| Jamshila | |
|---|---|
| census town | |
  Jamshila Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 24°08′42″N82°45′43″E / 24.145°N 82.762°E Coordinates: 24°08′42″N82°45′43″E / 24.145°N 82.762°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Sonbhadra |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 10,270 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Jamshila is a census town in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
A census town is a type of town that satisfies certain characteristics, depending on the country in which it is located.
Sonbhadra or Sonebhadra is the second largest district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Sonbhadra is the only district in India which borders four states namely Madhya Pradesh, Chhattishgarh Jharkhand and Bihar. The district has an area of 6788 km² and a population of 1,862,559, with a population density of 270 persons per km².It lies in the extreme southeast of the state, and is bounded by Mirzapur District to the northwest, Chandauli District to the north, Kaimur and Rohtas districts of Bihar state to the northeast, Garhwa district of Jharkhand state to the east, Balrampur District of Chhattisgarh state to the south, and Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh state to the west. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj.Sonbhadra district is an industrial zone and it has lots of minerals like bauxite, limestone, coal, gold etc. Sonbhadra is called as "Energy Capital of India" because there are so many power plants. Sonbhadra lies between vindhya and Kaimur hills, and its topology and natural environment prompted First Prime minister of India Pt. Jawarharlal Nehru to refer to Sonbhadra as The Switzerland of India.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
