Jagdishpur (Industrial Area)

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Jagdishpur जगदीशपुर Jagdishpur Industrial Area
city
Jagdishpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°45′00″N 80°32′00″E / 26.75°N 80.533333°E / 26.75; 80.533333Coordinates: 26°45′00″N 80°32′00″E / 26.75°N 80.533333°E / 26.75; 80.533333
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Amethi
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2007)
• Total	31,029
Languages
• official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	227817
Telephone code	053671

Jagdishpur is a city and a municipality in Amethi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Industries

Jagdishpur is an industrial area. Notable companies with factories here are:

Indo Gulf Fertilisers Co. Ltd, a major producer of urea
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (B.H.E.L.)

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Jagdishpur had a population of 31,029. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jagdishpur has an average literacy rate of 70%, above than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 60%. In Jagdishpur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Jagdishpur
Religion			Percent
Hindus			69%
Muslims			30%
Jains			0.7%
Others†			0.3%
Distribution of religions ^{[citation needed]} †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Location

Jagdishpur is situated at about 62 km from the city of Amethi district on the national highway No.56 and 83.4 km from Lucknow towards east. Nihalgarh, the nearest railway station on Lucknow-Varanasi route, is about 6 km from the main industrial area towards Sultanpur

Trade

It has been a major market place for the local people or the people living in villages around it from a very long time. The place has been a major market itself and also played a role as a nodal centre for reaching other important markets. Well connected by roads with Lucknow, Raebareli, Sultanpur,Ranigunj and Faizabad cities, Nihalgarh (about 27 km from Tehsil Musafirkhana) always played a significant role in the economic affairs of the natives of the region.

Employment

During the period when prominent political personalities opted for Amethi as their parliamentary constituency (in 1980s), Jagdishpur was selected to be a most suitable place in the district for setting up heavy and medium scale industries for generating employment for locals and their multipronged development^{[citation needed]}.BHEL, Indo Gulf Fertilizer is main industry in Jagdishpur.

References

↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

External links

v t e Cities and towns in Amethi

Amethi	Amethi Jagdishpur Ranigunj Jais Musafirkhana Salon

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