Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Jaunpur
City
Shahi bridge, Jaunpur
Shahi Bridge
Coordinates: 25°44′N 82°41′E / 25.73°N 82.68°E / 25.73; 82.68
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictJaunpur
Founded1359
Named forMuhammad bin Tughlaq
(nickname - Jauna Khan)
Government
 • Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)Shyam Singh Yadav (BSP)
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total180,362
 • Density1,113/km2 (2,880/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
 • RegionalBhojpuri[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-62
Sex ratio924 females per 1000 males ♂/♀
Websitehttp://jaunpur.nic.in

Jaunpur (Hindustani pronunciation: [dʒɔːnpʊr] (audio speaker iconlisten) is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is about 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow.

Tahsil

District Jaunpur has 6 tashils i.e. Badlapur, Jaunpur (Sadar), Kerakat, Machhli Shahar,Mariyahu, Shahganj[3]

Rivers

There are 6 rivers in Jaunpur, Gomti, Sai, Varuna, Pili Nadi ('yellow rivulet' or 'river'), Mayur and Basuhi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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 7 December 2018.
  2. ↑ India, Linguistic Survey of (1968). Linguistic Survey of India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 248.
  3. ↑ "Tehsil". jaunpur.nic.in. Retrieved 26 June 2023.