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Shahjahanpur | |
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City | |
 RiverGarrah flowing through Shahjahanpur | |
  Shahjahanpur  Shahjahanpur | |
| Coordinates:27°53′N79°55′E / 27.88°N 79.91°E /27.88; 79.91 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Shahjahanpur |
| Established | 1647 |
| Named after | Shah Jahan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Archana Verma (BJP)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 51 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 346,103 |
| • Density | 6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 242001 |
| Telephone code | 05842 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-27 |
| Sex ratio | 880♀/ 1000♂ |
| Literacy |  61.99%Medium |
| Website | shahjahanpur |
Shahjahanpur (/ˈʃɑːdʒəˌhɑːnpʊr/) is amunicipal corporation, town and district headquarters ofShahjahanpur District inWestern Uttar Pradesh,India. It is located betweenBareilly andLucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
Shahjahanpur was established byDiler Khan and Bahadur Khan, sons of Darya Khan, a soldier in army of theMughal emperorJahangir. Darya Khan was originally fromKandahar, in modern-dayAfghanistan.[2] Both Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in the regime ofShah Jahan. Pleased with the services of Diler Khan,Shah Jahan gave him 17 villages with the permission to construct afort in 1647, following the suppression of the rebellious KatheriaRajputs.[3] The area was then settled by Afghans, brought by Bahadur Khan following one of his campaigns.[4]
On 9 August 1925, the Indianfreedom fightersRam Prasad Bismil,Ashfaqulla Khan,Chandrashekhar Azad andRajendra Lahiri conducted arobbery of government funds nearKakori railway station. Both Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were born in Shahjahanpur.[5]
Shahjahanpur is located at27°53′N79°55′E / 27.88°N 79.91°E /27.88; 79.91. It has an average elevation of 194 metres (600 feet). It is situated at the junction of two rivers.
| Climate data for Shahjahanpur (1991–2020, extremes 1977–2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.3 (82.9) | 32.8 (91.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 43.4 (110.1) | 45.0 (113.0) | 46.2 (115.2) | 43.2 (109.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.5 (92.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 46.2 (115.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.1 (98.8) | 33.5 (92.3) | 32.8 (91.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 30.5 (86.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.3 (75.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | 18.2 (64.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.4 (47.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 8.4 (47.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.2 (34.2) | 0.1 (32.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 13.2 (0.52) | 19.4 (0.76) | 13.5 (0.53) | 12.5 (0.49) | 27.6 (1.09) | 125.9 (4.96) | 305.4 (12.02) | 230.2 (9.06) | 164.0 (6.46) | 35.3 (1.39) | 4.2 (0.17) | 8.2 (0.32) | 959.7 (37.78) |
| Average rainy days | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 42.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 70 | 56 | 45 | 31 | 32 | 48 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 59 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 54.49% | |||
| Islam | 44.12% | |||
| Sikhism | 0.73% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.66% | |||
| Distribution of religions | ||||
As per the 2011 census, Shahjahanpur urban agglomeration had a population of 329,736, out of which males were 173,006 and females were 156,730. The literacy rate was 67.25%: 71.49% for males and 62.59% for females. Scheduled Castes make up 8.47% of the population.[10]
Hindi is the most spoken language.Urdu is the second most-spoken language.[11]
Shahjahanpur is well-connected with major towns and cities in Uttar Pradesh through road and rail network.National Highway 30 links Shahjahanpur withBareilly andLucknow. A spur routeNational Highway 731 too passes through Shahjahanpur, linking it to the eastern UP town ofJaunpur.
Shahjahanpur railway station lies onLucknow–Moradabad line ofIndian Railways. Several through trains from Lucknow toDelhi pass through Shahjahanpur station.
Over the years, the Shahjahanpur gharana contributed eminent sarod players such as Enayat Ali (1883 - 1915), Ustad Murad Ali Khan, Ustad Mohammed Ameer Khan, Pandit Radhika Mohan Moitra and PanditBuddhadev Das Gupta.[12][13][14] Present Sarod legend,Amjad Ali Khan also belongs to Shahjahanpur gharana.[15]
