About Garhmukteshwar

Garhmukteshwar (Hindi: ) is a town cum village and a municipal board in Panchsheel Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Garhmukteshwar had a population of 24,001. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Garhmukteshwar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 88%, and female literacy is 71%. In Garhmukteshwar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Garhmukteshwar is holy place, sitiuated at the bank of holy river Ganga.Garhmukteshwar is famous for its GANGA FAIR which held every year that takes place on the Full Moon Day in the month of Kartik. About 8 lakh persons, from far and near, come to have a dip in the river Ganges, which they consider to be holy. Another fair, held on the occasion of Dussehra, attracts about 96,47,50,000 devotees.The name of the place is derived from the great temple of Mukteshwar Mahadeva, dedicated to the goddess Ganga who is worshipped here in four...