Saiyad Raja is a town and a
nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
in
Chandauli district
Chandauli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Chandauli town is the district headquarters. Chandauli district is a part of Varanasi Division. Chandauli became a separate district for the first time on 20 May 1997.
Deen ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
Uttar Pradesh
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. It is 12 km from the district headquarters at
Chandauli
Chandauli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Chandauli district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chandauli District.
Geography
Chandauli is located at . It has an average elevation of . It comes un ...
. This town also happens to be the last town on U.P Bihar G.T Road border.
National Highway 97 terminates at Saiyedraja. Nearest airport is
Varanasi Airport
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport is an international airport serving Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located at Babatpur, northwest of Varanasi. Formerly known as Varanasi Airport, it was officially renamed after Lal Bahadur ...
.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India
census
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,
Saiyad Shahid Raja had a population of 15,695. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Saiyad Raja has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 47%. In Saiyad Raja, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
External links
About Saiyedraja
Cities and towns in Chandauli district
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