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<div>{{Short description|District of Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Pratapgarh<br />
| settlement_type = City<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
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| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India#Asia<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25.897|81.945|type:city_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Country<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]<br />
| governing_body = <br />
| leader_title = <br />
| leader_name = <br />
| leader_title1 = [[District magistrate]]<br />
| leader_name1 = Rupesh Kumar<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 137<br />
| population_total = <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=20 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
| demographics1_title2 = Regional<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Awadhi]]<ref name="langoff"/><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 230001-02<br />
| area_code = +91 05342<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| registration_plate = UP-72<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Sex Ratio<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = 957 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]<br />
| website = {{URL|pratapgarh.nic.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Pratapgarh''', also called '''Belha''' or '''Bela Pratapgarh''', is a city and [[municipality]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It is the administrative headquarters of [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]], part of the [[Allahabad division|Prayagraj division]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
{{main|Pratapgarh Estate}}<br />
Pratapgarh was the name of a fort built by Pratap Bahadur Singh (1628–1682), a local king, at Rampur. Later, the area around the fort started to be known as Pratapgarh.<ref>{{cite web |title=District Pratapgarh,Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} The City of Aonla {{!}} India |url=https://pratapgarh.nic.in/ |website=pratapgarh.nic.in |access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
In 2006, the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Pratapgarh one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=8 September 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref><br />
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Primarily, an agrarian district, for a while now, Pratapgarh has risen in ranks as the top producer of Aonla (Amla). The fruit grown here is sold all over India and the world in the form of sweets and medicines.<br />
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==Transport==<br />
===Railways===<br />
Railway is the main transport form in this district and some junctions are Pratapgarh, Chilbila and Bhupia Mau. [[Pratapgarh Junction railway station]] handles 42 trains daily.<br />
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=== Road ===<br />
*Allahabad -Faizabad Highway (NH-96)<br />
*Lucknow Varanasi highway (NH-31)<br />
*Delhupur Raniganj Patti Akbarpur highway (SH-128)<br />
*[[Ganga Expressway]]<br />
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==Attractions==<br />
===Kisan Devta Mandir===<br />
Pratapgarh district has the world's first temple dedicated to [[farmer]]s, named ''Kisan Devta Mandir''. In this district, farmers are revered as gods. The temple was established by Shailendra Yogi, a homeopathic doctor, in Sarai Mahesh village of Patti tehsil of Pratapgarh in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=प्रतापगढ़: यहां होती है किसानों की पूजा, बना है दुनिया का पहला किसान मंदिर |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh-uttar-pradesh-2-worlds-first-kisan-devta-mandir-in-pratapgarh-uttar-pradesh-1402386.html |access-date=19 January 2020 |work=News18 India |date=4 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=यहां करिए किसान देवता के दर्शन; दावा- दुनिया में है एकलौता मंदिर, 4 मार्च तक चलेगा कैंप |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/news/kishan-dewata-temple-at-kumbh-01487650.html |access-date=19 January 2020 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=11 February 2019 |language=hi}}</ref> The six feet tall idol made of sandstone and holding a plough is accompanied by an idol of ''Kisan Devi''.<ref>{{cite news |title=At this Kisan Temple in Pratapgarh dist, farmers sow devotion and reap blessings |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/at-this-kisan-temple-in-pratapgarh-dist-farmers-sow-devotion-and-reap-blessings/articleshow/71655143.cms |access-date=19 February 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=19 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
{{Main|List of people from Pratapgarh}} Pramod Tiwari<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
|title=Temples<br />
|width=160 | height=170<br />
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|File:Shani Dev Temple, Pratapgarh.JPG<br />
|Shani Dev Temple<br />
|File:Bakulahi Riover, Shani Devi Temple.JPG<br />
|View of river [[Bakulahi River|Bakulahi]] from the Shani Dev Temple<br />
|File:Maa Chauharjan (Barahi) Devi Temple.JPG<br />
|Maa Chauharjan (Barahi) Devi Temple<br />
|File:Kamakshi Devi Temple, Kamasin.JPG<br />
|Kamakshi Devi Temple, Kamasin<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://pratapgarh.nic.in/ Pratapgarh District Website]<br />
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{{Pratapgarh district}}<br />
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