Jahangirabad is a town in
Bulandshahr district
Bulandshahr district (also spelled Bulandshahar) is a district in the Meerut region in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), situated between the two rivers Ganga and Yamuna. It is a part of the National Capital Region of India, and Bula ...
in the
Indian
state of
Uttar Pradesh. The town is named after mughal emperor
Jahangir
Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (30 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until he died in 1627. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti.
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, who is said to have stayed here for a couple of days. It has various holy places like Binner Devi, Dhaka Devi, Peetambra Devi. People celebrate festivals like Holi, Radha janamshtmi, Krishna Janmashtmi etc. There is a beautiful Jahangirabad Fort built right in the center of the town. The biggest school is also there at the outskirts of the town named " St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School".
History
Jahangirabad was founded at the same time as Anupshahr. It has two government school and a government hospital.
Mostly people of Jahangirabad is engaged in their business as it has a huge 2 km long market.
The nearby college to Jahangirabad is RDPD GIRLS PG College and RDPD Institute of higher education. Jahangirabad has the second largest naveen mandi of rice and wheat of Uttar Pradesh.
Jahangirabad comes under Anoopshahr legislative constituency.
Geography
Jahangirabad is located on Bulandshahr - Anoopshahr Road. It is 100 km far from IGI, Delhi. Coordinate location is at .
Demographics
India census,
Jahangirabad had a population of between 100,000 and 500,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jahangirabad has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 74.04 (2011): male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 39%.
References
{{Bulandshahr district
Bulandhahr: A Gazetteer - Volume 5
Cities and towns in Bulandshahr district