Jaisinghpur

Jaisinghpur जयसिंहपुर
city
Jaisinghpur Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 31°53′55″N 76°35′56″E / 31.898615°N 76.598931°E / 31.898615; 76.598931Coordinates: 31°53′55″N 76°35′56″E / 31.898615°N 76.598931°E / 31.898615; 76.598931
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Elevation	592 m (1,942 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	1,273
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	176095
Telephone code	911894xxxxxx
Vehicle registration	HP-56

Jaisinghpur is a small town and Sub-Division in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India.There is only one tehsil under Sub-Division Jaisinghpur, whish is situated at Jaisinghpur itself. Population of Jaisinghpur Town is 1,273 and overall population of Jaisinghpur Sub-Division is 58,623. It was named after the name of Katoch king of Princely ordered state Kangra-Lambagraon, Maharaja Jai Singh. It is situated on the bank of river Beas. It is known for its "chaugan." There are several notable temples in the town such as Janaki Nath temple, Radhey Krishan temple near Bus Adda,Laxmi Narayan temple, Baba Mani Ram Temple, Neel Kanth Mahadev Temple, Dhudu Mahadev Mandir, Guga temple (Called Gangoti near Shitala Mata Mandir), Shitala Mata temple, a Dargah midtown, popularly known as Baba Shah Mast Ali Dargah and a Gurudwara on Jaisinghpur Lambagoan road. Shitala Mata temple is famous temple of the town on Tinbar-Palampur road. Another famous temple is Jankinath temple.

There are many natural water resources in the town.'Baayein' near PWD Rest House and 'Naoun' is favorite place for all boys to have fun by swimming in summer, however it serves the major water need of people. Jaisinghpur is also famous for its vegetable production on the banks of Beas river the spot is popularly known as Bhuare ke Bagh. Once Jaisinghpur was also famous for vegetable growing on the banks of river Beas i.e. popularly known as bhuaray ka bagh. But nowadays the growing of crops including vegetables has been stopped in Jainsinghpur and entire adjoining area because of the increase of stray animals, monkeys, wild pigs, rabbits, deer’s (Kakkar, Barahsinga and neel gaye), which spoil crops completely.

The menace of wild and stray animals has increased nowadays manifold probably due to the fact that tigers/leopards which were responsible for keeping such animals under control have been killed by local poachers.

beside Jaisinghpur is also famous for its annual fair also known as holian which are celebrated in the month of march during the colour festival of holi. The Holian of Jaisinghpur are famous for its mouth watering aalu chholey and Jalebi and continues for almost a week. Holding of Kushti (wrestling) at Dargah during Holis is an annual affair watched by several visitors.

Jaisinghpur Chougan

View of the river Beas from Jaisinghpur

Sukad Khad bridge

Jaisinghpur Bus Stand

Geography

Jaisinghpur located at 31°53′55″N 76°35′56″E / 31.898615°N 76.598931°E / 31.898615; 76.598931. It has an average elevation of 558 metres (1,831 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] population of Jaisinghpur Town is 1,273 and overall population of Jaisinghpur tehsil is 58,623. Among them 26,666 are males and 31,957 are females.

School in Jaisinghpur

The Lawrence International School is the first CBSE School in the region. The Lawrence International School is following the standards of CBSE New Delhi and spread across 2 acres. Mr. Jaggi (Surinder Jaggi) is the promoter of school. His contribution to society compasses charity, philanthropy, entrepreneurship. The Lawrence International school provides best class infrastructure to the society.

Colleges in Jaisinghpur

• Government Degree College Jaisnghpur
• The Lawrence College Jaisinghpur
• Jaggi Institute of Technology

Educational Group in Jaisinghpur

The Lawrence Group :- This group compasses of the following.

• The Lawrence International School
• The Lawrence College
• The Lawrence Play School
• The Lawrence Music Academy
• The Lawrence Yoga Center

Cities and villages in Jaisinghpur Tehsil

References

1. ↑ Census of India

Once Jaisinghpur was also famous for vegetable growing on the banks of river Vyas i.e. popularly known as bhuaray ka bagh. But nowadays the growing of crops including vegetables has been stopped in Jaisinghpur and entire adjoining area because of the increase of stray animals, monkeys, wild pigs, deers (Kakkar, Barahsinga and neel gaye), which spoil crops completely.

The menace of wild and stray animals has increased nowadays manifld probably due to the fact that tigers/lepords which were responsible for keeping such animals under control have been killed by local pouchers.

External links

• Detailed BLOG on JAISINGHPUR.
• Jaisinghpur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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