Vali-ye Asr, Lorestan
Vali-ye Asr (Persian: ولي عصر, also Romanized as Valī-ye ‘Aşr; also known as Sūrī, Qātarch, and Qāţerchī) is a village in Suri Rural District, Suri District, Rumeshkhan County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,717, in 827 families.
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Lorestan Province
Lorestan Province (Persian: استان لرستان; Northern Luri: لورسو Lurisô) is a province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains. The population of Lorestan was estimated at 1,716,527 people in 2006. In 2014 it was placed in Region 4.
Lorestan covers an area of 28,392 km2. The major cities in this province are Khorramabad, Borujerd, Aligoodarz, Dorood, Koohdasht, Azna, Alashtar, Noor Abad, Doh Râh/Dowreh, and Pol-e-Dokhtar.
Geography and climate
The name Lorestan means "land of the Lurs". In the wider sense it consists of that part of western Iran coinciding with the province of Ilam and extending for about 650 km on a northwest to southeast axis from Kermanshah to Fars, with a breadth of 150–180 km. The terrain consists chiefly of mountains, with numerous ranges, part of the Zagros chain, running northwest to southeast. The central range has many summits that almost reach the line of perpetual snow, rising to 4000 m and more. It feeds the headwaters of Iran's most important rivers, such as the Zayandeh rud, Jarahi, Karun, Diz, Abi, Karkheh. Between the higher ranges lie many fertile plains and low hilly, well-watered districts.
Suri
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Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Rajnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 285 Suri(Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Suri municipality, Suri I community development block, Rajnagar community development block, and Chinpai, Gohaliara, Parulia and Sahapur gram panchayats of Dubrajpur community development block.
Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdul Ghaffar of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Tapan Roy of CPI(M) won the Suri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Kanti Ghosh of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Braja Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Tapan Roy of CPI(M) in 1996. Tapan Roy of CPI(M) defeated Suniti Chattaraj of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Suniti Chattaraj of Congress defeated Keshab Das of CPI(M) in 1982 and Arun Kumar Chowdhury in 1977.
Suri, Birbhum
Suri, (Pron:ˈsʊərɪ) (also spelt as Siuri and 'Soori'), is the capital of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India.
Suri is located at 23°55′00″N 87°32′00″E / 23.9167°N 87.5333°E / 23.9167; 87.5333. It has an average elevation of 67 metres (220 feet). It is situated on the extended part of Chotanagpur Plateau. Tilpara barrage on Mayurakshi river is located 3 km north-east of Siuri.
Economics
The chief industries of Suri include rice milling, cotton and silk weaving, and furniture manufacture. Suri was constituted a municipality in 1876.
In March 2008, a private Kolkata-based firm, Ramsarup Group, unveiled a proposal for large-scale investment. A greenfield power plant and cement manufacturing plant worth Rs 2200 crores (US $550 million) was submitted to the Government of West Bengal. Bakreshwar Thermal Power Plant is around 12 kilometers away from Suri town.
Demographics
According to 1991 census Suri had a population of ~ 54,274 (Prelim). As of 2001 India census, Suri had a population of 79,818.as of 2011 census population of suri town..3,10,000. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Suri has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 68%. In Suri, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to the 2011 census, the Sex Ratio in Suri is 963 higher than the national averagr 940. The overall literacy rate is 86.95% with the male literacy rate being 90.83% and the female literacy rate being 82.92%.
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