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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Musafirkhana
| native_name =
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| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Musafir Khana block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Musafirkhana CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26|27|N|81|48|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Amethi district|Amethi]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 0.59
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 102
| population_total = 7999
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| 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=11 January 2019|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>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| demographics1_title3 = Regional
| demographics1_info3 =
[[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 227813
| registration_plate = UP-36
| website = {{URL|https://amethi.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Musafirkhana''' is a town and [[tehsil]] in [[Amethi district]] in [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The word "Musafirkhana" means "[[Caravanserai|Sarai]]," or "[[Dharamshala (type of building)|Dharamshala]]". Musafirkhana is located 32 km northwest of district headquarters [[Amethi]].

As of 2011, Musafirkhana's population is 7,999 people, in 1,276 households.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=112–28, 758–73 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0948_PART_A_DCHB_SULTANPUR.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

==History==
At the turn of the 20th century, Musafirkhana was described as a small and run-down village that was of no importance besides being the tehsil headquarters.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Why it was chosen as the seat of a tehsil is unclear — it was originally all the way in the corner of the tehsil, and was possibly chosen so that officials could keep an eye on the Kandu nala, which was formerly affected by bandits and [[dacoit]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=196–201 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

Musafirkhana was originally a bazar — or rather sarai, as the name indicates — built on the village lands of [[Bhanauli]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Their combined population in 1901 was 2,058, a quarter of whom were Muslims.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> At that time, Musafirkhana had a police station, pound, school, and dispensary.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

==Geography==
Musafirkhana is located at {{coord|26.37|N|81.8|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Musafirkhana.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Musafirkhana]</ref> It has an average elevation of 102 metres (334 feet). Musafirkhana is 32 km northwest of district headquarters [[Amethi]], 20 km from [[Jagdishpur (Industrial Area)|Jagdishpur]].

==Demographics==
{{historical populations
| align = left
| source = 2011 Census of India<ref name="Census 2011"/>
| 1991 | 5731
| 2001 | 7366
| 2011 | 7999
}}
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Musafirkhana had a total population of 7,999, of which 4,143 were males and 3,856 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,018. The total number of literates in Musafirkhana was 5,876, which constituted 73.5% of the population with male literacy of 79.7% and female literacy of 66.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Musafirkhana was 84.2%, of which male literacy rate was 91.2% and female literacy rate was 76.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 414 respectively. Musafirkhana had 1276 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Musafirkhana |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=194412 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

According to the Census of India conducted in 2001, Musafirkhana had a population of 7,373. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Musafirkhana has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 57%. In Musafirkhana, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= [[Census Commission of India]]}}</ref>

The official languages of speak Musafirkhana are [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name="langoff"/>

==Transport==
[[File:Musafirkhana.jpg|thumb|Musafirkhana Railway Station]]
Musafirkhana has a railway station on the [[Varanasi]]-[[Lucknow]] rail route.{{cn|date=July 2025}}

==References==
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{{Amethi district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Amethi district|Places India]]

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