Sarai Mir is a town and a
nagar panchayat
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in
Azamgarh district
Azamgarh district is one of the three districts of Azamgarh division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Etymology
The district is named after its headquarters town, Azamgarh. Azam, a son of Vikramajit, founded the town in 1665. Vikramajit ...
in the
India
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state
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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 ...
.
Demographics
As per the
2011 Indian Census
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, Sarai Mir had a total population of 19,055, of which 9,760 were males and 9,295 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,040. The total number of literates in Sarai Mir was 13,151, which constituted 69.0% of the population with male literacy of 72.8% and female literacy of 65.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sarai Mir was 82.1%, of which male literacy rate was 86.6% and female literacy rate was 77.4%. The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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population was 2,740 and 13 respectively. Sarai Mir had 2,384 households in 2011.
India
census
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, Saraimir had a population of 15,526. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Saraimir has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 52%. In Saraimir, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Religion
Islam
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is followed by a little more than half of the population, while almost all of the remaining population follow
Hinduism
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.
Education
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Madrasatul Islah
Madrasatul Islah is a traditional Islamic institution of learning and a renowned center of oriental and Islamic studies at Sarai Mir in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. It was started by Mawlana Muhammad Shafi in 1908 along with participa ...
, a traditional Islamic institution of learning found in 1908
References
Cities and towns in Azamgarh district
Caravanserais in India
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