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Jagdispur
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Jagdishpur is a nagar panchayat town of the district Bhojpur of the eastern Indian state of Bihar.. It was the capital of the eponymous Jagdishpur Raj ruled by Rajputs of the Ujjainiya clan. One of its rulers, Kunwar Singh, was a major figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, considered the leader of the rebellion in Bihar.

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Place details

Locality
Jagdispur
Region
Bihar
Country
India
Population
32,447
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Jagdishpur
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_map
Jagdishpur block map.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location in Jagdishpur block
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Bihar#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Bihar, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bihar
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bhojpur
Settlement.founder
Sujan Sahi
Settlement.government_type
Town council
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
25.63
Settlement.elevation_m
53
Settlement.population_total
32447

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Elevation
53
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Dialing code
916181

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Administration
  • Blocks
  • List of villages
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Jagdishpur is a nagar panchayat town of the district Bhojpur of the eastern Indian state of Bihar.. It was the capital of the eponymous Jagdishpur Raj ruled by Rajputs of the Ujjainiya clan. One of its rulers, Kunwar Singh, was a major figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, considered the leader of the rebellion in Bihar.

The sub-division occupies an area of and has a population of 263,959, while the town proper has a population of 32,447 ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jagdispur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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