Siddharthnagar
Naugarh | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 27°18′02″N 83°05′40″E / 27.300501°N 83.094498°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Siddharthnagar |
Government | |
• Type | Democracy |
• Body | Municipal Board |
• District Magistrate | Mr. Pavan Agarwal (IAS)[1] |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 25,422 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
• Regional | Bhojpuri, Awadhi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 272207 |
Telephone code | 05544 |
Vehicle registration | UP-55 |
Nearest city | Gorakhpur, Basti |
Website | siddharthnagar |
Siddharthnagar also known as Naugarh is a city and the district headquarters of Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Siddharthnagar district, though the constituency has been renamed to Kapilvastu, and is near Lumbini, Nepal the birthplace of Gautam Buddha. It is north of Siddharthnagar railway station 20 kilometers from India.