Jagdishpur (Industrial Area)

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Jagdishpur
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Jagdishpur
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Jagdishpur
Jagdishpur (India)
Coordinates: 26°27′N81°32′E / 26.45°N 81.53°E / 26.45; 81.53 Coordinates: 26°27′N81°32′E / 26.45°N 81.53°E / 26.45; 81.53
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Amethi
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total32,447
Language
  Official Hindi [1]
  Additional official Urdu [1]
  Regional Awadhi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
227809
Telephone code05361
Vehicle registration UP-36
Website up.gov.in

Jagdishpur is a town in Amethi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Demographics

As of the 2001 Census of India, [2] Jagdishpur had a population of 31,029. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jagdishpur has an average literacy rate of 70%, above than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 60%. In Jagdishpur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Jagdishpur
ReligionPercent
Hindus
69%
Muslims
30%
Jains
0.7%
Others†
0.3%
Distribution of religions [ citation needed ]
Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Location

Jagdishpur is situated at about 29 km from the District Headquarter Gauriganj of Amethi district on the National Highway No. 56. It is 85 km from Lucknow toward east and 50 km from Sultanpur. Nihalgarh is the railway station of Jagdishpur and is on Lucknow-Sultanpur-Varanasi route. Jagdishpur has been a major market itself and also played a role as a nodal centre for reaching to other important markets at other places. It has good road connections to the cities of Lucknow, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Varanasi, Faizabad and Pratapgarh.

During the period when prominent political personalities opted for Amethi as their parliamentary constituency (in 1980's), Jagdishpur was selected to be a most suitable place in the district for setting up heavy and medium scale industries for generating employment for locals and their multi-pronged development. Now it has become a grown up industrial area with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Indo-Gulf Fertilizers and Steel Authority of India Limited as being main establishments.

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References

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