GODS,GURUS,Rulers & RELATIVES Lord Krishna 3,309 villages with one or the other of Krishnas various names. These include Madhopur,Gopalpur,Govindpur,Gopalnagaram,Shyamnagar. The name Gobardhan alone accounts for 81 other villages Lord Ram 3,626 Rampur,Rampura,Ramnagar,Ramgarh,Rampuria,Raghunathpur are some examples of villages named after him. UP tops with 1,026 such villages,Assam has 57 and Andhra Pradesh 55 Radha 380 villages named after her,mostly in UP,MP,Orissa Sita 75 villages derive their names from Sita or the alternative Janaki; mostly in UP Emperor Akbar 234 He clocks the highest number of villages among those named after a Mughal emperor. His grandfather Babur has 62 villages named after him while father Humayun has 30; his grandson Shah Jahan has 51 while great-grandson Aurangzeb has 8,all in Bijnore district of UP Kansa 42 villages named after Kansa,the cruel uncle who was killed by Lord Krishna Dashrath 8 Rams father has 8 villages named after him Guru Nanak Dev 35 villages named after the Sikh guru,such as Nanakpur,Gurunanak Nagar,Nanak Ganj. All but four of these are outside Punjab Lord Ganesh 446 The names of these villages include Ganesh Nagar,Ganeshpur,Ganeshpura,Ganeshganj Counting the HIGHS 616 villages with names derived from Ganga,such as Gangapur,Ganganagar,Gangasar,Gangasandra. Many of them in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu 469 villages have names celebrating their bravery such as Bahadurpur,Bahadurnagar,Bahadurwaas 217 villages named after Haathi (elephant); 46 take after Chinti (ant) 206 villages bear Kanchan (or gold) in their name,while 413 villages have Hira (diamond),such as Hirapur,Hiranagar,Hirakund. 162 villages hail the lion,such as Sherpur,Sherganj,Shergudha 144 villages have a hill in their name,such as Parbat,Parvatpur,Parvatnagar,Paharpur 52 villages names include Tala (lock); 9 have names with Kunji or Chabi (key) 27 villages named Kalapani (long,harsh jail term). Assam tops 25 villages celebrate wealth,such as Amirpur,Amirnagar 14 villages invoke Shani (the planet Saturn),such as Shanichara,Shaninagar,Shanighar 11 villages invoke progress,as Vikasnagar,Vikaspalli 8 villages named Pyasa (thirsty); 5 in MP and 3 in UP Identity crisis 458 villages named Sultanpur,the home turf of Gandhi family 142 villages named Balia,as is the home district of former PM Chandrashekhar 92 villageS names include Bangal,such as Bangalnagar,Bangalpura,Bangalimohalla,Bangalpara,Bangalipur. All outside West Bengal,these are in states such as Maharashtra,Punjab,Andhra Pradesh 47 Nagpurs in the country,and as many as 97 Malegaons 70 Kundas,one of them well-known because of Raja Bhaiya. The other 69 are in Rajasthan,UP,Bihar,Jharkhand,etc 40 villages names have Nepal,such as Nepalpura,Nepalganj,Nepalnagar 37 villages named Badalpur besides the UP village of Mayawati. Uttarakhands Champawat district has a village named Mayawati 33 villages are named Kerala,all of them outside the state of Kerala 20 villages named Amethi,at least 10 in UP,outside the Gandhi bastion. One each in MP,Bihar,rest in Chhattisgarh 3 Lucknows outside the Uttar Pradesh capital. One each in Andaman and Nicobar,Uttarakhand and UP Gandhi & 20th-Century NETAS subhas chandra bose 27: Subhas Nagar,Subhas Gram,etc. Maharashtra has 11,Rajasthan 9,Bengal none Jawaharlal Nehru 72: Names range from Nehru Nagar,Nehrugarh to Chacha Nehru Nagar,Jawahar Nagar Mahatma Gandhi 117: The villages named after the Father of the Nation are spread all over the country Indira Gandhi 36: Indira Gaon,Indira Gandhi Nagar,etc. Bengal,Karnataka,Maharashtra top list Rajiv Gandhi 19: Villages named after the former prime minister,10 of them in Rajasthan
