Sahjanwan Explained

GIDA Sahjanwa Gorakhpur
Native Name:	Industrial Area
Other Name:	Sahjanwa
Settlement Type:	Industrial Area
Pushpin Map:	India Uttar Pradesh#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Gida gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:	26.75°N 96°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	India
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Gorakhpur
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	1210
Population Total:	25091
Population As Of:	2001
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type1:	Languages
Demographics1 Title1:	Official
Demographics1 Info1:	Hindi
Timezone1:	IST
Utc Offset1:	+5:30
Postal Code:	273209

GIDA Sahjanwan is industrial area of Gorakhpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is fast developing an industrial area abbreviated as GIDA with many factories, including IGL, Parle and ARP, as well as power looms, plywood and the only jute mill in Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

According to the Census^[1] of India in 2001, Sahjanwa had a population of 25,091. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sahjanwa has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than India's national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 43%. In Sahjanwa 17% of the population is 6 or younger. Sahjanwa is in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. Hindi is the customary language.

Education

The two main intermediate colleges are BholaRam Maskara Intermediate College and Murari Intermediate College. The founders are Jyoti Prakash Maskara, owner of The Mahabir Jute Mill and Murari Lal Ji. Murari Intermediate College is one of the oldest colleges in the town.

Schools

• Buddha Institute Of Technology
• Little Flower Sr. Sec. School
• Tarachand Agrawal Saraswati Vidya Mandir
• Gopal Shishu Mandir
• St. Joseph School
• Navals National Academy
• Maa Sarswati Shishu Mandir Higher Secondary School
• St. Xavier's School
• Draupadi Devi Gita Devi Sarswati Vidhya Mandir Purv Madhyamik Vidhyalay
• Purvanchal College of Higher Education (Formerly-Divya Technical Degree College)
• Smt Barfa Devi Saraswati Gyan Mandir Sahjanwa
• T.N Memorial Public School, Sahjanwa
• DDU Mahavidyalay Sahjanwa Gorakhpur 273209
• Swami Vivekanand Academy Sahjanwa Gorakhpur 273209

Economy

Manufacturing

Located in the Industrial park (GIDA) of the Gorakhpur are:

Transport

Sahjanwan has a passenger railway station with trains that go to main railway station of Gorakhpur i.e., Gorakhpur Junction and it also has trains which go to Lucknow. In addition, buses lead to and stop at Gida Gorakhpur

References

Gorakhpur district information

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.