Utraula
Utraula
Utraula | |
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city | |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 27,491 |
Utraula is a city and a municipal board in Balrampur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is approximately 45 kilometres from the border with Nepal and is 175 km in south east of capital city Lucknow. The nearest railway station is Gonda and is 50 km apart.The city is very close (72 km) to holy city Ayodhya, the birth place of Lord Rama. The main occupation of the people in the town is farming. Agricultural produce include wheat, paddy, different pulses, oilseeds and sugarcane. Mango and Guava orchards can also be found in abundance
Geography
Utraula is located at 27°19′N 82°25′E / 27.32°N 82.42°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 96 metres (314 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Utraula had a population of 27,491. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Utraula has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 46%. In Utraula, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Utraula is a Assmebly constituency of Legislative Assembly of Uttar pradesh, from here at this time M.L.A. is Mr. Shayamlal Verma of political party Bhartiya janta Party.
Personalities
Dr Jawed Chaudhari son of Lal Mohammad Ex teacher of M.Y Usmani Inter College Utraula, Balrampur.
"Mr,Ram Pratap Verma " son of sri Nandan verma . Wife Smt :" Sunderpati " Block Pramakh kshetra Panchayat Utraula District Balrampur & Chairman of Mann Mandir Talkies Utraula . One of the Air cooled cinema hall with Dolby Stero Sound with 70mm
"GUPTA TRADERS - Utraula'''"'
-The only wholesale cloth dealer in Balrampur and Gonda District
Founded by :Late Shri Tribhuwan Lal Gupta
Schools And Colleges
Although its a small city with twenty seven thousand inhabitants it has several schools/colleges. It attracts lot of students residing near the town or villages of utraula tehsil as well as from neighbouring towns. The name of few institutions are given
M.Y.USMANI INTER COLLEGE;
BHARTIYA COLLEGE;
EMMANUEL CHURCH SCHOOL;
BLOOMING BUDS PUBLIC SCHOOL;
DAYANAND VIDYALAYA
TINY TOTS PUBLIC SCHOOL
Edited by
diwakar pratap ex student of ECS utraula.
mailto:diwakar.pratap@gmail.com