Jajmau

Jajmau also known as Jajesmow during British Era, is a suburb of Kanpur, India. It is situated on the banks of the Ganges River, and is an industrial suburb. It has the population of about 652,831 according to the census of 2011. The area comes under the jurisdiction of Kanpur metropolitan area. Jajmau is famous for its leather productions and tanneries, and has been recognized as one of the oldest sites in Kanpur.

Jajmau Jajesmow
sub-metropolis
Nickname:  Leather Cluster of Kanpur
Jajmau Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.46°N 80.35°E / 26.46; 80.35
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur District
Population  (2011)
• Total	652,831 and 1,600,000 (2,050 estimated)[1]
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Punjabi & Kannauji (predominantly)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	208 XXX
Vehicle registration	UP-78
Literacy	80%%
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanpur, Akbarpur, Unnao
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kanpur Cantonment, Maharajpur, Unnao

Name

According to Paul Whalley, the name Jājmaū may be related to Sanskrit yajña, meaning "sacrifice", which became Old Hindi jaj. It could have gotten this name because the site was originally given to a priest who performed a sacrifice. The ending -maū could come from Sanskrit maryādā, meaning "shore" or "bank", or it could be a contraction of the name of the mahuā tree.^[2]: 4–7

Geography

The city's coordinates are 26.4670° North and 80.3500° East, placing it 83 km from Lucknow. Jajmau is situated near the Ganges. The sub metro area of 40 km² extends from Bibipur in the south to Chandar Nagar in the north and Ramadevi in the east to Jajmau extension in the west.

History

The archaeological site of Jajmau is a large mound on the banks of Ganges river, known as the Jajmau ka tila.^[3] Copper hoard artefacts and Painted Grey Ware (PGW) sherds were found from the surface deposits of the mound. In 1956, at the time of the construction of the national highway and Jajamu bridge, remains of an ancient settlement were discovered there. Excavations were carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Uttar Pradesh State Archaeology Department in 1956–58 and 1973–78. During the excavations in 1977–78, an ivory seal with Vasalas inscribed in Brahmi was found. A historian, Girish Chandra Singh, said that Vasalas is an epithet of the ancient Maurya emperor Chandragupta.^[4]

Climate

Jajmau[4]
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     22     21 7     11     26 9     8     32 14     5     38 21     17     41 25     107     39 27     294     34 26     314     33 26     181     33 24     45     33 19     4     29 12     7     24 7 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: World Weather Information Service
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.9     69 44     0.4     79 49     0.3     90 58     0.2     101 69     0.7     105 76     4.2     102 81     12     92 79     12     91 78     7.1     91 76     1.8     91 66     0.2     84 53     0.3     75 45 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

The climate of Jajmau is hot in summer and warm in winter. Jajmau experiences heavy fog in December and January. Rains appear between July and September, almost at the end of the regular monsoon season. Some rainfall is recorded during the harvest season of March–April.^{[citation needed]}

Religion

Religions in Jajmau[5]
Religion			Percent
Muslim			60%
Hindu			35%
Others			5%

Sister cities

• Hebron, Palestine^{[citation needed]}