Kerakat
Sign in to saveKerakat or Kirakat is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of approximately 13,500. It is situated near the Gomati River, which helps the land around the town stay very fertile. Kerakat or Kirakat forms a part of Varanasi Division. It is located 30 km east of the city of Jaunpur and 279 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kerakat
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 14,034
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Air quality
- PM2.5
- 51.8 µg/m³
- PM10
- 52.5 µg/m³
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kerakat
- Settlement.other_name
- Kitgiri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jaunpur
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kerakat
- Settlement.established_title
- Kitgiri Established -->
- Settlement.founder
- Buddha Dharma
- Settlement.government_type
- Nagar Panchayat/Vidhan Sabha
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_rank
- 2
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Jaunpur district
- Area
- 3
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Official website
- jaunpur.nic.in
- Image
- Kerakat-track.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Administration
- Places of interest
- Transportation
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- Road
- Air
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Kerakat or Kirakat is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of approximately 13,500. It is situated near the Gomati River, which helps the land around the town stay very fertile. Kerakat or Kirakat forms a part of Varanasi Division. It is located 30 km east of the city of Jaunpur and 279 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
The town's Postal Index Number is 222142 and it has a postal head office, as well as a police station. It is also a block and tehsil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerakat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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