Fairs and festivals, Cuisine, Educational institutions, Government hospitals of Kulphar

Fairs and festivals of Kulphar Near of Belatal

All the major Indian festivals are celebrated here. The longest of them is festival of navratra and Dussera. Its a 10 days long festival and idols of goddess Durga are placed in many places and day-night long celebrations continues. The festival ends with the immersion of the idols in bara tal lake. Other major festivals are Holi, Diwali, Eid, Christmas and Raksha bandhan. In the month of august and September famous fair of Jalvihar is organized in the city. It is month long celebration. during the opening day of fair idols of all the temples of town are taken out of the temple and a procession takes place.

Cuisine of kulphar

Typical north Indian food is served and taken everywhere in the town. But a typical bundeli cuisine called "bhata aur gakariya" is very popular here. It is a curry of brinjal and a specially cooked bread. One must taste when s/he visits the place. After food it is must to have dessert so try the famous milk cake at Rahul Restaurant in the main market and Kalakand at Matadin aka Matti halwai's shop. And after you finish your meal don't forget to chew the famous betel leaf of Mahoba.

Educational institutions

• Government Girls Degree College(Under Construction) - Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh recently announced the opening of Girls' degree college in Kulpahar. It will offer Bachelor of Arts degree in few subjects initially.
• Jantantra Intermediate College - is affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education. It admits students from class 6th till 12th.
• Kulpahar Christian School - is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It admits students from kindergarten till 12th.
• Government Girls High School - is affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education. It admits girls students from class 6th till 10th.
• G.B. Islamia Inter College
• Rafique Memorial Junior High School

Government hospitals

• Community Health Center (Civil Hospital) Kulpahar - It is a 30 bed community hospital situated on eastern part of the city on NH-76. This hospital serves to a population of over 3lakh.^[9]
• Government Ayurvedic hospital
• Government Homeopathic hospital

Private hospitals

• Janki Nursing Home - It is a 6 bed hospital situated at the centre of the city. It is one of the most prestigious hospital of the area serving people since 1975.
• Shiv Aushadhalaya - It is an ayurvedic hospital serving to the people of Kulpahar since pre-independence era.
• Kulpahar Christian Mission Hospital (Asha Arogya Chikitsalay) - It is a 20 bed hospital run by Protestant Christian missionaries situated on Kulpahar-Nowgong road in the southern part of the city.

Veterinary hospitals

• Government Veterinary Hospital Kulpahar

Dental hospitals

• Awasthi Dental Clinic- Only dental clinic in the area.

National banks

• State Bank of India, Sarrafa Baazaar State Bank of India Website link - This branch is on centralized banking system of State Bank of India.
• Allahabad Bank, Bus Station Allahabad Bank website link

Other banks

• Chhatrasal Grameen Bank
• District Co-operative Bank

 transportation of kulphar

Air

Kulpahar is served by the Khajuraho airport (90 km) and is linked to Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi and Agra by Jet Airways and Indian Airlines. Other airports in the vicinity are Kanpur (180 km) and Lucknow (250 km).

Road

National Highway 76

National Highway 76^[10] runs through the center of the city. Kulpahar is located in between Jhansi and Allahabad on this highway. Another highway that links Kulpahar is National Highway 74 starts at Kanpur and ends at Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. There are other highways that link Kulpahar to other parts of the state. Kulpahar also has one bus station and a railway station catering to different routes. Regular bus services are available to nearby towns like Mahoba, Banda, Nowgaon, Charkhari, Rath, Orai, Chitrakoot, Karwi, Hamirpur and Kulpahar is also well connected with bus services to Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Delhi, Agra, Jhansi, Jaipur and Ajmer.
Tourist taxis, auto-rickshaws and tempos are available for local transport. But the cheapest and most efficient method of local transport is the Tonga. Rates are not fixed and one needs to bargain.

Rail

Kulpahar is a railway station^[11] of the North Central Railways Zone, and is well connected by trains with all major cities, namely, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Jhansi, Varanasi, Agra, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Gaya, Mathura and Allahabad.

Kulpahar Railway Station

Major Trains connecting Kulpahar with rest of the country are 1107/1108 Bundelkhand Exp, 2175/2176 Gwalior-Howrah Chambal Exp, 2177/2178 Mathura-Howrah Chambal Exp, 2189/2190 Mahakoshal Exp, 1069/1070 Tulsi Exp and 2447/2448 Uttar Pradesh Sampark Kranti Exp.

Granite mining in Kulpahar

Chandela period well

Kulpahar region comprises areas which are essentially covered by grey, pink, red granitic rock and black dolerite. The rocks are generally medium to coarse to very coarse grained, having variegated colours with varying textural patterns. In geological nomenclature they can be classified on the basis of colour, grain size and texture. Over half of the areas identified so far appear suitable for extracting blocks of two cubic meters in size from the surface outcrops. The granite with red feldspar having presence of white and bluish quartz has caught the fancy of buyers and has become quite popular in national and international markets during the last 10 years, The remaining outcrops would be suited for blocks of smaller size. Ruby red granite is good in quality and is very popular in national and international markets, In granitic terrain the rocks may occur in the form of widespread sheets exposed above the ground level, in the form of hillocks, as high ground or below the ground under soil cover. They may also occur as boulders of different size and shapes spread over the sheet rock. They may be found as dykes, particularly of black and green types, as long narrow ridges often concealed beneath the surface. A major part of granite deposits in these regions are underground and have to be extracted by open cast mining. Underground granite block is more compact and require sophisticated and specialised machinery which adds to the cost of mining.