Jafarabad (India)

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Jafarabad v • d • e Uttar Pradesh • India
District(s)	Jaunpur
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population	8,801 (2001)

Coordinates: ° N ° E

Jafarabad is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

During British India, it was a state, in the Kathiawar agency of Bombay, forming part of the territory of the nawab of Janjira; area, 42 sq. m.; pop. (1901),12,097; estimated revenue, 4000. The town of Jafarabad (pop. 6038), situated on the estuary of a river, carries on a large coasting trade.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Jafarabad had a population of 8801. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Jafarabad has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 48%. In Jafarabad, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.