, Maskanawa to the East and Nawabganj to the South.

Mankapur
Town
Mankapur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27.03°N 82.23°E / 27.03; 82.23
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGonda
Government
 • BodyBJP
 • MLARamapati Shastri[1]
Elevation
1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total8,865
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
271302,271308
Telephone code05265
Vehicle registrationUP-43

Demographics

According to the 2001 India census,[3] Mankapur had a population of 8,865. Males constituted 54 percent of the population and females 46 percent. The city had an average literacy rate of 77 percent, which exceeded the national average of 67.5 percent. Male literacy was higher than female literacy, with 86 percent to 75 percent. 13 percent of the population was revealed to be under 6 years of age.

Languages

Languages spoken in Manakapur include Awadhi, a dialect of Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region.[4]

History

Mankapur mandal was a jagir (estate) formed when Raja Dutt Singh of Gonda, of the Bisen Rajput dynasty, seized the Bandhalgoti raj of Mankapur and gave it to his younger infant son, Kunwar Ajmat Singh around 1681, making him the first ruler of the state. The state had 189 villages under it and during the British Raj, it was a pargana in Utraula tehsil.[5] It became a separate tehsil in 1987, later in 1997 when the Gonda district was divided to create Balrampur district, it remained with its former district.[6]

The last ruler of this jagir before independence was Raghavendra Pratap Singh,[7] who was a Congress politician (1933–1955) and who served in the UP assembly continuously since 1937.

Transport

Mankapur Junction railway station is the nearest railway station and the nearest airport is Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport (Amausi) near state capital Lucknow. Mankapur is well connected by roadways to Gonda, Faizabad and state capital of Lucknow.

Economy

Mankapur has one of the country's six largest manufacturing plants of Indian Telephone Industries (ITI).[8] Along with that major occupation of public is Agriculture. With good connectivity with other districts, Mankapur serves as a luring place for further industrial growth.

Geography

The famous Manorma River[9] passes through Mankapur. Unfortunately, the river is dying a slow death, so a cleaning program was initiated by Yogi Adityanath in order to rejuvenate the flow of river.[10] It is believed that Lord Dasrath performed Yagya at Makhoda Dham resulting in birth of Lord Rama.[11]

References
  1. "Mankapur MLA"
  2. Mankapur (SC) Constituency of Uttar Pradesh Archived 3 July 2007 at Archive.today Election Commission of India – State Elections 2002.
  3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Awadhi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. Utraula Tehsil The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 24, p. 287.
  6. History Gonda district Official website.
  7. Mankapur - Genealogy and History Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Queensland University.
  8. ITI's description of Mankapur Plant Archived 11 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Indian Telephone Industries.
  9. https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/others/uttar-pradesh-manorama-river-become-sewer-due-to-pollution-in-gonda/articleshow/64358545.cms
  10. https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/basti/cleaning-of-manorama-river-starts
  11. https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/others/uttar-pradesh-manorama-river-become-sewer-due-to-pollution-in-gonda/articleshow/64358545.cms
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