Ashrafpur Kichhauchha

Ashrafpur Kichhauchha Kichhauchha
Town
Ashrafpur Kichhauchha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°25′33″N82°45′25″E / 26.42583°N 82.75694°E / 26.42583; 82.75694
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ambedkar Nagar
Population  (2001)
• Total	13,420
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-45

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 Chisti Sufi saint 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Demographics

As of 2001 ^[update] 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.

Religions in Ashrafpur Kichhauchha
Religion			Percent
Hindus			60%
Muslims			39%
Jains			0.5%
Others†			0.5%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Notable people

• Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
• Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain
• Syed Amin Ashraf
• Syed Waheed Ashraf
• Syeda Ummehani Ashraf
• Madni Miya
• Mukhtar Ashraf
• Hashmi Miya

References

1. • Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (1975) Second Ed.(2017) ISBN   978-93-85295-54-6, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
2. Life and Times of Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (RAH) by Dr. Syed Nurusyyidyn Madani Ashraf Ashraf, Syed; Madani, Nurusyyidyn (3 September 2019). Life and Times of Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (RAH). Amazon. ASIN   B07XBYV1V8.
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.