Rajapur is a village in Mohammadabad Tehsil in

Ghazipur Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ghazipur also constitute ...

District of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

State, India. It belongs to Varanasi Division. It is located 28 km towards east from District headquarters

. Rajapur has total 835 families residing. The Rajapur village has population of 4872 of which 2487 are males while 2385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

History

Rajapur was established by Shrikant Rai Vats around 1715 A.D. with the blessing of Goril Baba as per genealogical records. He moved from Raini-Amari village of

Azamgarh Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Azamgarh division, which consists of Ballia, Mau and Azamgarh districts. Azamgarh is situated on the bank of Tamsa River (Tons). It is located east of the st ...

district to this place. This village is considered one of the Baavano Dronvar villages. Rajapur is known for farmers, army men, Pahlwan, doctors, famous engineers and also known for freedom fighters.

Administration

This village is administrated by Gram Panchayat through its Pradhan who is elected representative of village. Ashwani kumar rai is the Pradhan of this village panchayat.

Nearby places

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

* Ghazipur saraygandhu * Buxar * Mohammadabad * Karimuddinpur * Joga Musahib * Khardiha * Sherpur, Ghazipur

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Villages in Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh
Villages in Ghazipur district {{Varanasi-geo-stub