Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Jaunpur (Hindustani pronunciation: [dʒɔːnpʊr] ( listen) is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is about 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow.

City
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Coordinates: 25.73°N 82.68°E / 25.73; 82.68
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Founded	1359
Named for	Muhammad bin Tughlaq (nickname - Jauna Khan)
Government
• Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)	Shyam Singh Yadav (BSP)
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	180,362
• Density	1,113/km2 (2,880/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	Urdu
• Regional	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-62
Sex ratio	924 females per 1000 males ♂/♀
Website	http://jaunpur.nic.in

Tahsil

District Jaunpur has 6 tashils i.e. Badlapur, Jaunpur (Sadar), Kerakat, Machhli Shahar,Mariyahu, Shahganj

Rivers

There are 6 rivers in Jaunpur, Gomti, Sai, Varuna, Pili Nadi ('yellow rivulet' or 'river'), Mayur and Basuhi

Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Media

• Silver Coin of Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur.jpg

  Silver Coin of Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur

• The War Elephants Citranand and Udiya Collide in Battle.jpg

  The War Elephants Citranand and Udiya Collide in Battle

• View at Juanpore, on the River Ganges (IV, June 1847, p.60) - Copy.jpg

  View at Juanpore, on the River Gomti (1847)

• Jaunpurbridgecloseup

• Jaunpur Jami Masjid

• Jaunpur Junction Electrified.jpg

  Jaunpur Junction

• Jaunpur station.jpg

  Jaunpurstation

• Gujarat India 4 lane state highway.jpg

  Lucknow-Sultanpur-Jaunpur-Varanasi is now 4 Lane

• Aerial View of Main Campus.jpg

  Aerial View of Main Campus of VBSPU

• Ravi Kishan celebrates his 44th birthday.jpg

  Ravi Kishan, a Bhojpuri film actor and Member of Parliament