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Rajapur is a village in Mohammadabad Tehsil in Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh State, India. It belongs to Varanasi Division. It is located 28 km towards east from District headquarters Ghazipur. Rajapur has total 835 families residing. The Rajapur village has population of 4872 of which 2487 are males while 2385 are females as per Population Census 2011.[2]

Rajapur
Village
Rajapur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Rajapur Rajapur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25.6743405°N 83.8183024°E / 25.6743405; 83.8183024[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Mohammadabad
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	HIndi
• Other spoken	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin code	233301
Telephone code	05493
Vehicle registration	UP-61
Website	up.gov.in

History

Rajapur was established by Shrikant Rai Vats around 1715 A.D. with the blessing of Goril Baba as per genealogical records. He moved from Raini-Amari village of Azamgarh district to this place. This village is considered one of the Baavano Dronvar villages.[3] Rajapur is known for farmers, army men, Pahlwan, doctors, famous engineers and also known for freedom fighters.

Administration

This village is administrated by Gram Panchayat through its Pradhan who is elected representative of village. Ashwani kumar rai is the Pradhan of this village panchayat.[4]

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	592
Population	3,712	1,993	1,719

Nearby places

• Varanasi
• [[Ghazipur

saraygandhu

• Buxar
• Mohammadabad
• Karimuddinpur
• Joga Musahib
• Khardiha
• Sherpur, Ghazipur

References

External links

• Villages in Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh

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