Jayapur Explained

Jayapur
Settlement Type:Village
Official Name:Sansad Adarsh Gram under the constituency of Indian Prime Minister
Image Alt:http://img.amarujala.com/2015/03/31/jayapur-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-551ae73f1b2fc_exlst.jpg
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:25.2163°N 82.8233°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Varanasi
Subdivision Type3:Assembly segment
Subdivision Name3:Sevapuri
Subdivision Type4:Block
Subdivision Name4:Aaraji Line
Subdivision Type5:Gram panchayat code
Subdivision Name5:74
Population Total:4200
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Leader Title1:Gram Pradhan
Leader Name1:Narayan Singh Patel
Leader Title2:Ex-Gram Pradhan
Leader Name2:Durgavati Devi
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi and Bhojpuri
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:221305
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91-0542
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:1000/944/
Blank1 Name Sec2:Avg. annual temperature
Blank1 Info Sec2:26°C
Blank2 Name Sec2:Avg. summer temperature
Blank2 Info Sec2:40°C
Blank3 Name Sec2:Avg. winter temperature
Blank3 Info Sec2:18°C

Jayapur is a village in Varanasi tehsil, Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is about 28 km from the Varanasi cantt railway station and about 7 km from the Rajatalab railway station in the Sevapuri assembly segment and Aaraji Line Block. This place is situated at the border of the Varanasi District and Mirzapur District. Jayapur is surrounded by Arajiline Tehsil towards the east and Shikhar Tehsil towards the south.

The nearby villages to Jayapur are Chandapur (1 km), Panchai (1 km), Jakhini (3 km), Singhai (1 km), Narsara (2 km), Marui (2 km), Gotva (1 km), and Jamua (5 km).

The village comes under the constituency of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who adopted the village on 7 November 2014 under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ("MP's model village scheme").[1] The village was already adopted by the Rashtriya SwayamSevak Sangh (RSS) under its ideal village scheme in 2002.

History

According to the ancestors of this village, Jayapur is nearly 400 years old. According to BHU's political science department's HoD, Prof KK Mishra, in the 17th century, when the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was said to be on a temple-demolition spree, his soldiers caught attention of an old temple of Lord Hanuman in the village.

Population

The total population of this village is around 4200 and there are a total of 401 houses.

Demographics

The literacy rate of this village is 76.36 per cent (among men, 89.12 per cent; among women, 61.27 per cent).[2]

Divisions

There are four villages in Jayapaur panchayat: Jayapur, Manikpur,Musepur and jayapur(donwar k pura).

Languages

Hindi and Bhojpuri are spoken in Jayapur village and written in Devanagari scripts.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Modi in Varanasi says Jayapur has adopted me, not the other way around.
  2. Web site: PM Modi Congratulates Students From Jayapur Village for Topping Exam scored 94.16 per cent, the most by any student in the district. NDTV.com.