Makanpur

Town in Uttar Pradesh, India

Makaanpur

Town

Makaanpur

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 26°54′8″N 79°58′41″E﻿ / ﻿26.90222°N 79.97806°E﻿ / 26.90222; 79.97806
Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
District| Kanpur
Languages

• Official| Hindi
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration| UP-78

Makanpur (formerly known as Khairabad) is a town in Kanpur Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Makanpur is a town in the tehsil of Bilhaur. Makanpur is well connected by rail and road.[1] The nearest city to Makanpur is Araul, which is 4 km away.

It is also known for the dargah shrine of the Sufi saint of the Madariya Sufi order, Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar. During his annual Urs celebrations, followers of the order congregate at the shrine.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ Makanpur Railways
2. ^ Zinda Shah Madar website
3. ^ Suvorova, Anna (2004). Muslim saints of South Asia: the eleventh to fifteenth centuries- Volume 14 of RoutledgeCurzon Sūfī series. Routledge. p. 171\. ISBN 0-415-31764-9.

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Cities and towns in Kanpur Nagar district

Census towns in Kanpur|

* Armapur Estate
* Bilhaur
* Bithoor
* Chakeri
* Choubepur Kalan
* Ghatampur
* Kanpur
* Northern Railway Colony
* Shivrajpur

Other towns|

* Bhitargaon
* Gajner
* Kakwan
* Karbigwan
* Makanpur

Other districts|

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

Hazrat Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar Dargah and Biography

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