Sant Kabir Nagar district
| Sant Kabir Nagar district संत कबीर नगर ज |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Basti |
| Headquarters | Khalilabad, India |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Sant Kabir Nagar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,659.15 km2 (640.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,714,300 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 76.01 per cent |
| Website | Official website |
Sant Kabir Nagar district (Hindi: संत कबीर नगर जिला) is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Maghar City is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti Division. District Sant kabir nagar was created on 5 September 1997 from district Basti. including 131 villages from tahsil Basti, and 161 from tahsil Bansi of district Siddharth Nagar. The district is bounded on the north by Siddharthnagar and Maharajganj districts, on the east by Gorakhpur district, on the south by Ambedkar Nagar district and on the west by Basti district. The district occupies an area of 1659.15 km2.
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Etymology
The district is named after the 15th century mystic poet Kabir, who lived in Maghar in the district. One popular legend of his death, which is even taught in schools in India (although in more of a moral context than a historical one), says that after his death his Muslim and Hindu devotees fought over his proper burial rites. The problem arose since Muslim custom called for the burial of their dead, whereas Hindus cremated their dead. But this is totally beyond the logic. Instead there was a small book in which the Hindus and Muslims wrote all his sayings that they could remember; some even say a bunch of his favourite flowers were placed. The legend goes on to state that the fighting was resolved, and both groups looked upon the miracle as an act of divine intervention. In Maghar, his tomb or Dargah and Samādhi Mandir still stand side by side.
तिनका कबहुँ ना निंदिये, जो पाँव तले होय ।
कबहुँ उड़ आँखो पड़े, पीड गहरी होय ॥
One should not abuse a blade of grass under one's feet. If that happens to strike on one's eye then there will be terrific pain.
History
Sant Kabir Nagar district was created on 5 September 1997. The new district comprised 131 villages of erstwhile Basti tahsil of Basti district and 161 villages of erstwhile Bansi tahsil of Siddharthnagar district. Before 5 September 1997 it was the tehsil for Basti District.
Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]
Divisions
Sant Kabir Nagar is one of the three districts of Basti Division. The Division is under the charge of Commissionary with headquarters at Basti. For the purpose of effective administration, collections of land Revenue and maintenance of Law and Order, the district has been divided into three tehsils namely Khalilabad, Menhdawal and Dhanghata. For further development works these tehsils are divided into various blocks, they are: Santha, Menhdawal, Belhar Kalan, Semeriyawan, Baghauli, Khalilabad, Nath Nagar, Hainsar Bazar, Pauli. There are three Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Khalilabad, Mehdawal and Dhanghata. All of these are part of Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a population of 1,714,300,[2] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[3] or the US state of Nebraska.[4] This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 1,041 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,700/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%.[2] Sant Kabir Nagar has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 69.01%.[2] As per 2001 census, Muslims account for nearly 24% of the districts population, the remaining being Hindus.
River System and Water Resources
The district has two main river systems namely, the Ghaghra and Rapti, both of which ultimately form a part of the great Gangetic system. The other streams of the district are the Kuwana,its tributaries are, the Rawai, The Manwar and the Katnehia, and the Ami is a tributary of Rapti.
The Ghaghra
River Ghaghra is formed by the combined waters of Kauriyala,Girwa, Chauka and other streams, which have their origin in the mountains of Kumaun and Nepal. The Ghaghra forms the southern boundary of the district, from its entry opposite the sacred town of Ayodhya,where for a short distance it is usually known as the Saryu,as far as Belghat on the border of Gorakhpur. The river flows continually shifting cannel within a broad sandy bed.
The Kuwana
The Kuwana also known as Kuano, rises in the low ground in the east of Bahraich district and thence flows through the centre of Gonda. It first touches the district in the stream west of Rasulpur. It then separates the Basti east pargana from Basti West, Nagar West, Nagar East and after passing through Mahuli West and Mahuli East leaves the district in the south-Easter corner, at short distance from its junction with the Ghaghra in Gorakhpur.
TRIBUTARIES OF THE KUWANA :-It has several tributaries, the important ones being Rawai,Manwar and Katnehia.sees in the : The rawai The Rawai joins the Kuwana on the right bank and is a small stream which rises in the north of Amorha and thence flows between steep and sandy banks frequently infected with reh, through the western half of paragana Basti for a short distance and ultimately joins the Kawana.
The Manwar The Manwar Manorama, rises in Gonda and flows in an easterly direction along the edge of Sikri forest to the district boundary. For a short distance it separates the latter district from Gonda and is then joined by the Chamnai, a small and sluggish stream. after the junction the Manwar bents to the south-east and flows through the centre of pargana Amorha, on the eastern boundary of which it receives a small tributary called Ramrekha on its right bank. It then passes through the two paraganas of Nagar East and Nagar Westland joins the Kawana in Lalganj in Mahuli West.
The Kathnaya The only tributary of any importance that is received by the Kuwana on its left bank is the Katnehia, which rises in the swamps to the north of Basti East and flows in the south easterly direction along the borders of the Nagar East, where it units with the Garehia, a similar stream which has its origin in the south of Rasulpur. Their combined water continues in a south easterly direction along the borders of Nagar East and Mahuli West parganas, then turning south to join the Kuwana at Mukhlishpur in Mahuli East.
The Rapti
This river rises in the foot hills of Nepal to the north of Behraich and after course of about 130 km. from that district traverses to the northern portion of the Gonda and first touches Sant Kabir Nagar in the north-west.
The tributaries and affluents of the Rapti are very numerous, especially those on the left bank. Those on the south represent merely old bends of the river and as such are of little importance, save as local drainage channels. The chief of these is the Ami.
The Ami
The Ami is the chief tributary of the Rapti. The Ami is a stream which commences at a short distance from Rapti in Rasulpur and issues from a large tract of paddy land.
Lakes
The lakes of the district are numerous and several of them are of considerable size. They are most commonly formed by the changes in the river channels, while in the other cases the natural depressions in which the surface of water collects, are generally due in some measure to fluvial action. The largest and the most celebrated lake in the district is the Bakhira or Badhanchh Tal, sometimes calles the Moti Jhil, which lies on the eastern borders of the district between Bakhira and Mehdawal. This lake though seldom more than two metres in depth, covers a very large area of about 8 km. long and 3 km. broad. The water in the lake is largely derived from the overflow from Rapti.
Notable places
- Maghar City (District Headquarters)
- Kabir Samadhi, Maghar
- Bakhira Lake, Bakhira
- Buddhist Stoops, Dharmsinghawa
- Takiyawa Fair Ground, Sikri
- Baba Tameshwar Nath temple, Tameshwar Nath
- Barakhal Durga Mata temple, Mehdawal.
- Bidharghat south last point in this district,its is edge of Ghaghara river.
- khalilabad
Notable persons
- Sant Kabir Das (Poet)
References
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