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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amilo
| native_name =
| native_name_language = Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri
| other_name =
| nickname = NAGAR PANCHAYAT AMILO
| settlement_type = town
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26|04|39|N|83|18|52|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder = Azam Khan
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 21887
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 276404
| registration_plate = UP.50
| website =
| footnotes =
| official_name = AMILO POLICE STATION MUBARAKPUR
}}
'''Amilo''' is a [[census town]] in [[Azamgarh district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Amilo had a population of 21,887. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amilo has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 22% of the population is under six years of age.

== Notable Persons ==
It is also home to activist [[Lal Bihari]], who fought with [[Indian bureaucracy]] from 1975 to 1994 to prove that he is alive. He added ''Mritak'' (deceased) to his name, and founded ''Mritak Sangh'', the [[Uttar Pradesh Association of Dead People]], to highlight other cases like his, for which he won a [[List of Ig Nobel Prize winners#2003|2003 Ig Nobel Prize]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Plight of the Living Dead|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2054133,00.html |date=19 July 1999 |work=Time | first=Michael | last=Fathers | accessdate=14 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=Azamgarh Journal; Back to Life in India, Without Reincarnation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/24/world/azamgarh-journal-back-to-life-in-india-without-reincarnation.html |work=New York Times|date=24 October 2000 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Azamgarh district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Azamgarh district]]

{{Azamgarh-geo-stub}}

Amilo, Azamgarh - Revision history

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