Amara Khaira Chak Explained

Amara Khaira Chowk
Settlement Type:Census town & village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh Varanasi#India Uttar Pradesh#India3
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Alt:Amara Khaira Chowk
Pushpin Map Caption:Census town & village location on Varanasi district map
Coordinates:25.2532°N 82.9461°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Varanasi
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Sadar
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:81.584
Population Total:6,577
Population As Of:2011
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi & English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:221106
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91-542
Registration Plate:UP65 XXXX
Blank Name Sec1:Village code
Blank Info Sec1:209741
Blank Name Sec2:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank Info Sec2:Varanasi[1]
Blank1 Name Sec2:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec2:Rohaniya

Amara Khaira Chowk is a census town in Sadar tehsil of Varanasi district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2] The census town and village falls under the Amara Khaira Chowk gram panchayat. Amara Khaira Chowk is about 12 kilometers South-West of Varanasi railway station, 317 kilometers South-East of Lucknow and 9 kilometers South-West of Banaras Hindu University main gate.[3] [4]

Demography

Amara Khaira Chak has 1,044 families with a total population of 6,577. Sex ratio of the census town & village is 916 and child sex ratio is 965. Uttar Pradesh state average for both ratios is 912 and 902 respectively.The most powerful family in this Village is of Thakurs and pandits, although the population of Rajbhar/Patel/Maurya and few other castes is much higher than thakur.During the reign of Britishers Raja Ajit Kumar Singh was the Zamindar of Amra Khaira Chak, he was the true devotee of Lord Shiva and used to have food only after offering milk/jal to the Shivling at Kandwa Pokhra. Britishers were so scared of him that they made several attempts of killing him so that another Babu Veer Kunwar Singh is not born, and after two-three unsuccessful they finally were able to kill Raja Ajit Kumar Singh on 29 Feb'1932.

Transportation

Amara Khaira Chak is connected by air (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport), by train (Varanasi railway station) and by road. Nearest operational airports is Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport and nearest operational railway station is Varanasi railway station (35 and 12 kilometers respectively from Amara Khaira Chak).

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Delimitation 2008. Election Commission of India website. 24 November 2015.
  2. News: Census town & village details. Local Government directory. 24 November 2015.
  3. News: Census town & village coordinates. latlong.net. 24 November 2015. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807151635/http://www.latlong.net/. dead.
  4. News: Elevation. daftlogic.com. 24 November 2015.