Sanjarpur

Sanjarpur संजरपुर, سنجر پور
Village
Sanjarpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Sanjarpur Sanjarpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26.012180°N 82.972972°E / 26.012180; 82.972972
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Government
• Type	Local
• Body	Gram panchayat
• Sarpanch	Mohammed Emdadullah[1]
Area
• Total	3.403 km^2 (1.314 sq mi)
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,540
• Density	1,900/km^2 (5,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Sanjari
Language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-50
Website	up.gov.in

Sanjarpur is a village and gram panchayat in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh.[2]

Demographics

Sanjarpur is a muslim-dominated village.[3] The population of Sanjarpur is 6540, out of which 3294 are males while 3246 are females. The average sex-ratio of Sanjarpur village is 985 Females per 1000 Males, which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912 Females per 1000 Males. The average literacy rate of Sanjarpur village is 83.61%, while male literacy stands at 88.92% and female literacy stands at 78.27%.[4]

Transport

Roadways :

Sanjarpur is at a distance of 35 km from the nearest Purvanchal Expressway entry/exit in Mahul, Uttar Pradesh.

Airways :

Azamgarh Airport, located 40 km away from Sanjarpur is the nearest domestic airport.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, located 91 km away from Sanjarpur is the nearest international airport.

Railways :

Sanjarpur Railway Station (SJER) serves the Sanjarpur village. The station has 2 Platforms and 2 Tracks. Only 4 Passenger trains stop at the station, making Sanjarpur a fairly small halt station.[5] Due to this, people from Sanjarpur have to travel to either Sarai Meer Railway station or Azamgarh railway station to board trains going to major cities such as Mumbai, Lucknow, New Delhi, Kolkata, Gorakhpur and more.

Politics

There are more than 5000 voters in Sanjarpur, out of which more than 2700 are Muslims, more than 1500 are SC, more than 300 are Prajapatis, more than 300 are Yadavs and more than 150 are Guptas.[6]

Sanjarpur belongs to the Lalganj Lok Sabha constituency in the Lok Sabha,[7] and the Nizamabad Assembly constituency in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.[8]
Before the delimitation process in 2004, Sanjarpur belonged to the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency and the SaraiMeer Assembly constituency. After the delimitation process, the boundaries of the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency was re-evaluated. The Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency was split into two constituencies, which were Azamgarh and Lalganj, meanwhile the assembly segments were re-evaluated as well and the SaraiMeer Assembly constituency combined with the Nizamabad Assembly constituency.[9]

See also

• Sarai Mir
• Azamgarh
• Shahganj

References

1. https://theprint.in/india/in-up-village-demand-for-probe-into-batla-house-encounter-gives-way-to-more-urgent-issues/832548/
2. भाषा (2019-05-09). "आजमगढ़ जिले का संजरपुर गांव 'आतंक' के ठप्पे से चाहता है छुटकारा". TheQuint (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
3. "Sanjarpur village wants to shun 'Terror Tag'". Business Standard.
4. "Sanjarpur Village Population - Nizamabad - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
5. "Sanjarpur Railway Station : NER/North Eastern Zone". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
6. "Sanjarpur village awaits removal of terror tag stigma". Hindustan Times.
7. "Lalganj wants to hit back for Azamgarh blot". The Indian Express. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
8. "आजमगढ़ के संजरपुर की चुनावी फिजा में आ गए नए मुद्दे". Jansatta (in Hindi). 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
9. "Place: Sanjarpur and Saraimeer in Azamgarh district". The Times of India. 2009-04-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-24.