Shohratgarh is a town and tehsil in
Siddharthnagar district
Siddharthnagar district is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh also known as the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. Siddharthnagar is the district headquarters. Siddharthnagar district is a part of Basti division. It was und ...
, Uttar Pradesh state of
India
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.
Demographics
, the India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, the population of Shohratgarh town is 35000 and total population of this sub division is 420,532, with the sex ratio of 970 female per 1000 male. Males constitute about 52 percent of the total population and females 48 percent. The literacy rate of Shohratgarh town is about 78.08 percent, higher than the state average of 68 percent. Male literacy is 79.98 percent, and the female is 68.04 percent approx. In Shohratgarh, 15 percent of the population is under six years of age.
Transport
Shohratgarh railway station (station code–SOT) is located on the way 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 ...
from
Gonda and connected to Gorakhpur Lucknow, Kanpur, Mumbai and New Delhi. The national highways - 730 are connected to this town from Kushinagar Gorakhpur and Balrampur sravasti pilibhit as the part of India-Japan Buddhist circuit project for the roadways facility of indian government.
References
{{Siddharthnagar district
External links
Village Population of Shohratgarh sub division
Cities and towns in Siddharthnagar district