Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Pratapgarh, also called Belha or Bela Pratapgarh, is a city and municipality in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh district, part of the Allahabad division.

Pratapgarh
City
Pratapgarh
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (India)
Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (Asia)
Coordinates: 25.897°N 81.945°E / 25.897; 81.945
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
Government
 • District magistrateRupesh Kumar
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
230001-02
Telephone code+91 05342
Vehicle registrationUP-72
Sex Ratio957 ♂/♀
Websitepratapgarh.nic.in

Etymology

Pratapgarh was the name of a fort built by Pratap Bhadur Singh (1628–1682), a local king, at Rampu. Later, the area around the fort started to be known as Pratapgarh.[2]

Economy

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Pratapgarh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[3] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[3]

Primarily, an agrarian district, for a while now, Pratapgarh has risen in ranks as the top producer of Aonla (Amla). The fruit grown here is sold all over India and the world in the form of sweets and medicines.

Transport

Air

Nearest airport is Allahabad Airport located 70km away from city in Allahabad.

Railways

Railway is the main transport form in this district and some junctions are Pratapgarh, Chilbila and Bhupia Mau. Pratapgarh Junction railway station handles 42 trains daily.

Road
  • Allahabad -Faizabad Highway (NH-96)
  • Lucknow Varanasi highway (NH-31)
  • Delhupur Raniganj Patti Akbarpur highway (SH-128)
  • Ganga Expressway

Attractions

Kisan Devta Mandir

Pratapgarh district has the world's first temple dedicated to farmers, named Kisan Devta Mandir. In this district, farmers are revered as gods. The temple was established by Shailendra Yogi, a homeopathic doctor, in Sarai Mahesh village of Patti tehsil of Pratapgarh in 2015.[4][5] It was [6]

Notable people
Main article: List of people from Pratapgarh
Temples
  • Shani Dev Temple
  • View of river Bakulahi from the Shani Dev Temple
  • Maa Chauharjan (Barahi) Devi Temple
  • Kamakshi Devi Temple, Kamasin

References
  1. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. "District Pratapgarh,Government of Uttar Pradesh | The City of Aonla | India". pratapgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. "प्रतापगढ़: यहां होती है किसानों की पूजा, बना है दुनिया का पहला किसान मंदिर". News18 India. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "यहां करिए किसान देवता के दर्शन; दावा- दुनिया में है एकलौता मंदिर, 4 मार्च तक चलेगा कैंप". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. "At this Kisan Temple in Pratapgarh dist, farmers sow devotion and reap blessings | Allahabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.


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