Jafarabad (India)

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state_name = Uttar Pradesh
district = Jaunpur
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Jafarabad is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

During British India, it was a state, in the Kathiawar agency of Bombay, forming part of the territory of the nawab of Janjira; area, 42 sq. m.; pop. (1901),12,097; estimated revenue, 4000. The town of Jafarabad (pop. 6038), situated on the estuary of a river, carries on a large coasting trade.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Jafarabad had a population of 8801. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Jafarabad has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 48%. In Jafarabad, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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