Rajapur, Ghazipur Explained

Rajapur
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar_Pradesh#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:25.6743°N 83.8183°W[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ghazipur
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Mohammadabad
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Demographics1 Title2:Other spoken
Demographics1 Info2:Bhojpuri
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:Pin code
Postal Code:233301
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:05493
Registration Plate:UP-61
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Government Type:Panchayati raj (India)

Rajapur is a village in Mohammadabad Tehsil in Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh State, India. It belongs to Varanasi Division. It is located 28 km towards east from District headquarters Ghazipur. Rajapur has total 835 families residing. The Rajapur village has population of 4872 of which 2487 are males while 2385 are females as per Population Census 2011.[2]

History

Rajapur was established by Shrikant Rai Vats around 1715 A.D. with the blessing of Goril Baba as per genealogical records. He moved from Raini-Amari village of Azamgarh district to this place. This village is considered one of the Baavano Dronvar villages.[3] Rajapur is known for farmers, army men, Pahlwan, doctors, famous engineers and also known for freedom fighters.

Administration

This village is administrated by Gram Panchayat through its Pradhan who is elected representative of village. Ashwani kumar rai is the Pradhan of this village panchayat.[4]

Particulars Total MaleFemale
Total No. of Houses592
Population 3,7121,9931,719

Nearby places

Notes and References

  1. Web site: India Mapia, Rajapur.
  2. Web site: Census 2011, Rajapur.
  3. Web site: आस्था के केंद्र हैं गोरिल बाबा, Dainik Jagran.
  4. Web site: ग्राम पंचायत चुनाव,Amar Ujala.