User:Peloneous/Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar

General Information
Akbarpur is a city and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh,south India. It is the Administrative headquarters of Ambedkar Nagar District. Akbarpur is the birthplace of Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967), who was a renowned Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader.

Geography
Akbarpur is situated on the banks of River Tamsa. According to Ramayana, it is the place where King Dashratha shot Shravan Kumar, and the place is called Shravan Kshetra. The River Tamasa (Tons) divides the city of Ambedkarnagar into the two parts, Akbarpur and Shahzadpur, with the latter being the main commercial centre of the city. Lorepur part of Akbarpur City is also noted for the Palace of Lorepur State, and Imambargah of Lorepur State.

Economy
Ambedkar Nagar is noted for Tanda Terracotta. Major economic activities in the district are power looms and farming. The district also has a thermal power station belonging to the NTPC. There is also a cement manufacturing plant belonging to the Jaypee Group (Jaypee Ayoudha Greeding).

The district has one sugar factory called the Akbarpur Sugar Mill, which is situated near Mijhaura, about ten kilometres from the district headquarters. Many rice mills are present in Akbarpur. There is a power and distribution transformer manufacturing industry named Achal Electricals situated on Dostpur road.

Transportation
Government bus services are available to nearby towns and cities. The Akbarpur Railway Station is well connected to other cities and towns. For short journeys, Jeeps and autos are the common means of transportation other than occasional bus services. For internal transport, the rickshaw is still the backbone of the city.

The nearest Airport is Babatpur near Varanasi, and Amausi in Lucknow. There are a number of options for the transportation of goods with a good network to Indian cities and towns, such as Lucknow, Barbanki, Khalilabad, and Kanpur.

Education
The primary and secondary schools are either privately owned or government controlled. Saraswati Vidya Mandir (H.S.S.) is one of the most prominent higher secondary schools in the city. The condition of higher education has been improved since various colleges have been set up. The Ramabai Government Women Post Graduate College, Akbarpur, was established in 1997 to provide opportunities mainly to rural scholars along with urban scholars in the area of higher education in different streams.

BNKB Degree College is one of the privately managed and government aided colleges for co-education, which offers several degree programs. Many Government Secondary schools (Junior High School and Rajkiya Intermediate College) have been opened in the town for providing educational opportunities. There is also an ICSE, English medium Inter College named St. Peter's Inter College, which was founded in 1984 and celebrated 25 years of excellence in 2009. There is also one government medical college (PGI). Recently, an engineering college has opened, namely "Mahayana Engineering College".

In a recent development towards its educational progress, Mahayana Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College to the people of Ambedkar Nagar. It has started functioning with basic facilities and infrastructure with more advanced facilities in progress.

Religion

50% of the religion is Hindu 48% Muslim 1.4% Jains 0.6% other. The currency they use is Indian rupee.