Jaunpur (District)

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Jaunpur
District जौनपुर जिला
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Varanasi
Administrative headquarters : Jaunpur
Area : 4038 km²
Residents : 4,494,204 (2011)
Population density : 1,113 inhabitants / km²
Website : jaunpur.nic.in

The district of Jaunpur ( Hindi : जौनपुर जिला ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Jaunpur .

geography

Bridge over the Gomti in Jaunpur

The Jaunpur district is located in the Ganges plain in the east of Uttar Pradesh. Neighboring districts are Sultanpur in the north, Azamgarh in the northeast, Ghazipur in the east, Varanasi in the southeast, Sant Ravidas Nagar in the south, Allahabad in the southwest and Pratapgarh in the west.

The area of ​​the district Jaunpur is 4038 km². The district area is completely flat and is traversed by the Gomti , a tributary of the Ganges .

Administrative division

The Jaunpur District is part of the Varanasi Division . It is divided into the six Tehsils Sadar, Madiyahun, Machhalishahar, Kerakat, Shahganj and Badlapur.

history

Ruins of the Fort at Juanpore on the River Goomtee. Drawing by Henry Salt , 1809.

The Jaunpur district was established by the British after they brought the area under their rule in 1775. During the British rule, the district was part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces ( Northwestern Provinces from 1836 ), which became part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1902 . After Indian independence in 1947, the United Provinces became the state of Uttar Pradesh.

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Jaunpur district has 4,494,204 inhabitants. This makes it one of the most populous districts in Uttar Pradesh. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 14 percent and thus more slowly than the Uttar Pradesh mean (20 percent). The population density of 1113 inhabitants per km² is well above the already high average of the state (829 inhabitants per km²). The district is very rural: Eight percent of Webuger residents live in cities (the Uttar Pradesh mean is 22 percent). At 72 percent, the literacy rate is above the Uttar Pradesh mean (68 percent) and almost corresponds to the overall Indian average (73 percent).

According to the 2001 census , Hindus make up the vast majority of the district's residents at 89 percent. There is also a Muslim minority of ten percent.

Cities

city Population
(2001)
Dhanauha 6.213
Jafarabad 8,801
Jaunpur 159.996
Kerakat 12,472
Kheta Sarai 16,228
Machhlishahr 22,943
Mariahu 20,142
Mogra Badshahpur 17,747
Shahganj 24,595

literature

  • The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 73-81 , keyword: Jaunpur District .

Web links

Commons : Jaunpur District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract - Uttar Pradesh (PDF; 1.7 MB).
  2. ^ Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet. District Jaunpur (64), Uttar Pradesh (09). (PDF; 54 kB)
  3. ↑ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order) ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )