Jairajpur is a village in Bilariaganj block . District Azamgarh , Uttar Pradesh state of India.

Jairajpur
Village
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAzamgarh
Tehsil/Sub districtSagri
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialHindi/Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-50

Demographics edit

The Jairajpur village has population of 5967 of which 2953 are males while 3014 are females as per Population Census 2011.[1]

In Jairajpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 1028 which makes up 17.23% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jairajpur village is 1021 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Jairajpur as per census is 1004, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.[citation needed]

Jairajpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jairajpur village was 77.59% compared to 67.68% of Uttar Pradesh. In Jairajpur Male literacy stands at 83.40% while female literacy rate was 71.91%.

Notable personalities edit

Notable nematologist Shamim Jairajpuri[2] and famous Islamic scholars Maulana Aslam Jairajpuri[3] and Maulana Ayub Islahi were born in Jairajpur.[4] and Ahmad Salahuddin (1937-1996), Indian biochemist, Founder Director of Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit at AMU in 1984.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ "IAS » Prof. Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri". www.iasworld.org. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Allama Aslam Jairajpuri (1882-1955)". www.ourbeacon.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "About us – Majlis e Dawatul Haq". Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh". p. About IBU. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.