Know Constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: AURAIYA

Uttar Pradesh will go to Assembly elections early in 2017. The state has an Assembly comprising 403 seats and a party/alliance has to win 202 seats to form the government. In 2012, when the last state election was held in UP, the Samajwadi Party had won 224 seats to get a decisive majority.

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Constituency Name: AURAIYA

Constituency Number 204

[KCs 1-Auraiya, 3-Ajitmal, 4-Muradgang, PCs 6-Pasaipur
Kaisampur, 14-khoyla, 15-Devarpur, 16-Daulatpur, 17-
Shahalampur of 5-Phaphund KC, 6-Auraiya MB, 8-Ajitmal TA
& 10-Atsu TA of 2-Auraiya Tehsil. ]

District: AURAIYA

Extent of the District: [KCs 1-Auraiya, 3-Ajitmal, 4-Muradgang, PCs 6-Pasaipur
Kaisampur, 14-khoyla, 15-Devarpur, 16-Daulatpur, 17-
Shahalampur of 5-Phaphund KC, 6-Auraiya MB, 8-Ajitmal TA
& 10-Atsu TA of 2-Auraiya Tehsil.]

Assembly Seats of Auraiya: 3
Total area of the district: 2,054 square km (793 sq mi)
Total population of the district: According to the 2011 census
Auraiya district has a population of 1,379,545
Auraiya Literacy: 78.95%

AURAIYA district information

AC Name : Auraiya (204) (SC)
Winner: Madan Singh Alias Santosh
Winning Party: SP
Winning Votes: 63,477
Runner Up: Kuldeep
Runner Up Party: BSP
Runner Up Votes: 51,415
Total Votes: 1,73,948
Margin: 12,062
Margin Percent: 6.93%
Turnout: 57.66%

Census Data for Auraiya District

Total Rural Population: 11,45,323, comprising 83.0%
Total Urban Population: 2,34,222, comprising 17.0%
Total SC in Rural Population: 3,50,574, comprising 25.4%
Total SC in Urban Population: 41,048, comprising 3.0%

About AURAIYA

There are two Tehsils under Auraiya District- Auraiya and Bidhuna. Under Auraiya Tehsil, there are Auraiya Nagar Palika Parishad, Babarpur Ajitmal Nagar Panchayat, Dibiyapur Nagar Panchayat, Phaphund Nagar Panchayat, Kasba Khanpur Census Town, Atasu Nagar Panchayat, Jamuhan Census Town. In 2011, the district had a population of 1,379,545. Out of this, 740,040 were male and 639,505 were female. The average literacy rate here is 78.95%.

Auraiya is known for its Rice and Dal mills. It is also home for steel furniture and other small-scale industries. It is specifically known for its wooden furniture work.

Dibiyapur is notable industrial town of this district which has installations of India's leading Public Sector Enterprises viz. 663 MW Combined cycle power plant of NTPC, Petrochemical plant and Gas compressor station of GAIL. The Uttar Pradesh Petrochemical Complex(UPPC) of Gas Authority of India Limited is located at Pata, Distt. Auraiya, U.P. It was set up in accordance with GAIL's mission to maximise the value addition from each fraction of Natural Gas.