Malihabad

Malihabad is located at 6.92°N 80.72°E / 6.92; 80.72.[1] It has an average elevation of 128 metres (419 feet).The main areas in Malihabad are Mirzaganj, Syedwara, Chaudrana and Kewalhar. And Malihabad major people belong to the rural area and there are most probably 187 village and 67 gram panchayat also included under the tahsheel of Malihabad.

As of 2001 India census,[2] Malihabad had a population of 15,806. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Malihabad has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 59%, and female literacy is 45%. In Malihabad, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Dasheri mango plantations is one of the major income sources of the region, with mangoes being exported to many neighbouring countries. Dasheri Mango is very delicious and known for its sweetness and soft pulp.

The Filmfare Award winner (1979) and winner of National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (1978), film Junoon was mostly shot in the Mahals of Malihabad. The 1978 Urdu film was produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal and was a hit of its time. The film was based on Ruskin Bond novella A Flight of Pigeons. And other films like (shourgul), (mulk) and show like (savdhaan india) and south film shoot in Malihabad. Malihabad and its famous mangoes find mention multiple times during the movie Lakshya.

Malihabad prides itself on Nawab Faqueer Mohammad Khan 'Goya', the poet and courtier of Awadh; "Shaayar-e-Inquilaab"Padma Bhushan Josh Malihabadi(born as Shabbir Hasan Khan), who later migrated to Pakistan after this. Abdur Razzaq Malihabadi, Abrar hasan khan asar Malihabadi, Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi take place in poetry; Padma Shri Ghaus Mohammad Khan, the tennis player and Anwar Nadeem, stage artist, writer and poet. was born in Malihabad (India) in 1962. It has also produced some great writers like Mohsin Khan who possess a remarkable writing style. His Urdu play Khvab ki Ta'bir was awarded first prize in a radio-play contest drawing participants from nineteen Indian languages.[3] after all we also remark some famous hindi writers and poet bhaskar malihabdi is one of Malihabadi Poet he Wrote Khand Kavya on Rani Durgavati Later, due to economic reasons, he had to go to Madhya Pradesh[4] Now in Malihabad our New inqlabi and loving poet and socialist writerArun malihabadi is nowadays popular with their quotes.[5][6]

• Ghaus Mohammad Khan, sportsperson
• Josh Malihabadi, writer, revolutionary poet
• Kaleem Ullah Khan
• Bhaskar Malihabadi, writer, Hindi poet
• Arun malihabadi, public figure, Rising Malihabadi poet
• Aziz Hasan Khan - public figure, politician
• Abrar Hasan Khan Asar Malihabadi - Poet, writer
• Abdul Rzzaq Malihabadi
• Jalal Malihabadi - write, poet