Mankapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gonda district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly [1] and its present member is Babu Lal Kori. It has Gonda to its west, Rehra in its north, Maskanawa in the east and Nawabganj in the south. The birthplace of Rama, Ayodhya, is 37 km from Mankapur in south and well connected by rail and road network. The main marketplace there is the Mankapur Chauk. A major establishment there is the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI),[2] which is a major source of employment in the region. The ITI Ltd has set up a self-sufficient township in Mankapur where all the employees live and work within the campus.
