The Milki get their name from the fact that their ancestors were a class to whom revenue free grants milk in Persian of land were made during the period of the Delhi Sultanate.

The rainy season is from mid-June to mid-September, when Milkipur gets an average rainfall of 1010 mm (40 in) mostly from the south-west monsoon winds.

On 15 January 1974 the foundation stone of Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology was led by the prime minister of India Indira Gandhi at Masodha near Ayodhya.

A new development took place during 1975 and the government of UP decided to locate the main campus of the university in Milkipur at kumarganj, Ayodhya district instead of Masodha.

Shri A.D. Pandey, IAS officer (retired) was appointed the first vice chancellor of the university on 10 October 1975.

The university started functioning in a borrowed building of Gram Swavlambi Vidyalaya Acharya Nagar Naka Ayodhya.

A committee was constituted for the site selection of Academy administrative and residential blocks of the university at Kumarganj.

On 10 July 1976 the paddy research station located at, Masodha, Gahghara Ghat and ECF and NDS schemes were transferred to the university by the government and U.P.

The Mahamaya college of Agriculture Engineering and Technology(MCAET) a constituent college of N.D. university of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya was established at Ambedkar Nagar by upgrading the department of agriculture of the college of agriculture to cater the needs of development of engineering and Technology to suit the condition of the farmers of Eastern Uttar Pradesh characterised by problems of user lands, water looked poorly drained soils scant power supply, small holdings, low purchasing power and poor rural infrastructure.

Indira Gandhi Laid Foundation stone of NDUAT on 10 October 1975 Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), named after a great national leader, educationist, philosopher and great socialist, Achraya Narendra Deva whose ideals constitute a great national heritage and source of inspiration in the national quest for a progressive economy free from the fear and exploitation.

Milkipur is fully covered by prominent Hindi newspapers like Dainik jagran, Amar Ujala, Hindustan, Jan Morcha etc.

Major Broadband Internet providers in Milkipur are BSNL, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea.