Jahangirabad

For other places with the same name, see Jahangirabad (disambiguation).

Jahangirabad is a town in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] The town is named after mughal emperor Jahangir, who is said to have stayed here for a couple of days. It has various holy places like Binner Devi, Dhaka Devi, Peetambra Devi. People celebrate festivals like Holi, Radha janamshtmi, Krishna Janmashtmi etc. ^{[citation needed]} There is a beautiful Jahangirabad Fort built right in the center of the town. The biggest school is also there at the outskirts of the town named " St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School".

Jahangirabad
Town
Jahangirabad Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28.25°N 78.06°E / 28.25; 78.06
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bulandshahr
Founded by	Unknown
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	59,858
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	203394
Vehicle registration	UP-13

History

Jahangirabad was founded at the same time as Anupshahr. It has two government schools and a government hospital. Most people of Jahangirabad are engaged in their business as it has a huge 2 km long market. The nearby college to Jahangirabad is RDPD GIRLS PG College and RDPD Institute of higher education. Jahangirabad has the second largest naveen mandi of rice and wheat of Uttar Pradesh. Jahangirabad comes under Anoopshahr legislative constituency.

Geography

Jahangirabad is located on Bulandshahr - Anoopshahr Road. It is 100 km far from IGI, Delhi. Coordinate location is at 28.25°N 78.06°E / 28.25; 78.06.^[2]

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[3] Jahangirabad had a population of between 100,000 and 500,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jahangirabad has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 74.04 (2011): male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 39%.

References

1. "Jahangirabad Location Map, Where is Jahangirabad". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
2. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jahangirabad
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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