Jalalabad, Bijnor

For other places with the same name, see Jalalabad.

Jalalabad, Bijnor
Town
Jalalabad, Bijnor Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Jalalabad, Bijnor Jalalabad, Bijnor (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°35′50″N 78°18′55″E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	16,113
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP
Website	up.gov.in

Jalalabad (Jalālābād) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Habib khan was 1st pradhan of jalalabad after independence of India for many years. On his name NGO habibia gram vikas sansthan jalalabad running a school named Habib memorial school and Madarsa Habibia lilbanat.^[citation needed]

Geography

Jalalabad has an average elevation of 133 metres (436 feet).^[citation needed]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Census of India,[1] Jalalabad had a population of 16,113. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jalalabad has an average literacy rate of 39%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 44%, and female literacy is 33%. In Jalalabad, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[citation needed]

History

The town was founded during the reign of Jalaluddin Firuz Shah of the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.[2]

References

1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
2. United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India) (1908). District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. p. 249.