District Ambedkar Nagar

Headquarter of district Ambedkar Nagar is Akbarpur. Saryu is the main river of this district which is situated at the north border of the district. Tanda, Jahangir Ganj, Ram Nagar and Baskhari blocks are situated at this river and these blocks are fully utilizing the water resourse of the river. Main Lakes Devhat and Hanswar lakes are situated in Baskhari block and Darvan in Katehari block. From these lakes most of the area is being irrigated as a result which yields maximum crops productivity in the district. Approximately 91% population of the district live in villages whose main occupation is Farming. One of the Tehsil of the district is Tanda which is situated at 20 km from Akbarpur and is an industrial area of Powerloom. The product is known as Tanda Terikat and is exported to all over India. National Thermal Power Corporation is situated at Tanda Faizabad Road, which is approx. 8 km far from Tanda where all units are working and power generation is being done.

Places of Interest

Sangam place of Madha and Visui rivers is 8 km far from district Headquarter. It is believed that at this place Shravan Kumar was killed by King Dashrath, which is now known as Shravan Kshetra. Here every year on Magh Purnima a Fair is organised in which a large number of tourists from all parts of the country come into this fair.

There is a place named Sihmai Karirat situated at 5 km from district headquarter which is famous for a well known tourist palce as Shivbaba. Here in this village even today people do not fix doors and at every Monday and Friday a fair is organised. It is believed that desires of the tourists are being fullfilled.

Govind Saheb, Kichhauchha Sharif these are two other well famous tourist places in this district.