Jajmau
Jajmau
Jajesmow | |
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sub-metropolis | |
| Nickname: Leather Cluster of Kanpur | |
  Jajmau Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°28′N 80°21′E / 26.46°N 80.35°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Kanpur District |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 652,831 and 1,600,000 (2,050 estimated)[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Punjabi & Kannauji (predominantly) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 208 XXX |
| Vehicle registration | UP-78 |
| Literacy | 80%% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanpur, Akbarpur, Unnao |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kanpur Cantonment, Maharajpur, Unnao |
Jajmau also known as Jajesmow during British Era, is a suburb of Kanpur, India. It is situated on the banks of the Ganges River. Jajmau is an industrial suburb. It has the population of about 652,831 according to the census of 2011. The area comes under the jurisdiction of Kanpur metropolitan area.
Name
[edit]According to Paul Whalley, the name Jājmaū may be related to Sanskrit yajña, meaning "sacrifice", which became Old Hindi jaj. It could have gotten this name because the site was originally given to a priest who performed a sacrifice. The ending -maū could come from Sanskrit maryādā, meaning "shore" or "bank", or it could be a contraction of the name of the mahuā tree.[2]: 4–7
Geography
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The city's coordinates are 26.4670° North and 80.3500° East, placing it 83 km from Lucknow. Jajmau is situated near the Ganges. The sub metro area of 40 km2 extends from Bibipur in the south to Chandar Nagar in the north and Ramadevi in the east to Jajmau extension in the west.
History
[edit]The archaeological site of Jajmau is a large mound on the banks of Ganges river, known as the Jajmau ka tila.[3] Copper hoard artefacts and Painted Grey Ware (PGW) sherds were found from the surface deposits of the mound. In 1956, at the time of the construction of the national highway and Jajamu bridge, remains of an ancient settlement were discovered there. Excavations were carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Uttar Pradesh State Archaeology Department in 1956-58 and 1973-78. During the excavations in 1977-78, an ivory seal with Vasalas inscribed in Brahmi was found. A historian, Girish Chandra Singh, said that Vasalas is an epithet of the ancient Maurya emperor Chandragupta.[4]
Climate
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The climate of Jajmau is hot in summer and warm in winter. Jajmau experiences heavy fog in December and January. Rains appear between July and September, almost at the end of the regular monsoon season. Some rainfall is recorded during the harvest season of March–April.[citation needed]
Religion
[edit]Sister cities
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Notes
[edit]- ^ "Can we save Ganga?". indiaenvironmentportal.org. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Whalley, Paul (1926). "Place-Names in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Chapter III, Part 1". The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society. 3 (2): 1–60. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Enter the Kushan period via Jajmau". The Times of India. 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Artefacts of pre-Muaryan times discovered at Jajmau". DNA. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Census GIS Household". Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2006.