Jhinjhak

Jhinjhak
city (Town)
Jhinjhak Railway Station Jhinjhak Railway Station
Jhinjhak Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat district
Government
• chairman	Raj Kumar Singh Yadav
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	20,406
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	209302
Telephone code	05114
Vehicle registration	UP-77
Website	http://www.npjhinjhak.in/Index.aspx

Jhinjhak is a town and a Nagar Palika Parishad in Kanpur Dehat District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The town is situated on the banks of the Lower Ram Ganga canal.

Geography

The nearby cities are Kanpur (63 km) towards the East and Etawah (90 km) towards the West. The district headquarters is nearly 35 km away at Akbarpur-Matiis a town and a nagar panchayat in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has an average elevation of 131 metres (429 feet).

Transport

The major town Jhinjhak is a Raiway Station on (NCR)/North Central Railway line. Nearest station to east is Rura at a distance 19 km and Kanpur is at 63 km.In the west nearest station is Phaphund and Etawah .It is also connected to Kanpur by roads via Rura and Kalyanpur.

Schools and colleges

Inter colleges:

• Shri Gandhi Vidhyalay Inter College
• Shri Ram Ratan Girls Inter College
• Shri Ram Ratan Audyogik Krishi Inter College
• Shri Gandhi Balika Vidyalay Inter College

Degree Colleges:

• Rama Devi Mahila Mahavidyalay
• Gauri Shankar Mahavidyalaya
• Ram Datta Tripathi Mahavidyalay
• Chandrabhan Singh Memorial Shikshan Sansthan

Devotional places

• Akshayvat Akhaivar temple

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census, Jhinjhak had a population of 20,406. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jhinjhak has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 63%. In Jhinjhak, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

External links

• Jhinjhak at India9.com