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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mankapur
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| native_name_lang = Awadhi
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.03|N|82.23|E|display=inline,title}}
| leader_title = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name = Ramapati Shastri<ref>[http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/guest/member?memberId=19820 "Mankapur MLA"]</ref>
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gonda district|Gonda]]
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| governing_body = BJP
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 1000
| population_total = 8865
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 271302,271308
| area_code = 05265
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = UP-43
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'''Mankapur''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Gonda district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] currently headed by [[BJP]].<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2002/pollupd/ac/states/s24/aconst143.htm Mankapur (SC) Constituency of Uttar Pradesh] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20070703053043/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2002/pollupd/ac/states/s24/aconst143.htm |date=3 July 2007 }} ''[[Election Commission of India]] – State Elections 2002.''</ref> It borders [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]] to the West, Rehra to the North, Maskanawa to the East and [[Nawabganj, Gonda|Nawabganj]] to the South.

==Demographics==
According to the 2001 India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Mankapur had a population of 8,865. Males constituted 54 percent of the population and females 46 percent. The city had an average literacy rate of 77 percent, which exceeded the national average of 67.5 percent. Male literacy was higher than female literacy, with 86 percent to 75 percent. 13 percent of the population was revealed to be under 6 years of age.

=== Languages ===
Languages spoken in Manakapur include [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], a dialect of [[Hindi continuum]] spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the [[Awadh]] region.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Awadhi: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awa | accessdate = 28 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==History==
Mankapur [[mandal]] was a [[jagir]] (estate) formed when Raja Dutt Singh of Gonda, of the Bisen [[Rajput]] dynasty, seized the Bandhalgoti raj of Mankapur and gave it to his younger infant son, Kunwar Ajmat Singh around 1681, making him the first ruler of the state. The state had 189 villages under it and during the [[British Raj]], it was a [[pargana]] in [[Utraula]] [[tehsil]].<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_293.gif Utraula Tehsil] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1908, v. 24, ''p. 287.''</ref> It became a separate [[tehsil]] in 1987, later in 1997 when the Gonda district was divided to create [[Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh|Balrampur district]], it remained with its former district.<ref>[http://gonda.nic.in/history.htm History] ''Gonda district'' Official website.</ref>

The last ruler of this jagir before independence was Raghavendra Pratap Singh,<ref>[http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/m/mankapur.html Mankapur - Genealogy and History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014042113/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/m/mankapur.html |date=14 October 2008 }} ''[[Queensland University]]''.</ref> who was a [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician (1933–1955) and who served in the UP assembly continuously since 1937.

==Transport==
[[Mankapur Junction railway station]] is the nearest railway station and the nearest airport is [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport]] (Amausi) near state capital [[Lucknow]]. Mankapur is well connected by roadways to [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]], [[Faizabad]] and state capital of [[Lucknow]].

==Economy==
Mankapur has one of the country's six largest manufacturing plants of [[Indian Telephone Industries]] (ITI).<ref>[http://www.itiltd-india.com/infrastructure.htm ITI's description of Mankapur Plant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211101609/http://www.itiltd-india.com/infrastructure.htm |date=11 December 2007 }} ''[[Indian Telephone Industries]]''.</ref> Along with that major occupation of public is Agriculture. With good connectivity with other districts, Mankapur serves as a luring place for further industrial growth.

==Geography==
The famous Manorma River<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/others/uttar-pradesh-manorama-river-become-sewer-due-to-pollution-in-gonda/articleshow/64358545.cms|title = कभी राम के लिए दशरथ ने इस नदी के किनारे किया था यज्ञ, आज बन गई है नाला}}</ref> passes through Mankapur. Unfortunately, the river is dying a slow death, so a cleaning program was initiated by [[Yogi Adityanath]] in order to rejuvenate the flow of river.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/basti/cleaning-of-manorama-river-starts|title = मनोरमा नदी की सफाई शुरू}}</ref> It is believed that Lord Dasrath performed Yagya at Makhoda Dham resulting in birth of Lord Rama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/others/uttar-pradesh-manorama-river-become-sewer-due-to-pollution-in-gonda/articleshow/64358545.cms|title = कभी राम के लिए दशरथ ने इस नदी के किनारे किया था यज्ञ, आज बन गई है नाला}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110613163203/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/m/mankapur.html?selstate=1161&parenttype=B&ptype=V&button1=Submit Royal Family of Mankapur]

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