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{{About|the city in Uttar Pradesh, India|district|Sultanpur district}}
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'''Sultanpur''' is a city situated in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] on the banks of the [[Gomti River|Gomti]], which Hindus consider a [[holy river]]. The city is the administrative headquarters of [[Sultanpur district]] and is a part of [[Ayodhya division]] in Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About District {{!}} District Sultanpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh|url=https://sultanpur.nic.in/about-district/|access-date=12 August 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> It is situated 135 kilometers east of state capital [[Lucknow]].


'''Sultanpur''' is a city situated on the banks of holy river Gomati in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is the administrative headquarters of [[Sultanpur District]] and is a part of [[Faizabad division]] in Uttar Pradesh, India. <ref>{{Cite web|title=About District {{!}} District Sultanpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://sultanpur.nic.in/about-district/|access-date=2021-08-12|language=en-US}}</ref>It is situated 135 kilometres east of state capital [[Lucknow]]. The common language of the people of Sultanpur is [[Awadhi]].
==History==
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According to legend, In the Sultanpur area beside the Gomti river it is said that Kush the son of Ram was born with badh(बाध) so it was the birthplace of [[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kusa]], the son of [[Rama]].<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=204–8 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> This was identified with the Kusapura mentioned by [[Xuanzang]], who said that [[Gautama Buddha]] taught here for six months and that it had a [[stupa]] built at the time of [[Ashoka]] which was then in disrepair.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>


Although the area has been part of successive northern [[Middle kingdoms of India|Indian kingdoms]] through centuries, the [[recorded history]] of the city began in the [[Colonial India|colonial]] times. Long a center of [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist culture]] it came under [[Muslim]] rule in the 12th century. The city was completely destroyed during the military operations of the [[Revolt of 1857]].
The region was invaded and sacked during the [[Ghaznavid invasions of Kannauj]]. The town was under [[Bhar]] rule until around 1200. It was said that [[Muhammad of Ghor]]'s general [[Qutb ud-Din Aibak]] invaded and conquered the region and town. The then Bhar rulers of Kusbhawanpur were captured and the [[Ghurid]] forces executed them and the horses were seized.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> In 1305, a [[Rajput]] rebellion occurred in the region and the local [[Delhi Sultanate]] governor was defeated and expelled from the town by the Rajput rebels. When it was heard to the [[Sultan]] [[Alauddin Khalji]] that this incident took place, he gathered an army and attacked them at once, on the opposite bank of the [[Gomti River]] from Kusbhawanpur defeating the rebels and sending them fleeing.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Then Alauddin Khalji settled Muslims in the area of Mahmudpur located in Sultanpur.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The city of Kusbhawanpur was renamed after the Alauddin Khalji's title ''Sultan'' and a new city was founded on the site, called Sultanpur.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>


==History==
Old Sultanpur was originally located on the left bank of the Gomti and is mentioned on several occasions by Muslim historians as the site of battles.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It was a prosperous town with several [[mohalla]]s, or wards.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> At some point, though, the British established a military station and [[cantonment]]s on the opposite (right) bank of the Gomti, at a village then called Girghit, and this eventually took on the name Sultanpur instead while the old town declined.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The old town was described in 1839 as being in a state of disrepair, without commerce or industry, and with a population of just 1,500 people.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The only remains of the Bhar period were two brick wells on the south, "about a mile from the river", and a large mound or ''dih'' called Majhargaon in the middle of town, which was supposedly the remains of the old Bhar palace.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Atop Majhargaon was a fort built by the sultan, then partly ruined, and containing houses belonging to the [[faujdar]] and his followers.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Northwest of the fort was a mosque also built by the sultan, and there were also a couple of other mosques built by the Sayyid [[chaudhri]]s of the [[pargana]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The town then had "many old brick dwelling houses and a few new ones".<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Old Sultanpur was eventually razed to the ground by the British after the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], in retaliation for the murder of two British officers in the town at the beginning of the uprising.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>
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The original town was situated on the left bank of the Gomti River. This area has dominating and huge Hindu Rajput population in the pre British era, Rajput has various subcaste among them, Bhale Sultan is one of them. It is believed that this city was named after these Rajputs. Many among these Rajputs later accepted Islam and are known today as [[Khanzada Rajputs|Khanzada]] (son of Khan) in the region. This city has been identified by General Cunnigham as Sultanpur mentioned by Hiuentsang, the Chinese traveller. He states that there was in his time a dilapidated stupa of Ashoka and that Buddha taught here for six months. There are Buddhist remains still visible at Mahmoodpur, a village, 8&nbsp;km distant to the north-west of Sultanpur.
Before annexation a military station and cantonment were established on the right bank of the river in a village then known as Girghit but more commonly called by officials Sultanpur or Chhaoni Sarkar and by the rustic population Kampu or the Cam. The present town of Sultanpur has been developed at this site. In this city there are two parks, one maintained by Soldiers', Sailers' and Airmen's board and other privately maintained known as Chimanlal Park.<ref name="sultanpurcity.com">http://sultanpurjankari.in/history.html</ref>


