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Antu
Uttar Pradesh, India · Asia
About Antu
Antu sits on the route: 30 minutes from Amethī.
Antu is in Uttar Pradesh, India, with about 8,300 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Amethī, about 15 km away.
Antu is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Community Development Block Sandwa Chandrika, Pratapgarh tehsil, Pratapgarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, located 20.6 km northwest of the district administrative headquarters Bela Pratapgarh and 4.7 km northeast of Sandwa Chandrika. The territory of theRead more
town covers 2 square kilometers. It is divided into 10 wards. The postal Zip Code is 230501.
Antu belongs to the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha Constituency and the Pratapgarh Vidhan Sabha (Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly) constituency. Babu Bankatesh Prasad Singh son of Babu Shri Surya Pal Singh had talk with the english government and established railway station in Antu. King of Pratapgarh Shri Pratap Bahadur Singh was relative (Fufaji) of Babu Bankatesh Prasad Singh. He (Babu Bankatesh Prasad Singh) provided water supply by creating water tank in Antu. He made sure that road connectivity should be there with main district in Antu. He also made sure the electricity connectivity in antu.
After the unfortunate death of grandfather of Babu Sahab (Shri Banktesh Prasad Singh) of Antu, his wife (grandmother of Babu Sahab) maharani followed the tradition of Sati. Since then there is a temple of Devi Sati beside Antu Railway Station.
Babu Lalta Prasad Singh, named successor (brother in law of Babu Sahab) of Babu Sahab Shri Bankatesh Bahadur Singh inherited the authority and colonized more people in antu by giving them land. The palace of Babu Sahab is still called purana court. Gate of palace is still there in antu but the rest of palace got demolished naturally. The successor of Babu Lalta Prasad Singh are still there in purana court by building new house beside it.
Antu has become a town now. A vegetable market operatea two days a week at Purani bazaar. Door-to-door garbage collection is made by the government.
The famous temple of Maa Chandika is 4.7 km away from Antu.
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Antu is in Uttar Pradesh, India, about 15 km from Amethī.
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- Population
- 8,316
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 26.0565, 81.9027
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