Badlapur | |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil and Town Area |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh#India3 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 25.53°N 82.27°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jaunpur |
Leader Title: | MLA |
Leader Name: | Ramesh Mishra (Bhartiya Janta Party) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 36943 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 36943 |
Demographics Type1: | Language |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[1] |
Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
Demographics1 Title3: | Other |
Demographics1 Info3: | Awadhi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 222125 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 05453 |
Registration Plate: | UP-62 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1000:1009 ♂/♀ |
Badlapur is an administrative division in Jaunpur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was accorded the status of Town Area Nagar Panchayat on 27 June 2014.[2]
Badlapur is located at .[3] It has been assigned 222 125 pin code by India Post.
As of the 2001 Census of India,[4] Badlapur had a population of 36,943. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Machhlishahr has an average literacy rate of 59%, male literacy is 76.99%, and female literacy is 43.35%. In Machhlishahr, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. Represented in the U.P. State Assembly by MLA Subhash Pandey of the BSP.[5]
Badlapur is connected with major cities of India through the Indian Railways network. It has station named Sri Krishna Nagar. Some important trains from Sri Krishna Nagar are the Varuna Express to Lucknow Varanasi, Kanpur, the Howrah - Amritsar Express connecting Kolkata and Amritsar, Sadbhavana Express connecting Raxaul and Delhi and the Farakka Express to Delhi.
Badlapur is connected to Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad and other cities of Uttar Pradesh. National Highway 731(NH-731) links Badlapur to Lucknow and Varanasi. State Highway 7(SH-7) is highway connecting Badlapur to Allahabad and Gorakhpur.
The biggest annual celebrations in Badlapur are Durga Puja, Ram Lila and Bharat Milap. People also organise big celebrations on Holi, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan and other occasions. Also, fireworks exhibitions are performed on Independence Day and Republic Day.