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Jewar
Jewar
Town
	Jewar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Jewar Jewar (India)
	Coordinates: 28°08′N 77°33′E / 28.13°N 77.55°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gautam Buddha Nagar
Founded by	Maharshi Jaawali
Elevation	195 m (640 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	32,269
Language
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	203135
Telephone code	05738
Vehicle registration	UP-16
Website	www.gbnagar.nic.in

Jewar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida, Dadri and Jewar are the 3 sub-divisions of GB Nagar district, each headed by a SDM.

History

The ancient name of the town was Jáwáli, so called in honour of its founder the Brahmin sage Jaawali.^[3]^[4]

Before 1997, Jewar and Dankaur were parts of the Bulandshahr district. At present, Jewar and Dankaur along with Dadri and Bisrakh (earlier parts of Ghaziabad district) are parts of Gautam Buddha Nagar district.

Geography

Jewar is located at 28°07′N 77°20′E / 28.12°N 77.33°E / 28.12; 77.33. It has an average elevation of 195 metres (640 ft).^[5] It is located between 28.13° north latitude and 77.55° east longitude at an elevation of 195 metres (640 ft).^[6] It is on the northeast bank of the Yamuna River.

It is located in the outskirts of Greater Noida,^[7] the district headquarters. It is about 60 km (37 mi) from Noida, 40 km (25 mi) from Greater Noida, 33 km (21 mi) from Gautam Buddha University and 35 km (22 mi) from Khair.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Jewar had a total population of 32,269, of which 17,188 were males and 15,081 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 5,095. The total number of literates in Jewar was 18,184, which constituted 56.4% of the population with male literacy of 63.8% and female literacy of 47.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jewar was 66.9%, of which male literacy rate was 75.9% and female literacy rate was 56.7%. The Scheduled Castes population was 7,087. Jewar had 4623 households in 2011.^[1]

Government and politics

Jewar falls under Jewar Assembly constituency represented by a MLA.

Noida, Dadri, Jewar, Khurja and Sikandrabad falls under the Gautam Buddha Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, represented by a MP.

Culture/Cityscape

Local attractions

Around 1 km west of Jewar is an ashram and an old temple of the Maharshi. Other temples in the town is the Devi Mandir and the Daau ji Mandir^[8] famous for the Dau ji Mela held every year in the month of September.^[9]^[10]

Transport

Roadways

Jewar is situated on Yamuna Expressway which connects Greater Noida with Agra via Dankaur, Bajna and Raya. It is also connected by NH-334D which connects Aligarh and Palwal via Khair, Tappal and Hamidpur.

Major District Road (MDR) and other highway connects Jewar with Khurja, Bulandshahr, Sikandrabad and Dadri.

Railways

Jewar town does not have any railway station. The nearest railway stations are Khurja Junction, Chola and Dankaur on Delhi-Kanpur section of Indian railways. On the west side of Jewar is Palwal in Haryana state. The Palwal railway station which is situated on the Delhi-Agra chord is around 28 km from Jewar.

In 2023, the Government of India started planning to construct a new railway line from Chola station to Palwal station, via Jewar.

Airways

Noida International Airport (NIAL) is an under-construction airport to connect Delhi NCR with other international cities. It is situated on Yamuna Expressway, around 7 km north of Jewar.^[11]^[12]^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b "Census of India: Bahraich". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ "Maharishi Jabali Rishi".
^ Statistical descriptive and historical account of the North-Western provinces of India
^ "Jewar Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Uttar Pradesh India". AccuWeather. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "Home". npjewar.com.
^ "Greater Noida". Greater Noida. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ "Pageper - Manage Your Team".
^ "जेवर में दाऊजी मेला शुरू 14652761". jagran. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "Huranga (Holi) at Dauji Temple near Mathura 2015". The Wanderer. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ Mani, Rajiv (31 October 2018). "Jewar international airport: Inauguration of Jewar airport by end of December: Nandi". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "It's official! NCR gets its second airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh". Zee News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ Sinha, Saurabh (2 September 2016). "UP polls in sight, Greater Noida airport gets central push". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Census2011Gov-1] "Census of India: Bahraich". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[langoff-2] "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[3] "Maharishi Jabali Rishi".

[4] Statistical descriptive and historical account of the North-Western provinces of India

[5] "Jewar Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Uttar Pradesh India". AccuWeather. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[6] "Home". npjewar.com.

[7] "Greater Noida". Greater Noida. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

[8] "Pageper - Manage Your Team".

[9] "जेवर में दाऊजी मेला शुरू 14652761". jagran. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[10] "Huranga (Holi) at Dauji Temple near Mathura 2015". The Wanderer. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[11] Mani, Rajiv (31 October 2018). "Jewar international airport: Inauguration of Jewar airport by end of December: Nandi". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[12] "It's official! NCR gets its second airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh". Zee News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[13] Sinha, Saurabh (2 September 2016). "UP polls in sight, Greater Noida airport gets central push". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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Jewar

History

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Demographics

Government and politics

Culture/Cityscape

Local attractions

Transport

Roadways

Railways

Airways

References

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