The Naam-Karan of Indian Villages

Indian Towns and Villages are named after Gods,Gurus,Rulers,Moon,Netas...........
I have tracked down these towns and villages.

1.GODS,GURUS,RULERS & RELATIVES.

Radha-380
villages named after her,mostly in UP,MP and Bihar.

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 mughul King.His grandfather Babur has 62 vilages named after him.
Humanyun has 30.Shah Jahan has 51,while Aurangzeb has 8.


Lord Krishna-3309
villages named after him include - Madhopur,Gopalpur,Govindpur,Shyamnagar etc. The name Gobardhan alone accounts for 81 villages.

Lord Rama-3626
Rampur,Rampura,Ramnagar,Ramgarh,Rampuria,Raghunathpur are some Examples.
UP tops with 1026 towns named after him.
Assam has 57.Andhra has 55.

Hanuman-367
towns named after him include Hanumangarh,Hanuman Nagar,Hanumangarhi.

Lord Ganesh-446
The names include Ganeshnagar,Ganeshpur,Ganeshganj.

Sant Kabir-91
91 villages named after him.

Guru Nanak Dev-35
many towns are named after Sikh Founder,such as Nanaknagar,NanakGanj.

Dashrath-8
Lord Rama's father has 8 towns named after him.

2.NETAS AND LEADERS

Subhas Chandra Bose-27 
example Subhas nagar,Subhas Gram.

J.Nehru-72
example Nehrunagar etc.

Mahatma Gandhi-117
Th villages named after the father of  our nation include 117 villages.

Indira Gandhi-36
Indira Nagar,Indira Gaon.

Rajiv Gandhi-19
10 of them are in Rajasthan.