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City in Uttar Pradesh, India

Mirzāpur

Mirzapur is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Mirzāpur
Mirzāpur · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Mirzapur is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for its carpets and brassware industries, and the tradition of kajari and birha music. Straddled by the Kaimur extension of Vindhya mountains, it served as the headquarters of the Mirzapur district. In the district, Vindhya mountains meet with Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mirzāpur

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Allahabad Observatory

    The Allahabad Observatory, located in Jhusi, a suburb of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, is the centre responsible for maintaining the Indian Standard Time. The observatory is located at 82.5°E longitude, which translates to an exact time difference of 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time i.e.

    7 km · Observatory in Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mirzapur Clock Tower

    Mirzapur Clock Tower is a heritage architecture situated at Mirzapur, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is adorned with fine carvings, clock with 1000 kg alloy metal bell and 20 feet long pendulum hangs on top of the tower.

    500 m · Clock tower in Uttar Pradesh · Wikipedia

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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Aashbujha Temple. See the scenic beauty of The Vindhyas from this temple. Budhenaath Temple (near Pakka Ghat). See the old stone carving at Pakka Ghat and Budhenaath Temple.

  1. 01
    The Clock Tower

    It is one of its own kind.The stone carving of the tower will make mesmerize you.

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Do

Things to do

Try to be dressed as simple and Indian as possible. Mirzapur is a small city and you may attract various eyes if you are dressed western or other ways. Spend some time at Ganges Ghat (specially at Nar Ghat and Pakka Ghat). Watch age old stone carving at Budhenaath Temple (It is near to Pakka Ghat) and Pakka Ghat. Beware of Pandas (priests) at Vindyachal and other temples.Don't be trapped with them.

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Eat

Where to eat

Aao (in winters). Lassi. Milk and curd. Vernon, evershine nagar, bandra (go left, then take right).

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Go there

Getting to Mirzāpur

Airports
Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 45 km · Chaudhary Charan Singh (LKO), 246 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 275 km
Stations
Mirzapur railway station, 1.3 km · Vindhyachal railway station, 6.9 km
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  • Lucknow → Mirzāpur
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mirzāpur

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mirzāpur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundCycle rickshaw is the best mode of transport inside the city.
  • Get aroundAutorickshaw is available for Vindhyachal temple.

From Wikivoyage: Mirzapur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    380 km
  2. 02
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    593 km
  3. 03
    Sagar Island and GangasagarIN

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    683 km
  4. 04
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    800 km
  5. 05
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    879 km

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Around it

Next door to Mirzāpur

Mirzāpur is 48 km from Varanasi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.