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{{short description|Town in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Machhlishahr
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| settlement_type = Town
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| image1 = Machhalisahar Entry.png
| image2 = Macchalisahar Aerial view.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|25.68|N|82.42|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]
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| leader_title = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name = [[Ragini Sonkar]]<ref>{{cite news |title=मछलीशहर में सपा ने लगाई जीत की हैट्रिक, विरोध के बाद भी जीती डा. रागिनी सोनकर |url=https://www-amarujala-com.translate.goog/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/sp-scored-a-hat-trick-of-victory-in-machhlishahr-dr-ragini-sonkar-won-even-after-protest-jaunpur-news-vns64262791?_x_tr_sl=hi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=Amar Ujala |date=11 March 2022 |language=hi}}</ref>
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| governing_body = Nagar panchayat
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| area_total_km2 = 5.37
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| elevation_m = 84
| population_total = 26107
| 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=7 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>
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 222143
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'''Machhlishahr''' is a town in [[Jaunpur district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is situated 30 km west of district headquarters [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]]. NH-231 passes through the city. Machhlishahr – Janghai NH-731B – Bhadohi four-lane national highway is under construction which will boost the economy of the region.<ref>{{cite news |title=खुशखबरी : अब भदोही से मछलीशहर मार्ग होगा फोरलेन, गडकरी ने की घोषणा |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhadohi-to-machhalishahar-route-will-be-fore-lane |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=Amar Ujala |date=5 August 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> Machhlishahr is a [[Nagar panchayat]] and there has been a longstanding demand for making it a [[Nagar Palika|Nagar palika parishad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/15036887126-jaunpur-news|title=मछलीशहर को नही मिल सका नगरपालिका का दर्जा|website=[[Amar Ujala]]|date=28 August 2017 |access-date=30 April 2019 |language=hi}}</ref> In 2020, Machhalisahar nagar panchayat has secured 33rd all India rank in [[Swachh Survekshan]] (cleanliness survey).<ref>{{cite news |title=स्वच्छता सर्वे में सुधरी रैकिंग, लेकिन हालत नहीं |url=https://www.amarujala.com/amp/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/improved-ranking-in-sanitation-survey-but-not-condition-jaunpur-news-vns542879349 |access-date=29 August 2020 |work=Amar Ujala |date=22 August 2020 |language=hi}}</ref>

==Geography==
Machhlishahr is located at {{Coord|25.68|N|82.42|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Machhlishahr.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Machhlishahr, India|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 84 [[metre]]s (275 [[foot (length)|feet]]). It has been assigned 222143 pincode by Indian postal services.

==Demographics==
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|title=Religions in Machhlishahr (2011)<ref name="Religion"/>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|44.26}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Muslims]]|green|55.34}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|blue|0.23}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhs]]|orange|0.01}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|0.16}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
}}

===Population===
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Machhlishahr had a total population of 26,107, of which 13,284 were males and 12,823 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,886. The total number of literates in Machhlishahr was 17,205, which constituted 65.9% of the population with male literacy of 71.0% and female literacy of 60.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Machhlishahr was 77.4%, of which male literacy rate was 83.8% and female literacy rate was 70.9%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 1,841. Machhlishahr had 3740 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Machhlishahr |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=228861 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref name="census 2001">{{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> Machhlishahr had a population of 22‚943. Males constitute 51.5% of the population and females 48.5%. Literacy rate is Machhlishahr city is 58.3%.<ref name="census 2001"/>

===Religion===
A little more than half of the population follow [[Islam]], with the rest being followeres of [[Hinduism]].<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-01: Population by religious community |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner India |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>

==Government and politics==
===Members of Parliament===
*1952: [[Ganapati Ram]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1957: [[Ganapati Ram]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1962: [[Ganapati Ram]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1967: [[Nageshwar Dwivedi]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1971: [[Nageshwar Dwivedi]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1977: [[Raj Keshar Singh]], [[Janata Party]]
*1980: [[Sheo Sharan Verma]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1984: [[Sri Pati Mishra]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1989: [[Sheo Sharan Verma]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1991: [[Sheo Sharan Verma]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1998: [[Chinmayanand (politician)|Chinmayanand]], [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
*1999: [[Chandra Nath Singh]], [[Samajwadi Party]]
*2004: [[Umakant Yadav]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
*2009: [[Tufani Saroj]], [[Samajwadi Party]]
*2014: [[Ram Charitra Nishad]], [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
*2019: [[B. P. Saroj]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*2024: [[Priya Saroj]], [[Samajwadi Party]]

==Notable people==
* [[Salaam Machhalishahari]], Indian [[Urdu]]-language [[Ghazal]] and [[Nazm]] writer
* [[Mata Prasad]], former Governor, [[Arunachal Pradesh]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2021|title=From the hut to the Raj Bhavan still did not leave simplicity.|work=Amarujala|url=https://www.amarujala.com/amp/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/from-the-hut-to-the-raj-bhavan-still-did-not-leave-simplicity-jaunpur-news-vns570280168|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Achakari]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Jaunpur district}}

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

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