Jhansi: Difference between revisions

| name = Jhansi<!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. -->

| settlement_type = [[Metropolis]]

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* Crossroads of India (The Square of India) : North-south corridor and East-west corridor

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| pushpin_map_alt = Balwant Nagar

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| coordinates = {{coord|25.44862|N|78.56962|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]

| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Bundelkhand]]

| subdivision_name3 = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]]

| established_title = <!-- Established -->

| established_date = 1613

| founder = Raja of Orchha

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| unit_pref = Metric

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 285

| population_total = 505,693<ref name="Census_MCorp"/>

| population_as_of = 2011 census

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_metro = 547,638<ref name="Census_MCorp"/><ref name="Census_CB"/><ref name="Census_ITS"/>

| population_rank = 57

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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]

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| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=18 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official

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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]

| postal_code = 284001-2-3-4

| area_code = 0510

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| registration_plate = UP-93

| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]

| blank1_info_sec1 = [[male|♂]] 0.905 : [[female|♀]] 1.000

| website = {{URL|www.jhansi.nic.in}}

| leader_title2 = Mayor

| leader_name2 = Bihari Lal Arya, ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/up-civic-body-polls-2023-ghaziabad-jhansi-kanpur-saharanpur-shahjahanpur-municipal-corporations-winners-101683948442532.html|title=UP civic body polls 2023: Meet mayors of Ghaziabad, Jhansi, Kanpur, Saharanpur & Shahjahanpur|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref>

| leader_title3 = [[District Magistrate]]

| leader_name3 = RavindraAvinash Kumar, IAS<ref>{{cite web |title=Who's Who {{!}} District Jhansi |url=https://jhansi.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/ |website=jhansi.nic.in |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref>

| leader_title4 = [[Senior Superintendent of Police|SSP]]

| leader_name4 = Rajesh S, IPS<ref>{{cite news |title=नए एसएसपी ने संभाला पदभार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/ssp-jhansi-shivhari-meena-jhansi-news-jhs19637253 |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=Amar Ujala |date=5 June 2021 |language=hi}}</ref>

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| blank3_name_sec1 = Effective literacy

| blank3_info_sec1 = 83.0%

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| area_total_km2 = 160

'''Jhansi''' ({{IPA-|hi|d͡ʒʱɑ̃ː.siː}} {{audio|Jhansi.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a historic city in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Balwant Nagar was the old name of Jhansi. It lies in the region of [[Bundelkhand]], on the banks of the [[Pahuj River]], in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of [[Jhansi district]] and [[Jhansi division]]. Also called the ''Gateway to Bundelkhand'', Jhansi is situated near and around the rivers Pahuj and [[Betwa River|Betwa]] at an average elevation of {{cvt|285|m}}. It is about {{convert|420|km|mi|0}} from national capital [[New Delhi]] and {{convert|315|km}} from state capital [[Lucknow]].

Jhansi is well connected to all other major towns in [[Uttar Pradesh]] by road and railway networks. The [[National Highways Development Project]] has supported development of the city. Jhansi is also being developed as the defense corridor by the NDA government which will boost the economy of the city and the region at the same time. The [[Srinagar]] to [[Kanyakumari]] north–south corridor passes closely to Jhansi, as does the east–west corridor; consequently there has been a sudden rush of infrastructure and real estate development in the city. Jhansi was adjudged the third cleanest city of Uttar Pradesh and the fastest moving city in the North Zone in Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings. The development of a [[Greenfield project|greenfield]] airport has been planned in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igovernment.in/site/uttar-pradesh-plans-develop-jhansi-airport-39569 |title=Uttar Pradesh plans to develop Jhansi airport |date=4 January 2011 |publisher=igovernment.in |access-date=3 September 2015

|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321093043/http://www.igovernment.in/site/uttar-pradesh-plans-develop-jhansi-airport-39569 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> On 28 August 2011, Jhansi was selected among 98 cities for [[Smart Cities Mission|smart city]] initiative by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeelani|first1=Mehboob|date=28 August 2015|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-releases-list-of-98-cities-for-smart-city-project/article7586751.ece|title=Centre unveils list of 98 smart cities; UP, TN strike it rich|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mygov.in/group-issue/smart-city-jhansi/|title=Smart City Jhansi|website=Mygov.in|access-date=24 June 2016|date=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/poor-performance-of-up-city-in-smart-city-list-hindi-news|title=स्मार्ट सिटी की परीक्षा में फेल हुए यूपी के 12 शहर|access-date=17 March 2022|work=[[Amar Ujala]]|date=30 January 2016}}</ref>

