Tanda | |
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Town | |
  Tanda Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Tanda Tanda (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:26°33′N82°39′E / 26.55°N 82.65°E /26.55; 82.65 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Ayodhya |
| District | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 95,516 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[2] |
| • Regional | Awadhi[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 224190 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-45 |
Tanda is a town[4] inAmbedkar Nagar district in theIndian state ofUttar Pradesh situated on the banks ofGhaghara River. It is anagar palika parishad and is part ofAyodhya division inUttar Pradesh. The town is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) north east from district headquarterAkbarpur. Tanda is also atehsil in the district.[5] It has one of the largesthandloomweaving industries for manufacturing varieties likegamchha,lungi,polyester clothing,check-shirt clothes material in state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Tanda has a rich historical background. It used to be a barren land until theMughal EmperorFarrukhsiyar asked Raja Syed Mohammad Hayat[6] to make a civilisation on the bank of theGhaghara river in 1714 A.D. The royal estate of Tanda stretched from the borders of oldAwadh State to the borders ofBihar.
BeforeIndian Rebellion of 1857, Tanda’s then Raja Syed Hussain Ali, with his brother Raja Syed Abbas Ali, stood against British army troops, which were moving towards Delhi, and fought a fierce battle in which many of the Estate’s soldiers died. It was Raja Syed Mohammad Raza who by his virtue of intelligence was able to hold on the legacy.Raja Syed Hussain Abbas continues with the legacy. Today Raja Syed Kazim Raza and holds the heritage.(the only legal heir)
According to the2011 census of India, the Tanda Nagar Palika Parishad had a population of 95,516, of which 49,429 were males while 46,087 were females. The population of children in the age range 0-6 was 12,090 which is 12.66% of total population of Tanda. The total number of literates in Tanda was 64,736, which constituted 67.8% of the population with male literacy of 71.5% and female literacy of 63.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Tanda was 77.6%, of which male literacy rate was 81.8% and female literacy rate was 73.1%. TheScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 7,094 and 3 respectively. Tanda had 14597 households in 2011.[1]
The most commonly spoken languages areHindi,Awadhi andUrdu.[3]
As of 2022,Ram Murti Verma fromSamajwadi Party is theMLA in theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representingTanda constituency ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[7]
Lalji Verma, Ex-MLA Ex-minister of Uttar Pradesh Govternment hails from the same constituency.Dr. Masood Ahmad was theeducation minister from Prithvipur village nearHanswar of this region.
Tanda is an industrial city known for itsTanda Terricot clothes which are manufactured on power looms, and has an earlier history ofweaving onhand looms. Things changed with the introduction of electricity in the early 1960s.
Other important industrial establishments in the region include a power plant run by theNational Thermal Power Corporation. National Thermal Power Corporation has an installed capacity of 440 MW (4 x 110 MW). A newly built powerplant with additional two independent power house of capacity 660 MW X 2 introduced in 2019, The power plant also houses a residential colony along with a hospital and the educational institutions like DALIMSS and Vivekanand School.
Tanda is well connected by road to the rest of the country. The rail connections are used primarily for goods transportation for the power plant and the cement factory. For passenger transportation,Akbarpur Junction,Ayodhya Cantt andAyodhya Junction is the main option. Akbarpur has located about 58 km from Ayodhya. Tanda is around 187 km fromLucknow.
The nearest international airports are theAyodhya Airport[8] inAyodhya,Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport inVaranasi andChaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow. Nearest domestic airport isGorakhpur Airport inGorakhpur.
The town is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) north east from district headquarterAkbarpur. The town is directly connected withBasti byNational Highway 28 passing through Tanda-Kalwari Bridge. The town is connected toBanda byNational Highway 128 via Akbarpur,Sultanpur andRaebareli. Road connectivity:
