Jaunpur history and jaunpur historical place

                                                                  जौनपुर INDIA

Jaunpur is situated to the northwest of the district of Varanasi in the eastern part of the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Jaunpur is also known as Sheeraz-e-Hind having its historical dates from 1359, when the Jaunpur City was founded by the Sultan of Delhi Feroz Shah Tughlaq.

Demographics

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Jaunpur City had population of 1,80,362 of which male and female were 93,718 and 86,644 respectively. The literacy rate was 81.22 .With a sex ratio of 925 female per 1000 male. The district has a population density of 1,113 people per km2.

Religion:

Hinduism dominates the District of Jaunpur with 56% of the population registered as Hindus. Religions (Largest three) (Census 2011) 1.Hindus 114,496 2.Muslims 60,017 3.Not Stated 4,891

Rivers of Jaunpur:

There are five river in Jaunpur City that is

Gomti, Sai, Varuna, Pili, and Basuhi are the five rivers which make its land fertile.

Transportation

Jaunpur Distric is well-connected with all major cities of India thanks to Indian Railways. It has four major railway stations: Jaunpur City Railway Station(JOP) and Jaunpur Junction (JNU), Shahganj Junction (SHG), Janghai

Rail

Junction, Kirakat railway station (KCT).

Road

Distric Jaunpur is well-connected to Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Allahabad and other cities like Azamgarh, Mirzapur, Janghai,Sultanpur, Kerakat, Ghazipur etc. NH-56, SH-36 are the roadways connecting all major cities to Jaunpur.

Education in Jaunpur:

University

Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, formerly Purvanchal University, is in Jaunpur Distric, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the educational hubs of eastern Uttar Pradesh, established in 1987 as a residential-cum-affiliating university. It is named after Vir Bahadur Singh, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Institutes

Jaunpur District has more than 50 Graduate and post graduate institutes and more than 200 undergraduate colleges and more than 300 colleges up to high school. There is also a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya situated 21 km south from the district headquarters on Lumbini - Duddhi Road in Katghara Village near Mariahu Tehsil.

Industries:

SIDA (Satharia Industrial Development Authority)

Satharia Industrial Development Authority was established in November 1989 by the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, under U.P. Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 to facilitate concentrated effort on Industrial development of eastern Uttar Pradesh.

In its 1st phase of activity, the authority has a fully developed growth center area on 508 acres of land, under growth center scheme of Govt. of India.

Virtually all kind of industrial, commercial and social infrastructural facilities, such as Medical, Educational, Residential, Roads, Transportation, drainage, Telecommunication, dedicated industrial power 33/11 KV supply, post office, bank, water supply, community center, shopping center, field hostel etc., have been fully established and are operative.

Pepsico India Pvt. Ltd.

Pepsico Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products.

Hawkins Cooker Limited

Hawkins Cookers Limited is a company in India which manufactures pressure cookers and cookware based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company has three manufacturing plants at Wagle estate Thane, Hoshiarpur and Jaunpur.

Landmarks

There are a number of tourist attractions in Jaunpur. Every year thousands of visitors come from every corner of the world to visit Jaunpur. The tourist attractions in Jaunpur include monuments, and holy places.

Monuments

•              Shahi Bridge

•              Shahi Quila Jaunpur Fort

• Jaunpur Atala Masjid.

•            Maa  Sheetala Temple(Chaukiyaa Dham)

•   Dharmapur Shive Mandir 

•           Atala Masjid, Jaunpur

•             Lal Darwaza Masjid, Jaunpur

Local products

•              Famous Imarti, a sweet like Jalebi made from Urad

       

•    Jaunpuri Mooli  white radish that grow up to four feet long

•    Famous fruit 

 Jaunpur Education

• VBSPU Jaunpur:

• Famous T.D. College

• Local Medial

Mostly all major English, Hindi and Urdu dailies including Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Dainik Jagran, Amarujala, Hindustan, Rashtree Sahara, Inquilab, Hausla News available in Jaunpur. Hindi and Urdu dailies also have their bureaus in the city. Almost all big Hindi TV news channel have stringers in the city. Hindi newspaper Tarunmitra is also published from Jaunpur.