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{{short description|Town in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amethi
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Amethi Railway Station.jpg
| image_caption = Amethi Railway Station
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.155|N|81.809|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Amethi district|Amethi]]
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| elevation_m = 100
| population_total = 13,530
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=20 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
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| demographics1_title3 = Regional
| demographics1_info3 = [[Awadhi]]{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| leader_title1 = [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|MP]]
| leader_name1 = [[Smriti Irani]] ( [[BJP]])
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 227405
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +915368
| registration_plate = UP-36
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 908 females per 1000 males [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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| blank2_info_sec1 = 59.14
| website = {{URL|www.amethi.nic.in}}
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'''Amethi''' is a town in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a major town of the [[Amethi district]], in the [[Faizabad division]]. The [[Hanumangarhi]] temple is located near the town.

The town is part of the [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi Lok Sabha constituency]], which became reputed as a stronghold of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. The Congress leaders belonging to [[Nehru-Gandhi Family|Nehru-Gandhi family]] won several elections from Amethi during 1980-2014.

==History==

In the past, Amethi used to be called Raipur-Amethi. Raipur is the place where the fort of [[Raja]] of Bandalgoti Rajputs is located. His ancestors used to reside in Raipur-Phulwari, where the old fort is still there. Amethi is also famous for the temple called [[Hanumangarhi]] and a mosque both built about hundred years ago. About three kilometres north of Amethi there is a tomb of famous poet which is in Ram Nagar, Saint [[Malik Muhammad Jayasi]] where he died, and the fort was built by Bandalghoti Rajput Rajas.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Amethi|url=http://amethi.in/|access-date=10 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904110159/http://amethi.in/|archive-date=4 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Amethi had a total population of 13,530, of which 7,093 were males and 6,437 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,850. The total number of literates in Amethi was 6,915, which constituted 51.1% of the population with male literacy of 55.6% and female literacy of 46.2%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Amethi was 59.2%, of which male literacy rate was 64.7% and female literacy rate was 53.5%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 3,344. Amethi had 30460 households in 2158.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Amethi |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=166089 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>

As per the [[2001 Census of India]], Amethi had a population of 12,808. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amethi has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==Transport==
Amethi is connected to the major cities in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and North-Eastern India via [[Indian Railways]] and roads. [[Amethi railway station]] has direct trains connecting with major cities like [[Jammu]], [[Amritsar]], [[Ambala]], [[Delhi]], [[Lucknow]], [[Kanpur]], [[Dehradun]], [[Haridwar]], [[Jaipur]], [[Allahabad]], [[Varanasi]], [[Patna]], [[Kolkata]], [[Puri]], [[Bhopal]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Bangalore]].

A number of [[Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation]] buses play from Amethi.

[[Allahabad Airport]] (Prayagraj) (104 km) and [[Ayodhya Airport]] (Ayodhya) (91 km) are the nearby airports from Amethi.

==Institutions, Industries and Organisations==
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology]],
* [[HAL School Korwa]] Mahatma Shiv Kumar Inter College.

A few public sector units were established in Amethi in the 1970s however not much has occurred in the town for the past two decades, leading to youngsters leaving the town in search of jobs.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|last1=Dutta|first1=Sanjay|title=BJP goes to Amethi with populist plans|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-goes-to-Amethi-with-populist-plans/articleshow/54989868.cms|access-date=8 December 2016|work=The Times of India|date=22 October 2016}}</ref>
[[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust]] is one of the NGOs in Amethi district.

A [[joint venture]] between [[Kalashnikov Concern]] and the [[Ordnance Factory Board]] to establish a rifle factory in Amethi is being negotiated between India and Russia, and is planned to be launched by October 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indo-russian-joint-venture-for-amethi-rifles-factory-hits-hurdle/articleshow/73974065.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |title=Indo-Russian joint venture for Amethi rifles factory hits hurdle |first=Manu |last=Pubby|date=6 February 2020|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |first=Manu |last=Pubby |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-requests-quick-delivery-of-missiles-ammo-from-russia-amethi-factory-to-launch-before-summit/articleshow/76620736.cms |date=25 June 2020|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200706110328/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-requests-quick-delivery-of-missiles-ammo-from-russia-amethi-factory-to-launch-before-summit/articleshow/76620736.cms?utm_source=dailybrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyBrief2020Jun26&utm_term=DailyNewsBrief |archive-date=July 6, 2020 |quote=Sources said that the two sides also discussed the project to manufacture Kalashnikov rifles at a factory in Amethi under a joint venture approach with OFB and it has been agreed that the facility would be launched by the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin meet for a summit tentatively planned for October this year. |title=India requests quick delivery of missiles, ammo from Russia; Amethi factory to launch before summit}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Deepak Singh (politician)]]
*[[Garima Singh]]
*[[Smriti Irani]] (politician)
*[[Rahul Gandhi]] (politician)
*[[Sanjay Gandhi]] (Politician)
*[[Jagdish Piyush]] (Journalist, Writer, Author, Educationist, Leader)
*[[Babu Bhoop Singh]], ruler of [[Kohra (estate)]]

== References ==
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{{Amethi district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Amethi district]]
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