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Amsin is a town and Gram Panchayat in Faizabad district (officially Ayodhya district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Amsin is 43 km away from district headquarters Ayodhya city.
History
Amsin was a former revenue unit and administrative unit of the Muslim kingdoms and British Raj. Amsin consisted of several mouzas, which were the smallest revenue units. Parganas are equivalent to present day districts system. A very large area up to Faizabad was under the administration of Amsin Pargana. In late 16th century this pargana was conquered by Pugnacious Baruwars they occupied 159 villages of this pargana and established a separate Taluka Pali (Tandauli). [1]
Geography
Amsin is located at Template:Coord.[2] It has an average elevation of 315 ft.
Transport
Road
Amsin is situated on the way to Akbarpur road and is well connected to other cities, towns and markets.
Train
Goshainganj Railway Station is the nearest railway station which is 5 km away.
Air
Maryada Purshottam Shriram International Airport (Ayodhya) is the nearest airport from Amsin, Ayodhya.[3]
Nearby Places
There are two big lakes near Amsin namely Darwan lake and Bhadauna lake the former one is a greater lake.
Demographics
Template:As of India census,[4] Amsin nagar panchayat had a population near about 10000. Males constitute about ~58% of the population and females about ~42%. Amsin has an average literacy rate of ~54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 52%. Template:Bar box
See also
- Goshainganj Railway Station
- Faizabad Railway Station
- Akbarpur Railway Station
- Faizabad Airport
- Akbarpur Airport
References
- ↑ A historical sketch of Tahsil Fyzabad, Zillah Fyzabad, including parganas Haveli-Oudh and Pachhimrath{{#if:Carnegy, Patrick.|, Carnegy, Patrick.}. Printed at the Oudh government Press(1870)
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Amsin
- ↑ Upcoming Ayodhya airport to be named after Lord Ram. Hindustan Times(2020-11-25). Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India.