Rajapur, Uttar Pradesh

For other places with the same name, see Rajapur (disambiguation).

Rajapur
Town
Nickname:  Tulsi Dhaam
Country	India
Government
• Body	Government of Uttar Pradesh
Elevation	108 m (354 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,439
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Bundeli
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-96
Website	chitrakoot.nic.in

Rajapur is a town (Nagar Panchayat) and tehsil of Chitrakoot district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated along the bank of river Yamuna. It has its nickname as "Tulsi Dhaam" after great Hindi poet Goswami Tulsidas, who is the writer of holy "Ram Charit Manas" along with many other religious books of Hindus. There is a temple devoted to Tulsidas where part of the original "Hand written Scripture" of Ramcharitmanas is still available, although some pages may be missing. Rajapur is linked with Kaushambi district on the opposite bank of river Yamuna.

Tourist attractions

Places like Hanuman ji temple, Tulsighat, Tulsi smarak are some of the places of interest in the town for local people as well as people from nearby villages. Being the birthplace of saint poet Goswami Tulsidas it is visited by many other people from all parts of the country. Tulsi ghat is a nice place to spent some time in morning and evening because of scenic beauty of this place and breeze. Chitrakoot which is district headquarter is also a very famous tourist attraction only 50 km from Rajapur. Apart from this there is a place called Nadi taura, 18 km from Rajapur, where a famous hanuman ji temple is situated.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Rajapur had a population of 13,439. Out of it 97% are Hindu and 2.28% are Muslims. Rajapur has an average literacy rate of 70.38%, male literacy rate is 77.98% and female literacy rate is 61.73%. In Rajapur, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.