Bhadohi district With Talukas: Bhadohi district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in
northern India. It is also known as the "Carpet City," as it is home to
the largest hand-knotted carpet weaving industry hub in South Asia.
The Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, the only institute of its
kind in Asia, was established there in 2001 by the Ministry of
Textiles and offers B.Tech courses in carpet and textiles technology.
Bhadohi is also one of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (State
Legislative Assembly) constituency as Bhadohi Lok
Sabha constituency. Bhadohi has an average elevation of 85 meters
(278 feet). Bhadohi industrial development authority (BIDA) work
under Uttar Pradesh government to enhance carpet industries and
civil construction in Bhadohi. Bhadohi was created on 30 June 1994
as the 65th district of the State. It is the smallest district by area
of Uttar Pradesh. It was part of Varanasi district prior to its creation
on 30 June 1994. The Mayawati government changed this district's
name from Bhadohi to Sant Ravidas Nagar (S.R.N.). The Akhilesh
Yadav government resolved on 6 December 2014 to change the
name back to Bhadohi.
Bhadohi district
Bhadohi is surrounded by Jaunpur district to the
north, Varanasi district to the east, Mirzapur district to the
south, and Allahabad district to the west. This district is divided
into three tehsils and six blocks. According to the 2011
census, Sant Ravidas Nagar district or Bhadohi had
a population of 1,554,203. Bhadohi has a sex ratio of
950 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of
89.14%. The present day Bhadohi district is biggest carpet
manufacturing centers in India, most known for its hand-
knotted carpet. Bhadohi is known as "Carpet City". While the
Mirzapur-Bhadohi region has the largest number of weavers
involved in handmade carpet weaving cluster. Well-known
carpet types from Bhadohi include cotton Dhurries, Chhapra
Mir carpets, Abusan, Persian, Loribaft, Indo Gabbeh but also
Nepalese carpets and more recent shaggy type carpets. They
are manufactured in various qualities. Bayawan village is
famous for government forest and ayurvedic hospital.
Talukas in Bhadohi district
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