Jais
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Jais
Jayas | |
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Town | |
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  Jais Location in India  Jais Jais (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°15′N 81°32′E / 26.25°N 81.53°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Ayodhya |
| District | Amethi |
| Founded by | Hazrat Meer Imaduddin Qilchi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Jais Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Chairperson | Manisha[2][3] (INC) |
| Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 26,735[1] |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[4] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | STD code 5313 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-36 |
Jais, also spelled Jayas, is a city with a municipal board in Amethi district (formerly in Raebareli district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Geography
[edit]Jais is located at 26°15′N 81°32′E / 26.25°N 81.53°E.[5] It has an average elevation of 101 metres (331 feet).
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011[update] Indian census, Jais has a population of 26,735 people. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jais' literacy rate is 62.42%, lower than the national average of 67.68%. Male literacy is 70% and female literacy is 54.54%. In Jais, 13.39% of the population is under six years of age.[1]
Transport
[edit]Jais has two railway stations on the Indian Railways network: Bahadurpur and Kasimpur. The bus station is at Sultanpur-Raebareli road. The nearest airport Fursatganj Airfield is 19.3 km away, and the nearest international airport Ayodhya Airport is 70 km away.
Education
[edit]Institute of National Importance
[edit]
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas set up the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology at Jais. It has been accorded "Institute of National Importance" status and a governance structure similar to that available to IITs. It admits undergraduate students from the rank list of students who have qualified JEE (Advanced) Examination.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Malik Mohammad Jayasi, a poet who wrote Padmavat and Akhravat. In Padmavat Jayasi expresses his deep reverence to Chishti Sufi Master Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani and his descendants.[7] Jayasi Samarak (Jaisi Memorial) has been constructed in his memory.
- Syed Sibtey Razi, former Governor of Jharkhand. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and has served in the Government of India and Uttar Pradesh in various capacities.
- Leela Mishra, film actress, notable for playing the role of Mausi in the Bollywood classic Sholay.
Sadaat of Jais
[edit]The Oudh family of Sayyids of Jais, well known for Mujtahids of Lucknow, settled in Rae Bareli during the thirteenth century.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jais Nagar Palika Parishad City Population Census 2011-2020 | Uttar Pradesh".
- ^ "2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2023 UP Municipal Election detailed results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Jais, India". Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "JEE Advanced 2014: List of participating institutions". Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Love's subtle magic: An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition, 1379-1545; Oxford University Press 2012 by Aditya Behl
- ^ The tribes and castes of the North Western India, Volume 4, William Crooke, Cosmo Publications, 1975