==Demographics==
As for the new Sultanpur, it was also called Chhaoni Sarkar by officials and Kampu, or "the camp", by locals.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It was built up on the site of the old cantonment, which was removed in 1861.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Sultanpur was made a municipality in June 1869, with a municipal committee; a [[municipal board]] was formed in September 1884.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> In 1890 the Victoria Manzil was built for the first agricultural exhibition, and it served as the town hall and the meeting place for the municipal board under British rule.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> At the turn of the 20th century, the town also had a police station and hospital, jail, [[poorhouse]], leper asylum, and a [[dispensary]] which was rebuilt in 1895, at the same time as the Amethi female hospital was built in town, almost entirely funded by Raja Bhagwan Bakhsh Singh of [[Amethi Estate|Amethi]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The town also had three markets: Perkinsganj, Shawganj, and Partabganj, the last of which opened in 1895 and was named after Partab Bahadur Singh, the [[raja]] of [[Kurwar]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>
According to the [[2011 Indian Census]], Sultanpur had a total population of 107,640, of which 56,420 were males and 51,220 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 11,647. The total number of literates in Sultanpur was 84,080, which constituted 78.1% of the population with male literacy of 81.5% and female literacy of 74.4%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Sultanpur was 87.6%, of which male literacy was 91.6% and female literacy rate was 83.2%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 7,706. Sultanpur had 17,954 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Sultanpur |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=195629 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>


==Geography and climate==
==Geography and climate==
Sultanpur is the headquarters of the [[Sultanpur district]], the north side of the district is bounded by [[Ayodhya district]]; the south side by [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]]; the west side by [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] and [[Raebareli district]]s; and the east side by [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]], [[Ambedkarnagar district|Ambedkarnagar]], and [[Jaunpur district]]s.
Sultanpur is the headquarters of the [[Sultanpur district]], the north side of the district is bounded by [[Ayodhya district]]; the south side by [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]]; the west side by [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] and [[Amethi district]]s; and the east side by [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]], [[Ambedkarnagar district|Ambedkarnagar]], and [[Jaunpur district]]s.


Sultanpur has an average elevation of {{convert|95|m|ft}}. The geography of Sultanpur comprises plain lands, except for some regions around the Gomti River, which drains almost the whole city and district. The southern part of city drains towards the Sai River flowing through Pratapgarh district. The only significant minerals found in the region are in [[Kanker district]]. It joins sharda canal part 16 and 17 jointly in whole district and fulfill the requirements of water for agriculture.
Sultanpur has an average elevation of {{convert|95|m|ft}}. The geography of Sultanpur comprises plain lands, except for some regions around the Gomti River, which drains almost the whole city and district. The southern part of the city drains towards the Sai River flowing through the Pratapgarh district. The only significant minerals found in the region are in [[Kanker district]]. It joins Sharda Canal parts 16 and 17 jointly in the whole district and fulfills the requirements of water for agriculture.
 
