Misrikh-cum-neemsar

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Misrikh-cum-neemsar
Misrikh-cum-Neemsar (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Uttar Pradesh
District : Sitapur
Sub-district : Misrikh
Location : 27 ° 27 '  N , 80 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 27 ° 27 '  N , 80 ° 31'  E
Height : 142 m
Residents : 15,163 (2001)
Neemsar Temple
Neemsar Temple

Misrikh-cum-Neemsar ( Hindi : मिस्रिख-कम-नीमसार; often just Misrikh Neemsar ) is a small town in the center of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh , southwest of Sitapur .

The city consists of the two districts Misrikh ( Hindi : मिस्रिख; Urdu : مسرکھ نیمسر) and Neemsar (Hindi: नीमसार; also Naimisharanya , Nimsar or Nimkhar ), about 10 kilometers away .

Misrikh is known for the Hindu sage Maharishi Dadhichi Maharaj , who founded his ashram in the city .

In Neemsar is the eponymous temple Neemsar, which is one of 108 Vishnu temples in the Naalayira Divya Prabhandham assembly . This temple is also one of the eight Vishnu temples known as Swayamvyaktha Kshetra .

geography

Both districts are in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on the same highway between Sitapur and Hardoi ; Misrikh is closer to Sitapur, while Neemsar is closer to Hardoi and the Gomti River . A little further south-east is Lucknow , the capital of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies in the Ganges plain and in the catchment area of the Ganges .

population

At the 2001 census, Misrikh-cum-Neemsar had 15,163 inhabitants . Of these, 53 percent were men and 47 percent women; the literacy rate was 65 percent, higher than the Indian average of 59.5 percent. There is a clear difference between the sexes. While the literacy rate for men is 71 percent, it is only 58 percent for women. 15 percent of the city's population was under 6 years old in 2001.

Religions in Misrikh-cum-Neemsar
religion  percent
Hinduism
  
 96%
Islam
  
 4%
Jainism
  
 0.5%
Sikhism
  
 0.2%
Others¹
  
 0.3%
¹ Less than 0.2 percent of whom are Buddhists.

Misrikh-cum-Neemsar is very homogeneous in religious terms. 96 percent of the population profess Hinduism , other religions only make up small proportions.

traffic

In addition to a trunk road to Sitapur, both Misrikh and Neemsar have their own train station . The nearest international airport is Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport near Lucknow .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2001: "Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)"
  2. ↑ Ambujam Anantharaman: Temples of South India . East West books, 2006, ISBN 81-88661-42-2 , pp. 130 .
  3. ↑ Mapcarta - Misrikh. Retrieved March 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Mapcarta - Naimishāranya. Retrieved March 23, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Census of India 2001. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .