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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Gaighat<br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25.58052|83.58058|type:city|display=inline,title}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| postal_code = 232331<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pincode of Gaighat Zamania Ghazipur_|url=https://www.getpincode.info/gaighat-zamania-ghazipur|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-25|website=GetPincode}}</ref><br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]]<br />
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| population_total = 2281<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gaighat''' is an Indian village in the town of [[Zamania]] within the [[Ghazipur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Wilton Oldham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THoNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA173|title=Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District|publisher=Government Press, North-Western Provinces|year=1870|pages=173–}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Gaighat is located 35 km south of the district headquarters [[Ghazipur]], 12 km from Zamania, and 363 km from the state capital [[Lucknow]].<br />
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Nearby villages include Dhuska (3 km), Deorhi (5 km), Baruin Rural (8 km), Baresar (9 km), and Burhadih (9 km). Gaighat is surrounded by Ramgarh Tehsil and Nuaon Tehsil to the east, Zamania Tehsil to the north, and Durgawati Tehsil to the south. <br />
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Gaighat is on the border of the Ghazipur, [[Kaimur district|Kaimur]], and [[Chandauli district|Chandauli]] districts.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ram Kirti Singh Kushwaha|title=Impact of development programmes on agriculture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBLtAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Friends Publications|page=24}}</ref> It is also near the [[Karmanasa River|Karamnasha]] and [[Ganga river|Ganga]] rivers, which sometimes causes flooding.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZ1KAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Aligarh Muslim University Geographical Society.|page=69}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Minati Singh|title=Lower Ganga-Ghaghra Doab: A Study in Rural Settlements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZYiAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Tara Book Agency|pages=10–11}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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As of the [[2011 Census of India]], there were 2,281 people and 294 houses in the village, including 1,210 males and 1,071 females. There were 326 children aged 0–6, including 186 males and 140 females, making up 14.29% of the total population.<br />
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In 2011, the literacy rate among the population was 76.01%, which was above the state-wide rate of 67.68%. The male literacy rate was 88.57% while the female literacy rate was 52.19%.<ref>https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/esriindia1::demographics-of-india?geometry=15.288%2C7.967%2C150.288%2C36.098</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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The main college in Gaigaht is Baudh Sukhnanadan Inter College. Colleges near Gaighat include Hindu Inter College and Hindu P.G. College.<br />
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There is also a government-run primary school which teaches through 8th grade.<br />
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==Transportation==<br />
Zamania Railway Station and Bahora Chandil Railway Station are the nearest railway stations to Gaighat. [[Mughalsarai Junction railway station]] is a major railway station, located 49 km from Gaighat. {{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* Saiyad Hasan Ansari (1986). ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Evolution_and_Spatial_Organization_of_Cl/dxDWbsztdVQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA61&printsec=frontcover Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley]''. Concept Publishing Company. p. 61.<br />
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