Ambedkar Nagar District
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Ambedkar Nagar District (also Ambedkarnagar) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Ambedkar Nagar district is a part of Faizabad division. The administrative headquarters of the district is at the town of Ambedkar Nagar.
The district was created on September 29, 1995 and named after Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar.[1]
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[edit] Geography
The total area of the district is 2520 km² and approximately 90% of the population lives in small farming villages. According to the OMMS database there are 3,955 villages in Ambedkar Nagar District.[2] Because of the dispersed nature of these hamlets and small villages, the district is divided administratively (OMMS Database) into nine blocks: Akbarpur, Baskhari, Bhiti, Bhiyam, Jahagirgani, Jalapur, Katehari, Ramnager, and Tanda.
The Saryu River is the main river and is located at the northern boundary of the district. Tanda, Jahagirgani, Ramnager and Baskhari blocks are located along the Saryu River and use the water for irrigation. Irrigation in the Baskhari block is also from Lake Devhat and the Hanswar lakes. Lake Darvan provides water in the Katehari block. The Akbarpur, Bhiti, Bhiyam, and Jalapur blocks depend upon the smaller rivers and seasonal streams.
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Ambedkar Nagar District is home to the shine of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani in Kicchocha Sharif (Kichhauchha Sharif). At Shravan Kshetra an annual fair is held on Magh Purnima (February full Moon). Legend has it that Sravana Kumar was killed by King Dasharatha at Shravan Kshetra.
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