Amsin

Town in Uttar Pradesh, India

Amsin

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Coordinates: 26°34′24″N 82°26′09″E﻿ / ﻿26.5733°N 82.4357°E﻿ / 26.5733; 82.4357Coordinates: 26°34′24″N 82°26′09″E﻿ / ﻿26.5733°N 82.4357°E﻿ / 26.5733; 82.4357
Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
District| Faizabad (now Ayodhya district)
Area

• Total| 2.25 km2 (0.87 sq mi)
Elevation

| 100 m (300 ft)
Population

(2011)

• Total| 10,000
• Density| 4,400/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Languages

• Official| Hindi, Urdu
• Regional| Awadhi
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

224141

Telephone code| 05278
Vehicle registration| UP-42

Amsin is a town and Gram Panchayat in Faizabad district (officially Ayodhya district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Amsin is 43 km away from district headquarters Ayodhya city.

## History[edit]

Amsin was a former revenue unit and administrative unit of the Muslim kingdoms and British Raj. Amsin consisted of several mouzas, which were the smallest revenue units. Parganas are equivalent to present day districts system. A very large area up to Faizabad was under the administration of Amsin Pargana. In late 16th century this pargana was conquered by Pugnacious Baruwars they occupied 159 villages of this pargana and established a separate Taluka Pali (Tandauli). [1]

## Geography[edit]

Amsin is located at 26°34′24″N 82°26′09″E﻿ / ﻿26.5733°N 82.4357°E﻿ / 26.5733; 82.4357.[2] It has an average elevation of 315 ft.

## Transport[edit]

### Road[edit]

Amsin is situated on the way to Akbarpur road and is well connected to other cities, towns and markets.

### Train[edit]

Goshainganj Railway Station is the nearest railway station which is 5 km away.

### Air[edit]

Maryada Purushottam Shriram International Airport (Ayodhya) is the nearest airport from Amsin, Ayodhya.[3]

## Nearby Places[edit]

Darwan Lake

There are two big lakes near Amsin namely Darwan lake and Bhadauna lake the former one is a greater lake.

## Demographics[edit]

As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Amsin nagar panchayat had a population near about 10000. Males constitute about ~58% of the population and females about ~42%. Amsin has an average literacy rate of ~54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 52%.

Religions in Amsin

Religion |  | Percent
Hindus |

| 46%
Muslims |

| 41%
Buddhists |

| 12%
Others† |

| 0.6%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (<0.2%), Jains (<0.2%).

## Education[edit]

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2023)

|

* Imamia Public School

## See also[edit]

* Goshainganj Railway Station
* Faizabad Railway Station
* Akbarpur Railway Station
* Faizabad Airport
* Akbarpur Airport

## References[edit]

1. ^ Carnegy, Patrick. (1870). A historical sketch of Tahsil Fyzabad, Zillah Fyzabad, including parganas Haveli-Oudh and Pachhimrath. Printed at the Oudh government Press. OCLC 4681932.
2. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Amsin
3. ^ "Upcoming Ayodhya airport to be named after Lord Ram". Hindustan Times. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
4. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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Cities and towns in Faizabad district

Faizabad|

* Ayodhya
* Amaniganj
* Bhadarsa
* Bikapur
* Ayodhya Cantt
* Deokali
* Ayodhya Cantonment
* Fatehganj
* Gaddopur Industrial Area
* Goshainganj
* Gudri Bazar
* Hastinganj
* Maya
* Masodha
* Milkipur
* Mumtaj Nagar
* Naka Muzzafra
* Kumarganj
* Pura Bazar
* Rani Bazar
* Rikabganj
* Rudauli
* Sohawal
* Sarairasi
* Sahadatganj

Other districts|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Amroha
* Auraiya
* Azamgarh
* Badaun
* Bagpat
* Bahraich
* Ballia
* Balrampur
* Banda
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Bhimnagar
* Bijnor
* Bulandshahr
* Chandauli
* Chitrakoot
* Deoria
* Etah
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Fatehpur
* Firozabad
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Ghazipur
* Gonda
* Gorakhpur
* Hamirpur
* Hardoi
* Hathras
* Jalaun
* Jaunpur
* Jhansi
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kanshi Ram Nagar
* Kaushambi
* Kushinagar
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lalitpur
* Lucknow
* Maharajganj
* Mahoba
* Mainpuri
* Mathura
* Mau
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Muzaffarnagar
* Panchsheel Nagar
* Pilibhit
* Prabuddhanagar
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj
* Raebareli
* Ramabai Nagar
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Sant Ravidas Nagar
* Shahjahanpur
* Shravasti
* Siddharthnagar
* Sitapur
* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

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