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Madhupur, Sonbhadra

village in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ18351387 ↗
Source-derived summary

Madhupur is a census town in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 17 km from Robertsganj which is the administrative headquarters of Sonbhadra District. The district Sonbhadra was created by carving off the southern part of the earlier Mirzapur district on 4 March 1989. Son, Karmnasha, Chandra Prabha, Rihand, Kanhar, Renu, Ghagar and Belan Rivers drain this area.

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About Madhupur

Madhupur is a census town in Robertsganj Tehsil in sonbhadra District of Uttar Pradesh States, India. It belongs to Mirzapur Division. It is located 19 km towards North from District headquarters Robertsganj, 340 km from State capital Lucknow, 66 km from Varanasi.

Madhupur Pin code is 231216 and postal head office is Robertsganj. Lohra (5 km)

Bahura (5 km), Kuarava (6 km),

Bhatulia (7 km), Kamahar Dih (7 KM), Jaderua (8 km), Khoradih (16 km), Rajghar (20 km), are the nearby Villages to Madhupur.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Madhupur, Sonbhadra” is village in Uttar Pradesh, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Madhupur, Sonbhadra and village, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Madhupur, Sonbhadra and village is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Uttar Pradesh, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18351387. Authority coordinates are 24.700, 83.020. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Madhupur, Sonbhadra”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Madhupur, Sonbhadra primary sources, Madhupur, Sonbhadra archive and Madhupur research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Madhupur, Sonbhadra”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Madhupur, Sonbhadra” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.