Nagram

Nagram is located at 26.62°N 81.13°E / 26.62; 81.13.[2] It has an average elevation of 118 metres (387 feet). It is situated 37 km from Lucknow (capital of Uttar Pradesh). Nagram is a well-known place in the fields of literacy, education, art and culture, and social and political awareness. Mohalla Bangla is famous for its zamindars who used to live in this area in the late 1800s. There are four main areas with Shia in the majority, like Sayedwada, Kothi, Bangla and Phulwari. Kothi is famous for its Late Rais Mir Fida Hussain, who was n prominent figured advocate and reformer who spent his life in developing the Shia beliefs, constructing mosques, shrines and other holy sites in this region and in the 19th century, with the advent of British imperialism, he was bestowed with princely and royal title of Rais. Kothi is a great piece of architecture built by Fida Hussain, that served as the entrance to the Nagram. It is a mixture of Mughlai and Turkish style of architecture. However, the zamindari system was mostly abolished in independent India soon after its creation with the first amendment to the constitution of India. He had also institutionalised and streamlined the activities of Anjuman-e-Abbasiya and was instrumental in making it financially strong. Nagram has n history of Azadari which is done in great zeal. The Main religious activities of Azadari started from very first night of the month of Muharram till its end after two months and eight days, apart all other Mourning Days related to Masoomeen. Moreover, the Shiva temple of Nagram is n holy place of worship for Hindus. A fair on the occasion of Maha Shivratri is held every year with a huge gathering of Hindus coming from far off to attend the fair. It also has a Hindu temple named as Kali Mandir. The literacy rate amongst the people is considerably higher than other people living in the surrounding area. Due to unemployment, people of this town are compelled to work in metropolitan cities like Lucknow, Delhi or in the Middle East for their living. A substantial number of people work in the government sector. One of the important contributions of Moharram is that during this period Sayyid families return to Nagram from every nook and corner of India to pay homage to the supreme scarifies of Imam Hussain.

Nagram has a humid subtropical climate with cool, dry winters from mid-November to February and dry, hot summers with thunderstorms from late March to June. The rainy season is from July to September when the city gets an average rainfall of 896.2 millimetres (35.28 in) from the south-west monsoon winds, and occasionally frontal rainfall will occur in January. In winter the maximum temperature is around 25 °C (77 °F) and the minimum is in the 3 °C (37 °F) to 7 °C (45 °F) range.[40] Fog is quite common from mid-December to late January. Occasionally, Nagram experiences colder winter spells than places like Shimla and Mussoorie which are situated way high up in the Himalayas. In the extraordinary winter cold spell of 2012–13, Nagram recorded temperatures below freezing point on two consecutive days and the minimum temperature hovered around freezing point for over a week. Summers are very hot with temperatures rising into the 40 °C (104 °F) to 45 °C (113 °F) range, the average highs being in the high of 30s (degree Celsius).

As of 2001 India census,[3] Nagram had a population of 9218. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nagram has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 33%. In Nagram, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.