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|Jan record high C = 30.6
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|May record high C = 45.8
|Jun record high C = 47.0
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| Oct low C = 19.8
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| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| Feb humidity = 58
| Mar humidity = 44
| Apr humidity = 34
| May humidity = 41
| Jun humidity = 56
| Jul humidity = 78
| Aug humidity = 82
| Sep humidity = 82
| Oct humidity = 79
| Nov humidity = 77
| Dec humidity = 78
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==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Indian Census]], Sultanpur had a total population of 107,640, of which 56,420 were males and 51,220 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 11,647. The total number of literates in Sultanpur was 84,080, which constituted 78.1% of the population with male literacy of 81.5% and female literacy of 74.4%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Sultanpur was 87.6%, of which male literacy was 91.6% and female literacy rate was 83.2%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 7,706. Sultanpur had 17,954 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Sultanpur |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=195629 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
===Road===
===Road===
Sultanpur is connected to nearby cities through the 4-lane Lucknow to Varanasi NH 56 and the 2-lane Allahabad to Ayodhya road. UPSRTC is the major public transport apart from other commercial modes run by private agencies.
Sultanpur is connected to nearby cities through the 4-lane [[Lucknow]] to Jaunpur-[[Saidpur, Ghazipur| Saidpur]] [[National Highway 731 (India)|NH 731]] and the 2-lane [[Prayagraj]] to [[Ayodhya]] [[National Highway 330 (India)|NH 330]]. [[Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation |Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC)]] is the major public transport apart from other commercial modes run by private agencies. Sultanpur is also connected by the Purvanchal Expressway which starts from Lucknow to Ghazipur.


===Train===
===Train===
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===Air===
===Air===
The nearest airport to Sultanpur is [[Ayodhya Airport]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=UP Cabinet clears proposal to rename Ayodhya Airport as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/up-cabinet-clears-proposal-to-rename-ayodhya-airport-as-maryada-purushottam-sri-ram-airport/686291|last=Tyagi|first=Harshita|access-date=22 February 2021|work=Times Now|date=24 November 2020|language=en}}</ref> (60&nbsp;km) and [[Allahabad Airport]] which is 99 kilometers away. [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport|Lucknow Airport]] is 140&nbsp;km from Sultanpur and is connected by 4-lane NH 56.
The nearest airport to Sultanpur is [[Ayodhya International Airport]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tyagi|first=Harshita|date=24 November 2020|title=UP Cabinet clears proposal to rename Ayodhya Airport as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/up-cabinet-clears-proposal-to-rename-ayodhya-airport-as-maryada-purushottam-sri-ram-airport/686291|work=Times Now|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> (60&nbsp;km) and [[Prayagraj Airport]] which is 99 kilometers away. [[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport]] (Lucknow) is 140&nbsp;km from Sultanpur and is connected by 4-lane [[National Highway 731 (India)|NH 731]].


==Colleges==
==Education==
General colleges include Maharana Pratap Post Graduate College<ref>{{cite web |title=-::- Welcome to RANA PRATAP POST GRADUATE COLLEGE Sultanpur |url=http://www.rppgsultanpur.org/aboutus.php |website=www.rppgsultanpur.org |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> and Kamla Nehru Institute for Physical and Social Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |title=:: KNIPSS Sultanpur U.P. |url=http://knipss.ac.in/ |website=knipss.ac.in |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> Engineering and management colleges include [[Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology]] and KNIPSS- Management Institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=:::KNIPSS::Management Institute Sultanpur U.P. |url=http://www.knmt.org.in/MBA/index.html |website=www.knmt.org.in |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
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* [[Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology]]  


* [[Prashant tiwari]] <code>[[Indian people|indian]] [[actor]]</code>
==Notable people==
*[[Sripati Mishra]] - former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
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* [[Kumar Kartikeya]], Indian Cricketer plays for [[Mumbai Indians]] in [[IPL]]
* [[Mohammad Tahir Khan]], politician and former M.L.A from BSP.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members Profile - Khan, Shri Mohammad Tahir |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4200&lastls=14 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Sripati Mishra]] - former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* [[Sulaiman Shikoh]], [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] prince and the eldest son of the crown prince [[Dara Shikoh]]
* [[Sulaiman Shikoh]], [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] prince and the eldest son of the crown prince [[Dara Shikoh]]
* [[Sanjay Singh (Indian politician)|Sanjay Singh]] - Rajya Sabha MP from Aam Aadmi Party
* [[Sanjay Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Sanjay Singh]] - Rajya Sabha MP from Aam Aadmi Party
* [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]] - Indian Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist
* [[Ajmal Sultanpuri]], Indian Urdu poet
* [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]], a writer in the Bollywood industry and Urdu poet
* [[Ramashankar Yadav]], known by the penname ''Vidrohi'', was an Indian poet and social activist
* [[Ramashankar Yadav]], known by the penname ''Vidrohi'', was an Indian poet and social activist


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.knit.ac.in Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology]
* [http://www.knit.ac.in Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology]
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 22 March 2026

