Jhinjhana

Jhinjhana
TOWN
Jhinjhana Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 29°31′N 77°13′E / 29.52°N 77.22°E / 29.52; 77.22Coordinates: 29°31′N 77°13′E / 29.52°N 77.22°E / 29.52; 77.22
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shamli
Elevation	243 m (797 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	51,400
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	247773
Vehicle registration	UP 19
Website	jhinjhana.in

Jhinjhana is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shamli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Jhinjhana is located at 29°31′N 77°13′E / 29.52°N 77.22°E / 29.52; 77.22.^[1] It has an average elevation of 243 metres (797 feet).

Jhinjhana is a historical palace surrounded by small villages, like Sikenderpur, Laprana, PirKhera, Bidoli, Patani Pratap Pur, Unn, Singra, Kertu, Binnamajra Gogwan etc. The village folks normally are farmers and grow a lot of Sugar Cane, Wheat, Rice, Vegetables and Mangoes. Jhinjhana is near UP and Haryana State border. Jhinjhana Police Station is largest in Shamli Distt. and located within boundaries of an old fort. Jhinjhana is one of the India Towns located at latitude and longitude of 29° 31' 0" N / 77° 13' 0" E.

JHINJHANA to Karnal  ::- 28 KM (about 32 mins.), Panipat  ::- 40 KM (about 50 mins.), Muzaffarnagar ::- 50 KM (about 49 mins.), Meerut  ::- 75 KM (about 01 hour 15 mins.), Saharanpur  ::- 78 KM (about 01 hour 22 mins.), Delhi  ::- 102 KM (about 02 hour 13 mins.). Shamli  ::- 11 KM (about 10 mins.) Kairana  ::- 13 KM (20 mins.) Kandhla  ::- 23 KM (35 mins.)

Colleges, Banquet Hall, Madarsas, and Schools

Jhinjhana is an important hub of education for rural populations of its surrounding areas.Several Public and Private academic institutions are located at town.Jhinjhana has an engineering college named Shamli institute of engineering and technology (SIET),and some private intermediate schools like St.RC. Convent school,De saint public school,Nehru Shishu Niketan Public school, SDS convent school, DAV Public school, saint Asha ram inter college, and some two government colleges likely RSS inter college,Jai Sita Ram inter college. Jhinjhana have two well known institutions of Urdu and Arabic education named Madarsa Allah Diya, Madarsa Noor Muhammadiya. Jhinjhana have many small Madarsas also, taking care by different Mosques. A Degree college is also situated here named Upadhya Nayan Saagar Jain Deegre College .

Hospitals

It has a government hospital and few small private clinics but still lack of qualified physicians.There is no single qualified doctor(M.B.B.S OR MD)available on approximately fifty thousands of people of town. A large number peoples of town and its surrounded village facing health problems throughout whole year.

Banks

State Bank Of India. Punjab National Bank. Cooperative Bank. Allahbad bank

Religious places

Many religious places are here like Ram Shyam Durga Mandir, Neela Roza Mosque, Shah Mubarak Mosque, Arya Samaj mandir, Kali Mandir, Panchmukhi mandir Etc.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[2] Jhinjhana had a population of 51,400. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Jhinjhana has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 41%. In Jhinjhana, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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