Jagdishpur | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Location in Jagdishpur block | |
  Jagdishpur Location in Bihar, India  Jagdishpur Jagdishpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°28′N 84°25′E / 25.467°N 84.417°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Bhojpur |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.63 km2 (9.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 32,447[2] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Bhojpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 802 158 |
| Telephone code | 916181 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR-03 |
Jagdishpur is a nagar panchayat town of the district Bhojpur of the state of Bihar in eastern India.[2] It was the capital of the eponymous Jagdishpur Raj ruled by Rajputs of the Ujjainiya clan.[3] One of its rulers, Kunwar Singh, was a major figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, considered the leader of the rebellion in Bihar.[4]
The sub-division occupies an area of 232.13 km2 (90 sq mi) and has a population of 263,959, while the town proper has a population of 32,447 (as of 2011[update]).[5]
- ^ "Jagdispur Map – Bihar, India". Mapcarta. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook – Bhojpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 46, 63, 81–83, 90, 92, 476–515, 808–823. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Anand A. Yang (1 February 1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 145–147. ISBN 978-0-520-91996-9.
- ^ S. Purushottam Kumar (1983). "Kunwar Singh's Failure in 1857". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 44: 360–369. JSTOR 44139859.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook – Bhojpur, Part B (Primary Census Abstract)". Census 2011 India. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 26 March 2020.