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Bindki is a city, sub-district and a municipality in Fatehpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2]

Bindki
Town
Bindki Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.03°N 80.6°E / 26.03; 80.6
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Fatehpur
Named for	Raja Venuki
Assembly Constituency	Bindki
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Nagar Palika Parishad (NPP) Bindki
• Chairman	Munnalal Sonkar (Samajwadi Party)
• MLA	Karan Singh Patel (Bhartiya Janta Party)
• SDM	Ashish Kumar
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	36,926
Languages
• Official	Hindi and Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	212635
Area code	05181
Vehicle registration	UP-71

It is one of the few Indian towns which has separate markets for different commodities. The markets are Bajaja Gali for clothes, Sarafa Bajar for jewellery, Bartan Bajar for utensils, Kirana Gali for spices, Shoe market for footwears, Fatak Bajar for stationery and books, Najahi Gali for food grains, Ghihai Gali for ghee, etc. Bindki is an assembly constituency and Karan Singh Patel from BJP is the present MLA. Dayanand Inter College, Nagar Palika Nehru Inter College and Sohan Lal Dwivedi Government Girls Inter College are various inter colleges in this town. 'Bindki Road' is the nearest railway station on Delhi Howrah route, 10 km (6.2 mi) away from Bindki.

Geography

Bindki is located at 26.03°N 80.6°E / 26.03; 80.6. It is about 30 km (19 mi) from Fatehpur, 55 km (34 mi) from Kanpur, 72 km (45 mi) from Banda and 127 km (79 mi) from Lucknow. It has an average elevation of 125 metres (410 ft).

Bindki and its environs have rich and fertile regions, lying in between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. Rice is the main crop of Bindki tehsil. Nearby Chaudgra is the main industrial area.

History

Bindki is a historical place in India. It was named after its emperor Raja Venuki. It is among the oldest tehsil in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Bindki is also associated with the first war of Independence in 1857.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}

Demographics

According to 2011 Census of India, Bindki Tehsil had a population of 7,49,645 out of which 3,95,334 are males while 3,54,311 are females. The average literacy rate was 71.78% out of which male literacy was 69.47% and female literacy was 53.05%. The sex ratio was 896.

Bindki Tehsil consists of 2 urban areas with urban population of 63,285 in which Bindki City had a population of 36,926 out of which males were 19,562 and females were 17,364 with the literacy rate of 77.60 per cent and Kora Jahanabad Town had a population of 26,359 with 72.44% literacy however still in Bindki no commerce colleges available. The educational institutions in Bindki are dealing with science and arts faculties only.

Bindki Tehsil consists of 424 villages which combines a total rural population of 6,86,360 with 71.43% literacy rate.

Notable people

• Sohan Lal Dwivedi,(1906-1988) Rashtrakavi (national Hindi poet)

References

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