Sarai Mir

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| subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh

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| subdivision_name2 = Azamgarh

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| leader_name1 = Wasim Ahmed{{cite news |title=UP Nagar Panchayat elections highlights: BJP wins 202 seats, Samajwadi bags 89 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/up-nagar-panchayat-elections-live-updates-uttar-pradesh-civic-polls-101683939414268.html |access-date=4 June 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=14 May 2023 |language=en}}

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| population_total = 19055

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Sarai Mir is a town and a nagar panchayat in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Indian Census, Sarai Mir had a total population of 19,055, of which 9,760 were males and 9,295 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,040. The total number of literates in Sarai Mir was 13,151, which constituted 69.0% of the population with male literacy of 72.8% and female literacy of 65.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sarai Mir was 82.1%, of which male literacy rate was 86.6% and female literacy rate was 77.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 2,740 and 13 respectively. Sarai Mir had 2,384 households in 2011.{{cite web |title=Census of India: Sarai Mir |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=221757 |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=27 March 2022}}

{{As of|2001}} India census, Saraimir had a population of 15,526. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Saraimir has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 52%. In Saraimir, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}

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Islam is followed by a little more than half of the population, while almost all of the remaining population follow Hinduism.{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |accessdate=11 September 2020}}

Education

Madrasatul Islah, a traditional Islamic institution of learning found in 1908

References

Category:Cities and towns in Azamgarh district

Category:Caravanserais in India