Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar

<!-- See WikiProject Indian cities for details -->Akbarpur (Hindi: अकबरपुर, Urdu: اکبر پور) is a city and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ambedkar Nagar District.Akbarpur is also the birth place of Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967) who was a renowned Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader.

Geography

Akbarpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 133&nbsp;metres (436&nbsp;feet).

Akbarpur, is situated at Holy River Tamsa. According to Ramayana, it is the place where King Dashratha shot Shravan Kumar. The ashram of the sage Shringi Rishi was also situated here.Eminent personalities Gaurav Chandra, Deep Chandra. Akbarpur its name Akbar belongs Islamic King Akbar. Here a islamic invader lived there named Kamal Shah. Who was murderd by any. Aand King Akbar visited this palace after his death. He constructed a mosque and a Makbara in memory of Kamal Shah. The name of Akbar is popular as Akbarpur. According to Ramayana here the Lord Rama son Kusha is driving Shravasti. And his parallel Rajbhar King also drive this eastern area. In Ramayan Lord Rama battled to many Rajbhar Kings.

Demographics

India census, Akbarpur had a population of 33,889. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Akbarpur has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of...
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