Tensions boiled over on 5 June. That afternoon, one company of the Jhansi infantry along with the artillery detachment surrounded and entered the star fort and magazine, under the pretext of an attack by dacoits.<!-- 1965 Gazetteer, p. 56 --> They announced their intention to garrison the star fort themselves.<!-- 1929 Gazetteer, p. 209 --> Most of the British civilians took shelter in the regular fort.<!-- 1929 Gazetteer, p. 209 --> The remaining four infantry companies along with the cavalry had not joinjoined in at this point,<!-- 1929 Gazetteer, p. 209 --> and that they night slept in the barracks without incident.<!-- 1965 Gazetteer, p. 56 --> The next day, however, most of them rose up and attacked and killed the British officers on site.<!-- 1929 Gazetteer, p. 209-10 --> They made their way to the main fort, which the rebels encircled and besieged.<!-- 1965 Gazetteer, p. 56 --> This was short-lived and on the 7th the British surrendered.<!-- 1929 Gazetteer, p. 211 --> They were marched south to the Jokhan Bagh, just outside the city walls, and executed.<!-- 1929 Gazetteer, p. 211 --><!-- 1965 Gazetteer, p. 57 --><ref name="Gazetteer 1965"/>{{rp|56-7}}<ref name="Gazetteer 1929"/>{{rp|209-11}}

After the [[Independence Day (India)|independence of India]], Jhansi was included in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

| location = Jhansi (1981–2010, extremes 1901–20121901–present)

| May record high C = 4849.03

| year record high C = 4849.03

{{bar percent|[[HindusHinduism]]|darkorange|81.10}}

{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|MuslimsIslam]]|green|16.51}}

{{bar percent|[[ChristiansChristianity in Uttar Pradesh|Christianity]]|bluedodgerblue|0.94}}

Jhansi Cantonment had a total population of 28,343 in 2011, of which 17,023 were males and 11,320 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,404. The total number of literates in Jhansi Cantonment was 23,354, which constituted 82.4% of the population. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jhansi Cantonment was 93.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 4,735 and 28 respectively. It had 3046030,460 households in 2011.<ref name="Census_CB">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Jhansi Cantonment |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=176794 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>

* [[Blue Bells Public School, Jhansi]]

[[Jhansi AirportAirstrip]] is a military aviation base built in the British era used by the Indian army and political visitors. Though there are provisions for private aircraft to land, there are no civil aviation operations. There had been a demand to make it operational for commercial purposes in the 1990s and again in the 2000s. The Uttar Pradesh government announced the construction of an all-new civil aviation base to support tourism in Bundelkhand in April 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manjul|first=Tarannum|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/new-airport-at-jhansi-to-boost-tourism/770258/|title=New airport at Jhansi to boost tourism|date=1 April 2011|work=indianexpress|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref> As of 2020, the [[Kanpur Airport]], located {{cvt|228|km}} away, is the nearest major airport to Jhansi within the state, though [[Gwalior Airport]] in the neighbouring state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] is the nearest airport being located {{cvt|102|km}} from Jhansi which has direct flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahemdabad, Jammu, Pune and Chennai.

Jhansi has five radio station stations:- Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, 92.7 BIG FM, 103.0 AIR FM and 91.1 Red FM and 93.5 FmFM.

Sports stadiums in Jhansi are [[Dhyanchand Stadium]], Railway Stadium, and LVM Sports Place. [[Dhyanchand Stadium]] is the best place in Jhansi to learn sports skills. Many Sports played in Dhyanchand Stadium like Hockey, cricket, football, chess and many more.

[[File:Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.jpg|thumb|[[JhalkariRani BaiLakshmibai|Rani Lakshmi Bai]]]]

* [[Bharat Ratna]]Dhyan Chand|Major [[Dhyan Chand]], ([[Padma Bhushan]]), former Indian Army officer and Indian field hockey player

* [[Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard]], explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contributionimproved to sniping practice withinin the British Army in the First World War

[[Christina Rossetti]] wrote a short poem about the fate of the Skene family at Jhansi during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. It is entitled "In the Round Tower at Jhansi - 8 June 1857". It was published in 1862 in the same volume as her more celebrated poem "Goblin Market". Some time afterward, Rossetti discovered that she had been misinformed about the husband and wife's suicide pact in the face of a murderous and implacable enemy ('The swarming howling wretches below' the tower walls) which is the poem's subject, but did not delete it from later editions. Jhansi is the centre of story in Vrindavan Lal Verma's Hindi novel 'Jhansi Ki Rani'. This novel tells the story of Jhansi ki Rani Lakshmibai, who fought bravely in 1858–59 to save Jhansi from the Britishers' attack.