Uttar Pradesh Khalilabd

Khalilabad is a city and a municipal board in Sant Kabir Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the district headquarters of Sant Kabir Nagar district. Khalilabad lies on the Ayodhya-Gorakhpur road and is around 36 km west of Gorakhpur and 36 km east of Basti. Khalilabad lies in Lat. 26 47'N. and Long. 83 4' E. This is the center point of Gorakhp…
Khalilabad is a city and a municipal board in Sant Kabir Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the district headquarters of Sant Kabir Nagar district. Khalilabad lies on the Ayodhya-Gorakhpur road and is around 36 km west of Gorakhpur and 36 km east of Basti. Khalilabad lies in Lat. 26 47'N. and Long. 83 4' E. This is the center point of Gorakhpur and Basti. It is the headquarters of this new district Sant Kabir Nagar.
  • Established: Jun 1680
  • Elevation: 69 m (226 ft)
  • Country: India
  • State: Uttar Pradesh
  • District: Sant Kabir Nagar
  • Founded by: Qazi Khalil-ur-Rahman (Representative of Aurangzeb Mughal emperor in this area at that time)
  • Named for: Qazi Khalil-ur-Rahman
Data from: en.wikipedia.org