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Ashrafpur Kichhauchha is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ambedkar Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is well known worldwide as here the shrine of the famous Chisti Sufi saint Sultan Syed Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani[1][2] is located, which attracts millions of devotees irrespective of religion, caste, creed and sex all the year round. The nearest railway station is the Akbarpur station which is about 23 kilometers. Akbarpur station is connected by rail to big cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi and Mumbai. Template:Citation needed
Demographics
Template:As of India census,[3] Ashrafpur Kichhauchha had a population of 13,420. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashrafpur Kichhauchha has an average literacy rate of -98%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 21% of the population is under 6 years of age. Template:Bar box
Notable People
- Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
- Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain
- Syed Amin Ashraf
- Syed Waheed Ashraf
- Syeda Ummehani Ashraf
- Syed Mohammad Madni Ashrafi
- Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
References
- ↑ *Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani(1975) Second Ed.(2017) Template:ISBN, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
- ↑ Life and Times of Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (RAH) by Dr. Syed Nurusyyidyn Madani Ashraf Life and Times of Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (RAH){{#if:Ashraf|, Ashraf}. Amazon(2019-09-03)
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India.