Sherpur
Sherpur | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Dullahpur | |
  Sherpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Sherpur Sherpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°33′23″N 83°48′19″E / 25.5564565°N 83.8051969°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ghazipur |
| Established | 1590 |
| Founded by | Dullah Rai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 49.1364 km2 (18.9717 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 31,322 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 233236[2] |
| Telephone code | 05493 |
| Precipitation | 980 millimetres (39 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 32.0 °C (89.6 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 33.0 °C (91.4 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 5 °C (41 °F) |
| Website | http://www.sherpur.org |
The Great Sherpur is a region or a pargana of 'Shankarwar Vansh' in the Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh. It consists of Sherpur Kalan, Sherpur Khurd, Semra, Firozpur, villages which were established by the descendants of Dullah Rai. It has population of 31322 as per 2011 Census.[3]
Having a history of almost four hundred years, this village has rich heritage of history of India's independence struggle. It has its own local administration under Panchayati Raj system, with Gram Pradhan as head. In British era this village along with Reotipur was known as 'Pachiso Hazaar' due to land revenue of Rupees Twenty five thousand regularly paid to British coffers. The pargana Or region of Sherpur has a total geographical area of 4913.64 Hectares and had a land area of 5197 Hectares.[4]
- ^ "Sherpur Pin Code, sherpur, Ghazipur Latitude and Longitude, Uttar Pradesh". Indiamapia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ "Pincode: Sherpur, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh | Post Office address Sherpur, Uttar Pradesh". IndiaPinCode.in. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ "Sub_Districts_Master". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ Oldham, Wilton (1870). Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District. Government Press, North-Western Provinces.