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About Kirākat
Kerakat or Kirakat is a town and nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of approximately 13,500. It is situated near the Gomati River, which helps the land around the town stay very fertile. Kerakat or Kirakat forms a part of Varanasi Division. It is located 30 km east of the city of Jaunpur and 279 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
From the Wikipedia article Kerakat (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Kerakat was known as Kitagiri in Gautam Buddha's time. According to Kitagiri Sutta, Majjim Nikaya of Suttapitaka, Kerakat is known as Nigam.
From the History section of Kerakat on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Kirākat
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Getting there and nearby towns
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 21 km away.
- Lalganj 20 km northeast, about 20 min by car
- Zafarābād 20 km west, about 20 min by car
- Jaunpur 26 km northwest, about 26 min by car
- Barāgaon 25 km southwest, about 25 min by car
- Mariāhu 32 km west, about 32 min by car
- Saidpur 33 km east, about 33 min by car
- Mehnagar 34 km northeast, about 34 min by car
- Varanasi 37 km south, about 37 min by car
- Sādāt 39 km east, about 39 min by car
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar 44 km southeast, about 44 min by car
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Kerakat-track, vivek soni, CC BY-SA 3.0
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