Padrauna
Padrauna | |
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town | |
 Inaugration of Broad Gauge Railroad at Railway Station | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Kushinagar district |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 44,357 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 274304 |
| Telephone code | 05564 |
| Sex ratio | 950 (approx.) ♂/♀ |
| Website | www |
Padrauna is a town, and district headquarters of Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its ancient name was Pava where lord Buddha took his last meal. It is also the place of ancient Malla Kshatriyas who were following democratic way of ruling from their Santhagara. It is the place where Rama spent a few days of his lif
Connectivity
The town is connected to many important cities with many Highways i.e. NH28B[1] and State Highway No. 64. The town is well connected to different cities and towns with bus routes and buses provided by UPSRTC. Padrauna railway station is on a broad gauge railway that connects to major cities of the country. At present trains run between Chapra and Lucknow. It is expected to have Kushinagar International Airport whose construction was stalled due to absence of an active public private partnership.
Media
All houses are connected with cable TV networks or direct to home (DTH) connections.Many news papers are popular i.e, Dainik Jagran,Hindustan,Amar Ujala,Rashtriya Sahara And etc. most of them are hindi news papers.
Economy
The economy of Padrauna mainly consists of Agriculture followed by Services and a little contribution is made by Industrial sector. There are many family run businesses, shops, vendors, hawkers, etc., in Padrauna. A number of small and mid-size hotels exist in Padrauna, Sky Lark, Gupta Lodge, being the major one. There are branches of retail stores originating from Gorakhpur and Kanpur. Earlier there were a few industries (Cawnpore Sugar Works, sugar factory for example) which are no more operational.
The shutting down of factories led to poverty and backwardness of this region. The backwardness is further soared by the power shortage in this region. Again, this is triggered by high density of population and poor government policies to face this issue.Padrauna is the main hub of sugar mills,and its economic cycles around it.
Landmarks and Geography
Notable landmarks are: Subhash Chowk, Nahar,Rajdarbar, Gudaribajar, Durgamandir, Jataharoad, sugar mill etc. Kushinagar.
It lies in the Great Plains and is Terai area, very close to piedmont plains of Himalayas, and is very close to borders of Nepal. It is located on the bank of river Bansi, a Ganges tributary originating in Nepal. The town presents characteristics distinct from natural features of the western districts of Uttar Pradesh. This difference is due primarily to the relative proximity of the Himalayas, the outermost foothills of which are only a few kilometres from the northern borders. The peak of Dhaulagiri, some 8,230 meters above sea-level, is visible under favourable climatic conditions as far south as Padrauna itself. Below the outer hills is a dry boulder-strewn tract, corresponding to the Bhabar of Kumaun and Garhwal and here the bulk of the moisture contributed by the rainfall and the small streams is absorbed by the soil, to reappear through seepage in the damp and unhealthy tract, known as the terai.
The climate is extreme temperate climate, with soaring temperatures in summer crossing 40 degrees and in winters temperatures as low as 3 to 4 degrees.
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Education
The town has several schools like Navodaya Vidyalaya,Goswami Tulsi Das Intermediate college, Tulsi vidya niketan,Udit Narayan Intermediate College, Udit Narayan Post Graduate college, Bhartiya Intermediate College,St. Thereses School,Hanuman Intermediate College,Real Paradise school,ITI,Tapesawari vidya mandir etc.
Literacy rate is relatively low as compared to the UP state average 69.72 and 63% of its residents are literate.[2]
History
There are several mythological stories connected with this city and it is believed that Gods have visited this town which include Rama, Seeta, Lakshmana and Buddha.
As Lord Rama passed across this town with his foot, it was named as Padraoda.(Pad=Feet) (Raoda=To walk with forcing feet to the ground).
Demographics
The majority is Hinduism while other religions with dominant position are Islam, Sikhism and small population of Buddhism and Christianity exists in Padrauna.
A considerable number of literate emigrate form Padrauna to nearby town of Gorakhpur, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad, India for better work opportunities.
The population density of this region is very high crossing 412 persons per square Kilometer. and one more thing is there the economy of this town is on higher side after Gorakhpur.