Pachperwa is a town and a
nagar panchayat
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in
Balrampur district in the
India
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state
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of
Uttar Pradesh
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. Pachperwa is situated from district headquarters Balrampur and from state capital Lucknow. The
National Highway 730 connected the town to district headquarters as well as other cities.
Politics
The Pachperwa city is divided into 12 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census
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, Pachperwa Nagar Panchayat had a total population of 17,220, of which 8,915 were male and 8,305 were female. The female sex ratio was of 932. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,646. The total number of literate persons in Pachperwa was 7,510, which constituted 43.6% of the population; with male literacy of 48.8% and female literacy of 38.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Pachperwa was 51.5%, of which male literacy rate was 57.8% and female literacy rate was 44.9%. The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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population was 604 and 46 respectively. Pachperwa had 2573 households in 2011.
See also
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Bargadwa Saif
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Basantpur
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Ganeshpur
Transportation
Railways
Pachperwa is connected to
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dist ...
though rail. Gorakhpur-Badshahnagar Express halts at
Pachperwa railway station.
References
Cities and towns in Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh
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