Safipur

Safipur is a town and nagar panchayat in Unnao district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located 27 km northwest of the city of Unnao, Safipur serves as a tehsil headquarters and is well-connected by roads to nearby towns. Founded in the 1300s and originally called Saipur, the town's present name of Safipur is in honour of the 16th-century Muslim saint Makhdum Shah Safi, whose dargah is located here.

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Locality: Safipur
Region: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 24,801
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Settlement.name: Safipur
Settlement.other_name: Saipur
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_map: Safipur block map.png
Settlement.map_caption: Map of Safipur CD block
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Unnao
Settlement.founder: Sai Sukul
Settlement.named_for: Makhdum Shah Safi
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 8.5
Settlement.elevation_m: 129

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Important commodities manufactured in Safipur today include steel boxes and almirahs, furniture, and incense sticks. As of 2011, Safipur's population is 25,688, in 4,288 households.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Safipur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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