Salempur, Uttar Pradesh

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Salempur had a population of 1,16,906. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Salempur has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 56%. In Salempur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Here is too many schools like Scholar's public high school at salahabad and second branch near "katai baba" ,Little flower school at chero road, St. Xavier's and G.m academy in ichhauna,Bapu intermediate college etc.

History

Due to thick forest all around it was never invaded by Muslim rulers. In Mugal period there representative Salim Khan was here which was the source of its name. It was under Majauliraj. One of the king of Majhauliraj acceptedd Islam as religion so the queen became angry and made her residence across the Bhat (a type of land) thus the name Bhatparani came into picture. Dirgheshwernath is a lord Shiva's temple and made by Aswathama when he had surrendered his mani (jewel on forehead) to Arjuna and left for Devaranya (place of forest of God) which in present day officially or popularly called as Deoria district. Parashurama dham temple situated in Sohnag where Parashurama stayed for one night during his journey. Shonitpur is present day Sohanpur which was capital of Banasur. Salempur has many prestigious schools mainly Kendriya Vidaylaya,a CBSE Board school run by Central Government and Little Flower School, being the first and oldest ICSE board school run by priests of Gorakhpur were its head branch is situated. GN Infotech computer institute situated in Thengwal Dubey is a renowned institute in the town to train and empower rural students in the field of Information & Technology http://www.gnitech.org.

Flora and fauna

Salempur has a very low proportion of area under forest. The total area under forest (12.66 percent) is much less as compared to state average which is barely around 7 percent. The forest area is negligible in the district.Shisham, Dhak, Mahua, Babul, Neem, Peepal, Ashok, Khajur, Mango and Gular trees are grown here.Different varieties of mangoes specially Dasheri are grown in Goplapur & Haraiya block of the district and exported to other countries too. The main crops are wheat,paddy,rice,sugarcane,mustard,potatoes and vegetables such as cauliflower,cabbage,tomato,brinjals are grown here. Similarly sunflowers,roses and marigold are cultivated on quite a large area of the land. Apart from this many medicinal and herbal plants are also grown here. The City Zoological Garden made efforts to bring chinkaras to the salempur zoo.Common Indian Monkeys are found in patches in and around city forests (like Moosa bagh etc.).

Culture

This sublime cultural richness blends the cultures of two communities living side by side for centuries, sharing similar interests and speaking a common language. Many of the cultural traits and customs peculiar to Lucknow have become living legends today. The credit for this goes to the secular and syncretic traditions of the badshah of Poorwanchal, who took a keen interest in every walk of life, and encouraged the traditions to attain a rare degree of sophistication.

Cuisine

Main articles:It is a hindu majority region and near to the bihar so there cuisine are vegetarian type especially litti chokha or bhouri chokha,dahi chura, normal north indian disesh like puri sabji kachaori samosa for breakfast these region spice gram, spice garden pea with tea