Satrikh is located at. It has an average elevation of 111 metres.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India, Satrikh has a population of 12,107 of which 6,368 are males while 5,739 are females. The town has a literacy rate of 56.29%, lower than state average of 67.68 %. Male literacy is 62.02% while female literacy is 50.00%. In Satrikh, 15.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Legend
Ramayan era
It is said that in ancient times it was part of the kingdom ruled by Suryavanshi kings, whose capital was Ayodhya. King Dashrath and his famous son, Ram were of this dynasty. Guru Vashisht was their Kulguru, and he preached and taught the young royal princes of the dynasty at Satrikh, initially known as Saptrishi.
History
The Muslims had made their first settlement at Satrikh, in 421 AH. / 1030 AD during the invasion of father-son duo Ghazi Saiyed Salar Dawood and Ghazi Saiyed Salar Masud in 1031–1033 The battle in which Bhar chief Sohil Deo of Sahet-Mahet a small northern kingdom was subversed by Sri Chandradeo, the Rathor monarch of Kannauj was fought in Satrikh village.
During the last years of nawabs of awadh satrikh was a Taluqa of Nawabi and British Awadh. This estate comprised 85 villages. All the villages were to pay their 'Lagan' to the Taluqedar of Satrikh. After 1857. The previous Chaudhry's were dispossessed for resistance to the British during the War of Independence. They were descendants of the original Usmani's who immigrated to Oudh in the early part of the millennium. They still live in Mohalla Choudharana with the most prominent being Late Choudhary Amin Uddin Usmani,Late Choudhary Habeeb Haider Usmani,Late Choudhary Ali Mubaraq Usmani,Late Choudhary Azeemuddin Usmani,Late Choudhary Nihaluddin Usmani and Late choudhary Anwar Hasan Usmani,late chodhary Isrsar Hasan Usmani,Choudhary Rizwan Tayyab Usmani,Choudhary Kalim Uddin Usmani, Choudhary Farzan Usmani.
Tomb of Ghazi Saiyed Salar Dawood
The mausoleum of Saiyed Salar Dawood Ghazifather of Muslim invader Saiyed Salar Masood Ghazi is situated in Satrikh. At his grave the people gather to pilgrimage during the full moon of the Hindu month of Jyeshta during the summer. There is a five-day-long urs during which thousands of devotees pray. His tomb is known as "Budhe Baba ki mazar". The battle field of Saiyed Salar Dawood Ghazi was at village Zafarpur on the banks of river Reth. Still remains of that period, unknown graves are present and remains of deadones emerge if anyone digs the battle field. The property is now owned by family of Zamindar, late Fareed Ahmed who use it as their ancestral graveyard.
