Gothawn

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Gothawn
गोठांव
Town
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Gothawn
Location,Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°56′06″N82°54′40″E / 25.935°N 82.911°E / 25.935; 82.911
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Government
  Gram PradhanShrimati Punam Yadav
  District MagistrateShri Rajesh Kumar (IAS)
Population
  Total
5,037 (Census 2,011)
Languages
  Official Hindi, Urdu, English, Bhojpuri
Time zone UTC7 (IST)
PIN
Area code(s) 05462, 05460
Religions in Gothawn
ReligionPercent
Hindus
45%
Buddhism
23%
Muslims
32%

Gothawn is a town located in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It comes under the Martinganj subdistrict There are three main religions Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. Gothawn Buddha Vihar is the most important place here. It was founded by Venerable Chandrajeet Gautam.

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This Village / Town is about 34 km from District Azamgarh headquarter. In this Village / City have 14th Wards and about 10th Mohallas (Bhatpura, Dihawa, Kewatana, Rewariya, Purva, Bharauti, Mandyiya, Bakrabad, etc.). This place is the main center of Buddhists of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. At this place, Venerable Chandrajeet Gautam was born. Here is a Buddhist Temple (Gothawn Buddha Vihar) founded by Venerable Chandrajeet Gautam. Venerable Chandrajeet Gautam has done incredible work in the religious and social fields. Because of the personal nature and loyal personality of Chandrajeet Gautam, many foreigners also come here, for example Buddhists, worshipers of Verma, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Korea etc. have given their dignified presence. On this place, the work of burning the light of education was done by Subedar Singh Ji. At first, he opened the door of education for the untouchables here. Due to this work some people burnt their house even after you did not move back. Mr. Satyanarayan Singh Ji and Mr. Rajnarayan Singh ji also made special contributions to education. The name of Ram Prakash Yadav of this region is immortalized in the form of a famous doctor and social worker as well as the name of Freedom Fighter Ram Palat Yadav. His son, Dr. Sunil Kumar Yadav is also working as a social worker with a famous doctor. The village heads have a special contribution in the development of this area. Special contribution to the electrification of this region was former chief Laljit Rajbhar Ji. [1]

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Census 2011 data

ParticularsTotalMaleFemale
Total No. of Houses726--
Population5,0372,4242,613
Child (0-6)791397394
Schedule Caste859391468
Schedule Tribe000
Literacy65.50 %75.83 %56.06 %
Total Workers1,9731,051922
Main Worker1,75500
Marginal Worker21862156

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References

  1. Survey by Dhammadeep Gautam