This article is about the city in Uttar Pradesh, India. For district, see Sultanpur district.
Sultanpur
City
Railway Station, Sultanpur
Railway Station, Sultanpur
Sultanpur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Sultanpur
Sultanpur
Sultanpur is located in India
Sultanpur
Sultanpur
Coordinates: 26°15′30″N 82°04′20″E / 26.25833°N 82.07222°E / 26.25833; 82.07222
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSultanpur
Government
 • BodyGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
Elevation
95 m (312 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total107,640
Language
 • OfficialHindi[2]
 • Additional officialUrdu[2]
 • RegionalAwadhi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
228001
Vehicle registrationUP-44
Websitesultanpur.nic.in

Sultanpur is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Gomti, which Hindus consider a holy river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Sultanpur district and is a part of Ayodhya division in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] It is situated 135 kilometers east of state capital Lucknow.

History[edit | edit source]

According to legend, In the Sultanpur area beside the Gomti river it is said that Kush the son of Ram was born with badh(बाध) so it was the birthplace of Kusa, the son of Rama.[4] This was identified with the Kusapura mentioned by Xuanzang, who said that Gautama Buddha taught here for six months and that it had a stupa built at the time of Ashoka which was then in disrepair.[4]

The region was invaded and sacked during the Ghaznavid invasions of Kannauj. The town was under Bhar rule until around 1200. It was said that Muhammad of Ghor's general Qutb ud-Din Aibak invaded and conquered the region and town. The then Bhar rulers of Kusbhawanpur were captured and the Ghurid forces executed them and the horses were seized.[4] In 1305, a Rajput rebellion occurred in the region and the local Delhi Sultanate governor was defeated and expelled from the town by the Rajput rebels. When it was heard to the Sultan Alauddin Khalji that this incident took place, he gathered an army and attacked them at once, on the opposite bank of the Gomti River from Kusbhawanpur defeating the rebels and sending them fleeing.[4] Then Alauddin Khalji settled Muslims in the area of Mahmudpur located in Sultanpur.[4] The city of Kusbhawanpur was renamed after the Alauddin Khalji's title Sultan and a new city was founded on the site, called Sultanpur.[4]

Old Sultanpur was originally located on the left bank of the Gomti and is mentioned on several occasions by Muslim historians as the site of battles.[4] It was a prosperous town with several mohallas, or wards.[4] At some point, though, the British established a military station and cantonments on the opposite (right) bank of the Gomti, at a village then called Girghit, and this eventually took on the name Sultanpur instead while the old town declined.[4] The old town was described in 1839 as being in a state of disrepair, without commerce or industry, and with a population of just 1,500 people.[4] The only remains of the Bhar period were two brick wells on the south, "about a mile from the river", and a large mound or dih called Majhargaon in the middle of town, which was supposedly the remains of the old Bhar palace.[4] Atop Majhargaon was a fort built by the sultan, then partly ruined, and containing houses belonging to the faujdar and his followers.[4] Northwest of the fort was a mosque also built by the sultan, and there were also a couple of other mosques built by the Sayyid chaudhris of the pargana.[4] The town then had "many old brick dwelling houses and a few new ones".[4] Old Sultanpur was eventually razed to the ground by the British after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, in retaliation for the murder of two British officers in the town at the beginning of the uprising.[4]

As for the new Sultanpur, it was also called Chhaoni Sarkar by officials and Kampu, or "the camp", by locals.[4] It was built up on the site of the old cantonment, which was removed in 1861.[4] Sultanpur was made a municipality in June 1869, with a municipal committee; a municipal board was formed in September 1884.[4] In 1890 the Victoria Manzil was built for the first agricultural exhibition, and it served as the town hall and the meeting place for the municipal board under British rule.[4] At the turn of the 20th century, the town also had a police station and hospital, jail, poorhouse, leper asylum, and a dispensary which was rebuilt in 1895, at the same time as the Amethi female hospital was built in town, almost entirely funded by Raja Bhagwan Bakhsh Singh of Amethi.[4] The town also had three markets: Perkinsganj, Shawganj, and Partabganj, the last of which opened in 1895 and was named after Partab Bahadur Singh, the raja of Kurwar.[4]

Geography and climate[edit | edit source]

Sultanpur is the headquarters of the Sultanpur district, the north side of the district is bounded by Ayodhya district; the south side by Pratapgarh district; the west side by Barabanki and Amethi districts; and the east side by Azamgarh, Ambedkarnagar, and Jaunpur districts.

