Machhali Shahar

Machhali Shahar
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Machhali Shahar Location of Machhali Shahar in Uttar Pradesh and India
Coordinates	25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.68°N 82.42°E / 25.68; 82.42Coordinates: 25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.68°N 82.42°E / 25.68; 82.42
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District(s)	Jaunpur
Population	22,943 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 84 metres (276 ft)

Machhali Shahar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Machhali Shahar is located at 25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.68°N 82.42°E / 25.68; 82.42.^[1] It has an average elevation of 84 metres (275 feet). It has been assigned 222143 pincode by Indian postal services.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Machhlishahr had a population of 22,943. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Machhlishahr has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 49%. In Machhlishahr, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. Represented in the U.P. State Assembly by MLA Subhash Pandey of the BSP.

History

Machhali Shahar was known as Machchhika Khand during the time of Gautam Buddha. It was one of the active places used by Budhhist monks (including Lord Gautam Buddha) during the period of Gautam Buddha.

Education

Machhali Shahar is one of the most competitive and growing town in educational field. Machhali Shahar is also known as the town of successers. There are many competitive and moderator institutes situated in Machhali Shahar. One of the best institutes, Ideal Computer Academy (Jan-2000 to Apr-2008), got awarded as the best institute of the town. Now, there is more than 20 competitive institutes situated in Machhali Shahar. Madarsa Faizanul Uloom, Inter College of Machhli Shahar and Biahri Mahila Vidyalaya and Bakshi Polytechnic are very famous teaching institutions of the town.

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  Director of Ideal Computer Academy

Some of other schools with better education are Baby Care Convent, R.D. Memorial School, Saraswati Shishu Mandir and St. Thomas School. Inter College, Machhali Shahar the oldest college of the town. It is specially introduce for Intermediate education but it also provides Graduate and B.Ed degrees for female students. A new ITI college is about to open.

Society and culture

Machhali Shahar is a modern town believing in growth with the world's latest technologies. Machhali Shahar is a town that made with the mixture of different religions, different pupils, different communities and different lifestyles.

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  A picture from Machhali Shahar(1990).

• Machhali Shahar is an ideal example of unity between different cultures. It is place where humans start loving each others from childhood. Pupils always experience unity in society of Machhali Shahar.
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  A picture showing excitement on young faces(1993).

Festivals

The biggest celebrations in Machhali Shahar are Eid-ul-Milad( which was founded by district's famous celric Late Moulana Mohammad Omar Jafri) & Bharat Milap as yearly festival. Pupils also organise big celebrations on Eid-ul-Zuha, Eid-ul-Fitr, Holi, Ramzan-ul-Mubarak, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, Shab-e-Barat and more other occasions. Visible excitement shows on Independence Day and Republic Day. This is the town, where all pupils, related with all regions, celebrates all the festivals joyfully with each other.

Members of Parliament

1952: Ganapati Ram, Indian National Congress

1957: Ganapati Ram, Indian National Congress

1962: Ganapati Ram, Indian National Congress

1967: Nageshwar Dwivedi, Indian National Congress

1971: Nageshwar Dwivedi, Indian National Congress

1980: Sheo Sharan Verma

1989: Sheo Sharan Verma, Janata Dal

1991: Sheo Sharan Verma, Janata Dal

1998: Chinmayanand, Bharatiya Janata Party

1999: Chandra Nath Singh, Samajwadi Party

2004: Umakant Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party

2009: Tufani Saroj, Samajwadi Party

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Machhlishahr
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.