Jaunpur district

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Jaunpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Jaunpur town as the district headquarters. Jaunpur district is a part of Varanasi division.

Jaunpur is one of the largest district of Uttar Pradesh with third largest in population Jaunpur is one of the largest district of Uttar Pradesh with third largest in population. There are many places of historical importance in Jaunpur viz. Atala Masjid (known for the fusion of Hindu and Islamic architectural style), Jami Masjid, Shahi Quila and Shahi Bridge (built by one of Akbar's Wazir).

[edit] Divisions

Jaunpur district has 6 tahsils. These tahsils are Shahganj, Badlapur, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur, Mariahu and Kerakat. Jaunpur is the district headquarters.

The district has 3 Lok Sabha constituencies and 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

[edit] External links

Official Jaunpur district web site

Divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra division: Agra \| Aligarh \| Etah \| Firozabad \| Mainpuri \| Hathras \| Mathura
Allahabad division: Allahabad \| Fatehpur \| Kaushambi \| Pratapgarh
Azamgarh division: Azamgarh \| Ballia \| Mau
Bareilly division: Badaun \| Bareilly \| Pilibhit \| Shahjahanpur
Basti division: Basti \| Sant Kabir Nagar \| Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot division: Banda \| Chitrakoot \| Hamirpur \| Mahoba
Devipatan division: Bahraich \| Balarampur \| Gonda \| Shravasti
Faizabad division: Ambedkar Nagar \| Barabanki \| Faizabad \| Sultanpur
Gorakhpur division: Devaria \| Gorakhpur \| Kushinagar \| Maharajganj
Jhansi division: Jalaun \| Jhansi \| Lalitpur
Kanpur division: \| Auraiya \| Etawah \| Farrukhabad \| Kannauj \| Kanpur Dehat \| Kanpur Nagar
Lucknow division: Hardoi \| Lakhimpur Kheri \| Lucknow \| Raebareli \| Sitapur \| Unnao
Meerut division: \| Bagpat \| Bulandshahr \| Gautam Buddha Nagar \| Ghaziabad \| Meerut
Mirzapur division: Mirzapur \| Sant Ravidas Nagar \| Sonbhadra
Moradabad division: Bijnor \| Jyotiba Phule Nagar \| Moradabad \| Rampur
Saharanpur division: Muzaffarnagar \| Saharanpur
Varanasi division: Chandauli \| Ghazipur \| Jaunpur \| Varanasi