Zaidpur

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Zaidpur
Town
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CountryFile:Flag of India.svg India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBarabanki
FounderAbdullah Zar-baqsh
Population
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Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
225414
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Vehicle registrationUP-41

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Zaidpur is a town located in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Zaidpur covers approximately 3 km2 of non-mountainous terrain.

Location

Zaidpur lies at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. in India's north east. Its nearest service centre is Nawabganj, approximately 20 km to the northwest and its nearest city is Lucknow, approximately 30 km to the west. Faizabad is further away to the east. Delhi and Agra lie to the west. The border with Nepal lies approximately 150 km to the northeast. Zaidpur's elevation is 109 metres (357 feet).[2][3]

Transport

Zaidpur lies on state highway 13. The nearest passenger airport is the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Lucknow, 60.2 kilometres (37.4 mi) from Zaidpur.[4]

Hydrology

Derivatives of the Ganga river and Gomti River, local rain in wet months and wells supply water to Zaidpur.[5]

Climate

July is the wettest month in Zaidpur with an average of 22 days of rain and average monthly precipitation of 237mm. The wet season is between May and September. The hottest month is May with an average high temperature of 40 °C. The coldest month is January with an average low temperature of 8 °C.[6]

Demographics

Zaidpur has a population of 34,443, of which 17,747 are men and 16,696 are women.[1] The proportion of children between the ages of 0-6 is 16.30%. The Literacy rate of Zaidpur is 49.50% lower than state average of 67.68%. Male literacy is around 55.67% while female literacy is 42.89%. Muslims form 81.89% of the total population with the remaining population overwhelmingly Hindu.[1]

History

Zaidpur was a Musalman military colony[7] founded in 462 Hijri (1070 AD) by Abdullah Zar-baqsh, an immigrant from Qom, Persia. The settlement was named for Zar-Baksh's only son, Zaid (b. 462 Hijri (1070 AD)).

Zar-baqsh was a descendant of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter, Fatimah and her husband, Ali, and thus was of the Rizvi family, in the 14th generation from Muhammad. Zar-baqsh's father was Yaqoob and his grandfather was Ahmad (924–969 AD), a naqib (official investigator) of Qom.[8][9]

Economy

Due to unemployment, people of this town are compelled to work in Metropolitan cities. A substantial number of people work in the government sector.[citation needed] Enterprises in Zaidpur include a postal service; bank; school; an LPG gas agency; sugar cane farming equipment sales; winnowing fan sales; cinema halls; medical services; and small scale textile manufacturing and hub for export quality hand-loom products and produced a lot of exporters, scarves and cotton stoles from a tradition of hand-loom weaving).[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zaidpur Nagar Panchayat City Population Census 2011-2024 | Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  2. ^ "Zaidpur." Global gazeteer version 2.2 web page 1996–2010. Zaidpur, India
  3. ^ "Zaidpur". Google map. Accessed 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Zaidpur". Closest Airport To website. Accessed 25 January 2014.
  5. ^ "India river map." Maps of India website. Accessed 24 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Zaidpur". World weather online website. Accessed 25 January 2014.
  7. ^ Irwin H. C. "The Garden of India or chapters on Oudh history." Asian Educational Services 2001 p28. Template:ISBN, 9788120615427
  8. ^ Saiyeds of Zaidpur Shajraat-Taiyyabaat (1916).
  9. ^ Anwaar-e-Qom (1953).

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