Sultanpur has an average elevation of 95 metres (312 ft). The geography of Sultanpur comprises plain lands, except for some regions around the Gomti River, which drains almost the whole city and district. The southern part of the city drains towards the Sai River flowing through the Pratapgarh district. The only significant minerals found in the region are in Kanker district. It joins Sharda Canal parts 16 and 17 jointly in the whole district and fulfills the requirements of water for agriculture.

Climate data for Sultanpur (1991–2020, extremes 1996–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 30.6
(87.1) 		35.7
(96.3) 		41.9
(107.4) 		45.8
(114.4) 		45.8
(114.4) 		47.0
(116.6) 		43.6
(110.5) 		38.8
(101.8) 		37.5
(99.5) 		35.7
(96.3) 		34.6
(94.3) 		29.5
(85.1) 		47.0
(116.6)
Average high °C (°F) 20.8
(69.4) 		26.5
(79.7) 		33.0
(91.4) 		39.0
(102.2) 		39.7
(103.5) 		37.8
(100.0) 		33.1
(91.6) 		32.8
(91.0) 		32.6
(90.7) 		31.5
(88.7) 		28.1
(82.6) 		22.8
(73.0) 		31.5
(88.7)
Average low °C (°F) 7.7
(45.9) 		10.8
(51.4) 		15.6
(60.1) 		20.8
(69.4) 		24.6
(76.3) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.2
(79.2) 		25.9
(78.6) 		24.9
(76.8) 		19.8
(67.6) 		12.9
(55.2) 		8.5
(47.3) 		18.8
(65.8)
Record low °C (°F) 1.0
(33.8) 		1.9
(35.4) 		7.8
(46.0) 		12.0
(53.6) 		16.8
(62.2) 		21.5
(70.7) 		22.0
(71.6) 		22.5
(72.5) 		19.6
(67.3) 		11.8
(53.2) 		6.1
(43.0) 		1.7
(35.1) 		1.0
(33.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 17.0
(0.67) 		14.8
(0.58) 		9.5
(0.37) 		8.3
(0.33) 		26.3
(1.04) 		137.4
(5.41) 		302.7
(11.92) 		260.5
(10.26) 		181.1
(7.13) 		38.8
(1.53) 		3.2
(0.13) 		7.0
(0.28) 		1,006.7
(39.63)
Average rainy days 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 6.3 13.1 12.3 8.3 1.6 0.4 0.6 49.6
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) 72 58 44 34 41 56 78 82 82 79 77 78 65
Source: India Meteorological Department[5][6]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Indian Census, Sultanpur had a total population of 107,640, of which 56,420 were males and 51,220 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 11,647. The total number of literates in Sultanpur was 84,080, which constituted 78.1% of the population with male literacy of 81.5% and female literacy of 74.4%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Sultanpur was 87.6%, of which male literacy was 91.6% and female literacy rate was 83.2%. The Scheduled Castes population was 7,706. Sultanpur had 17,954 households in 2011.[1]

Transportation[edit | edit source]

Road[edit | edit source]

Sultanpur is connected to nearby cities through the 4-lane Lucknow to Jaunpur- Saidpur NH 731 and the 2-lane Prayagraj to Ayodhya NH 330. Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) is the major public transport apart from other commercial modes run by private agencies. Sultanpur is also connected by the Purvanchal Expressway which starts from Lucknow to Ghazipur.

Train[edit | edit source]

Sultanpur Junction railway station (station code: SLN) connects Sultanpur to major cities in India.

Air[edit | edit source]

The nearest airport to Sultanpur is Ayodhya International Airport[7] (60 km) and Prayagraj Airport which is 99 kilometers away. Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (Lucknow) is 140 km from Sultanpur and is connected by 4-lane NH 731.

Education[edit | edit source]

Notable people[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Census of India: Sultanpur". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "About District | District Sultanpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 Nevill, H.R. (1903). Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 204–8. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Climatological Tables 1991-2020" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Tyagi, Harshita (24 November 2020). "UP Cabinet clears proposal to rename Ayodhya Airport as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport". Times Now. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Members Profile - Khan, Shri Mohammad Tahir". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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