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Jhusi
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Place details
- Locality
- Jhusi
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 16,642
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jhusi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Prayagraj
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 76
- Settlement.population_total
- 33,901
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Language
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Hindi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Prayagraj district
- Elevation
- 76
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- History
- Education
- References
Jhusi or Jhunsi is a town in Prayagraj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was formerly called Pratishthanpur or Puri. The place is also noted for being one of the Neolithic sites that provides some of the earliest evidence of farming in South Asia. It is also plays a significant role in Magh Mela, a festival which takes place annually during Magha, the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
==Geography== Jhusi has an average elevation of . It is the biggest town area in Prayagraj district. It is located on the banks of the Ganges River, and is connected to the main city by Lal Bahudar Shastri Bridge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jhusi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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