Jagdishpur
Jagdīspur | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 26°27′23″N 81°37′08″E / 26.456357°N 81.618961°E[1] | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Division | Faizabad |
District | Amethi |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Website | www.upgov.in |
Jagdishpur is a town,[2] community development block,[3] and former pargana in Musafirkhana tehsil of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[3][2] It is also called Nihalgarh, Chak Jangla, or Nihalgarh-Jagdispur.[2] The distinction is that Jagdishpur was the original village, Chak Jangla was an outlying hamlet of Jagdishpur, and Nihalgarh was a fort built in Chak Jangla in the early 1700s and that no longer exists.[2] The town is located at the crossroads between the Lucknow-Jaunpur and Raebareli-Faizabad highways.[2]