Jais, also spelled Jayas, is a city with a
municipal board
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Amethi district
Amethi district is the 72nd district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the Uttar Pradesh. It covers an area of 2329.11 km ...
(formerly in
Raebareli district
Raebareli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Raebareli is the district headquarters. This district is a part of Lucknow Division in Uttar Pradesh state. The total area of Raebareli district is 3,371 S ...
) in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
Geography
Jais is located at . It has an average elevation of 101 metres (331 feet).
Demographics
Indian census, Jais has a population of 26,735 people. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jais' literacy rate is 62.42%, lower than the national average of 67.68%. Male literacy is 70% and female literacy is 54.54%. In Jais, 13.39% of the population is under six years of age.
Transport
Jais has two railway stations on the
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...
network: Bahadurpur and Kasimpur. The bus station is at Sultanpur-Raebareli road. The nearest airport
Fursatganj Airfield
Fursatganj Airfield is an airfield at Fursatganj of Amethi district (formerly in Raebareli district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
'' Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi'' is a flight training school established in 1986 and co-located ...
is 19.3 km away, and the nearest international airport
Ayodhya Airport
Ayodhya Airport, officially known as Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International Airport, is an under-construction international airport which will serve the city of Ayodhya in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The airport is located adjacent t ...
is 70 km away.
Education
Institute of National Importance
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas set up the
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), in Jais, Amethi (formerly in Raebareli), Uttar Pradesh, India, is a training and education institute focusing on STEM and petroleum industry. It was formally opened in July 2008.
It has ...
at Jais. It has been accorded "
Institute of National Importance
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" status and a governance structure similar to that available to
IITs
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. It admits undergraduate students from the rank list of students who have qualified JEE (Advanced) Examination.
Notable people
*
Malik Mohammad Jayasi
Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542) was an Indian Sufi poet and pir. He wrote in the Awadhi language, and in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script. His best known work is the epic poem ''Padmavat'' (1540).
Biography
Much of the information about ...
, a poet who wrote ''
Padmavat
''Padmavat'' (or ''Padmawat'') is an epic poem written in 1540 by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi, who wrote it in the Hindustani language of Awadhi language, Awadhi, and originally in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script. It is the oldest extant t ...
'' and ''Akhravat''. In ''Padmavat'' Jayasi expresses his deep reverence to Chishti Sufi Master Syed
Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
Sultan Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani ( ur, ; (1285–1386) was an Iranian Sufi saint from Semnan, Iran. He was the founder of the Ashrafi Sufi order. He is India's third most influential Sufi Saint after Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer ...
and his descendants. ''Jayasi Samarak'' has been constructed in his memory.
*
Syed Sibtey Razi
Syed Sibtey Razi (7 March 1939 – 20 August 2022) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress who served as the governor of Assam and Jharkhand, in addition to also serving as the Deputy Home minister of India.
Early ...
, former
Governor of Jharkhand
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. He is a senior leader of the
Indian National Congress
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and has served in the
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
and Uttar Pradesh in various capacities.
*
Leela Mishra
Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was an Indian actress. She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (''Chachi'' or ''Mausi''). She ...
, film actress. Notable for playing the role of ''Mausi'' in the
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
classic ''
Sholay
''Sholay'' (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), ...
''. ''
Nadiya Ke Paar'' is her another known work.
Sadaat of Jais
The Oudh family of Sayyids of Jais, well known for
Mujtahids of Lucknow, settled in Rae Bareli during the thirteenth century.
The tribes and castes of the North Western India, Volume 4
William Crooke, Cosmo Publications, 1975
See also
*Jaisi Jaisi or Jayasi is a toponymic surname from Jais (formerly Jayas) in northern India. Notable people with the name include:
* Kabir Ahmad Jaisi (1934–2013), Indian writer
* Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477–1542), Indian poet who wrote in the Avadh ...
* Jaiswal
References
{{Amethi district
Cities and towns in Amethi district