Gahmar

Gahmar is a village in India, located near the Ganges river in the Ghazipur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The village is 38 km from Ghazipur. Shree Kushum Dev Rao founded the village on Sakara dih in 1530 AD.Gahmar has a railway station connected to Patna and Mughalsarai Junction. The village has 2 post offices, two water tank and one Panchayat Bhawan, along with branches of the State Bank of India the Union Bank of India, with ATM facility. The population of the village is 25,994 as reported in 2011 Census.Notable PersonalitiesGopal Ram Gahmari, a Hindi language writer and novelist was from this village and it is claimed that he was the first writer to start writing spy literature in Hindi. He was a member of the Bhartendu Mandal. One of his works is Naye Babu which targets pseudo reformers' views of that time. Gopal Ram Gahmari's Kothi's ruins is situated near Gahmar Railway Station.