Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Jaunpur district is located to the northwest of the district of Varanasi in the eastern part of the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to the 2001 census, Jaunpur district had a population of 3,911,678, with the urban area having accounting for 168,851 people. Demographically, Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located: a primarily rural agricultural population with high illiteracy and low human development index.
Landmarks
There are a number of tourist attractions in Jaunpur. Every year thousands of visitors come from every corner of the world to visit Jaunpur. The tourist attractions in Jaunpur include monuments, museums, and holy places.
The following are among the important landmarks of Jaunpur:
Monuments
* Shahi Bridge
* Yamdagni Ashram
Museums
* Archaeological Museum
* Botanical Museum
* Zoological Museum
Holy places
* Atala Masjid
* Jami Masjid
* Lal Darwaza Masjid
* Kadam Rasool
* Sadar Imambara
* Shitla Choukiya Dham
* Temple of Maihar Devi
* Temple of Sheetla Devi
* Trilochan Mahadev Temple |