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Kerakat
Kitgiri | |
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  Kerakat Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Kerakat Kerakat (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°38′07″N 82°55′22″E / 25.635152°N 82.922734°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Jaunpur |
| Tehsil | Kerakat |
| Founded by | Buddha Dharma |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar Panchayat/Vidhan Sabha |
| Area | |
• Total | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2 |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 13,525 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[2] |
| • Other | Bhojpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 222142,22146 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-62 |
| Sex ratio | 1000/943 ♂/♀ |
| Distance from Varanasi | 41 kilometres (25 mi) |
| Distance from Jaunpur | 30 kilometres (19 mi) |
| Distance from Ghazipur | 74 kilometres (46 mi) |
| Distance from Azamgarh | 70 kilometres (43 mi) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Machhlishahr (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Website | http://jaunpur.nic.in/ |
Kerakat or Kirakat is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of approximately 13,500. It is situated near the Gomati River, which helps the land around the town stay very fertile. Kerakat or Kirakat forms a part of Varanasi Division. It is located 30 km east of the city of Jaunpur and 279 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
The town's Postal Index Number is 222142 and it has a postal head office, as well as a police station. It is also a block and tehsil.
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Census2011was 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 7 December 2018.