Sarai Mir
Sarai Mir
Saraimeer | |
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Town | |
  Sarai Mir Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Sarai Mir Sarai Mir (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°01′N 82°55′E / 26.017°N 82.917°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Azamgarh |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Wasim Ahmed[1] |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 19,055 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[3] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Sarai Mir is a town and a nagar panchayat in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2]
Demographics[edit]
As per the 2011 Indian Census, Sarai Mir had a total population of 19,055, of which 9,760 were males and 9,295 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,040. The total number of literates in Sarai Mir was 13,151, which constituted 69.0% of the population with male literacy of 72.8% and female literacy of 65.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sarai Mir was 82.1%, of which male literacy rate was 86.6% and female literacy rate was 77.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 2,740 and 13 respectively. Sarai Mir had 2,384 households in 2011.[2]
As of 2001[update] India census, Saraimir had a population of 15,526. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Saraimir has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 52%. In Saraimir, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.[4]
Religion[edit]
Islam is followed by a little more than half of the population, while almost all of the remaining population follow Hinduism.[5]
Education[edit]
- Madrasatul Islah, a traditional Islamic institution of learning found in 1908
References[edit]
- ^ "UP Nagar Panchayat elections highlights: BJP wins 202 seats, Samajwadi bags 89". Hindustan Times. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Census of India: Sarai Mir". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ a b "C-1 Population By Religious Community". census.gov.in. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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