Amethi | |
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City | |
 Map of Amethi, (Uttar Pradesh) | |
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| Coordinates: 26°09′18″N 81°48′32″E / 26.155°N 81.809°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Ayodhya |
| Region | Awadh |
| District | Amethi |
| District Formation | 1 July 2010 |
| Headquarters | Gauriganj |
| Government | |
| • Body | Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| • MP(Lok Sabha) | Kishori Lal Sharma |
| • DM | Nisha Anant, IAS[1] |
| • SP | Anoop Kumar Singh, IPS[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.72 km2 (0.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 13,849 |
| • Density | 19,000/km2 (50,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[4] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[4] |
| • Regional | Awadhi |
| • Literacy (2011) | 59.14 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 227405 |
| Telephone code | +915368 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-36 |
| Sex ratio | 908 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ |
| Airport | Fursatganj Airfield |
| Website | amethi |
Amethi is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the Amethi district. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. Amethi was 72nd district of Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1 July 2010 by merging three tehsils of the erstwhile Sultanpur district namely Amethi, Gauriganj and Musafirkhana and two tehsils of the erstwhile Raebareli district, namely, Salon and Tiloi. The town is part of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency and Amethi Assembly constituency, which became reputed as a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party. The Congress leaders belonging to Nehru-Gandhi family won several elections from Amethi during 1980–2014. In 2019, Smriti Irani of Bhartiya Janta Party won this seat. Irani was defeated in 2024 by Kishori Lal Sharma of Indian National Congress.[5]
- ^ "District Magistrate". District Amethi, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Officers posted at AMETHI". Uttar Pradesh Police. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Census 2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "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 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Amethi Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Congress's Kishori Lal Sharma defeats BJP's Smriti Irani with 1.67 lakh vote margin". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 June 2024.