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Ghatampur

city

Location inUttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 26.17N 80.17E

Country India

State Uttar Pradesh

District Kanpur Nagar

Elevation 122 m (400 ft)

Population (2001)

Total 35,496

Languages

Official Hindi

Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

PIN 209206

Vehicle registration UP78

GhatampurFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ghatampur(Gautampur) is a city and a municipal board in Kanpur Nagar district in the

state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Contents

1 History

2 Geography

3 Festivals

4 Demographics

5 Popular places

6 Health Services

7 Power Plant Project

8 Transport

9 Externallinks

10 References

History

About 15 km North-East of Ghatampur is a small town named Bhitargaon which has a

historical temple of the Gupta Era.

Geography

Ghatampur

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Ghatampur is located at .[1]It has an average elevation of 122 metres (400 feet) Ghatampur is situated about 3040 km from

southwest from Kanpur Downtown and about 120 km from Lucknow (State Capital).

Festivals

Kusmanda or Kudaha temple is one of the famous worship place of Ghatampur .It is believed to be one of its own kind in the country. People

celebrate "Deepdan" on the fourth day of Navaratri. Navaratri is best time to visit Ghatampur. Post navaratri a five day Ramleela andKrishnaleela is held in the city.

The second biggest festival of Ghatampur is "Kartik Purnima" on this day Ghatampur Municipality holds a fair on the on grounds of the

Kusmanda Mata Temple. This town has three inter colleges to boast of, one of them being Islamia Inter college, Shri Gandhi vidya peeth and

Janta inter college.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2]Ghatampur has a population of 35,638. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ghatampur has

an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 55%. In Ghatampur,

16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Popular places

Ghatampur is progressively developing area regarding education and other facilities.

Health Services

Ghatampur is growing tremendously in health sector areas. Ghatampur has Community health centre which provides health services to rural

and poor communities in and around the city. Ghatampur is also home to the national JALMA institute of leprosy and other mycobacterial

disease, which majorly concentrates on diseases like leprosy, tuberculosis, filariasis & other mycobacterial diseases.

Power Plant Project

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