Baskhari

Baskhari
Baskhari
	Town
	Baskhari Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
	Coordinates: 26.453°N 82.773°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ambedkar Nagar
Government
• Body	Municipal Board
Area
• Total	215 km2 (83 sq mi)
Elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	18,485
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Awadhi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	224129
Telephone code	05274
Vehicle registration	UP45
Website	ambedkarnagar.nic.in

Baskhari is a town (Village Panchayat Block) located in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Geography

Baskhari has an average elevation of 118 metres (387 feet). The nearest railway station to Baskhari is Jafarganj which is located in and around 21.4 K.M. distance. The following table shows other railway stations and its distance from Mamakudi.[2]

Jafarganj railway station - 21.4 km
Akbarpur railway station - 23.1 km
Munderwa railway station - 38.2 km
Orwara railway station - 38.9 km
Alinagar Tola railway station - 39.1 km

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Baskhari had a population of 18,485. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Baskhari has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 59%. In Baskhari, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, Sahjanwa, Azamgarh are the nearby Cities to Baskhari.

Religions in Baskhari
Religion			Percent
Hindus			45%
Muslim			54%
Jains			0.5%
Others†			0.5%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Baskhari is famous for its large junctions of buses joining every nearby cities. It has a big fruit market medical market, cloth market and schools - Moti Medical store, Siddiqui medical store, Maulana Cloth Store, Haji Cloth House, Baskhari Filling Station and S.B. National Inter College.

References

Official website - Ambedkarnagar District
Ambedkarnagar - Baskhari
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] Official website - Ambedkarnagar District

[2] Ambedkarnagar - Baskhari

[3] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.