Sahjanwa
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Sahjanwa is a town and a nagar panchayat
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Gorakhpur district
Gorakhpur District
Gorakhpur district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Gorakhpur is the administrative headquarters of the district.-History:The district was ceded by the Nawab of Awadh to the British East India Company in 1801. With this cession, Gorakhpur was raised to the status of a district. The...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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 of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

. Its is a developing industrial area in name of GIDA. There are many factories in GIDA including Parle, ARP, powerlooms, plywood,only Jute mill in Uttar Pradesh etc.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Sahjanwa had a population of 25,091. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sahjanwa has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 43%. In Sahjanwa, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Being the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, Bhojpuri
is spoken. In early 1990s most of the young people moved to nearby metropolitan cities where they had contacts to earn their livelihood.On 1989 one of the social and well known person Mr.I P N Singh(Well Known Socal person) establish a institution name RUDRA DHEERAJ PRAKCHIAN SAMITI In Memory of Lt RUDRA PRATAP SINGH,and this did very good job He establish Technical organization (called I.T.I.)Rudra Dheeraj ITI, it is affiliated by ministry of employment Indian Gov. it Is Tran more than 5000 student in different skills and provide them placement But now the employment situation has improved by introduction of new government policies & frameworks. Sahjanwa's oldest photocopy shop Pavan Photo Copiers has its own crage since last 22 years for best service. Deepak Kasth Udhyog is one of the oldest furniture shops in the town, serving for more than 25 years, Owner of this shop Ishwar Chandra Singh (Puttu Singh) ji is a well known social worker and political leader.Mr. Amrendra Bahadur Singh and Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta "The extra ordinary person in the field of technical education in U.P." also belong to this town.

Industries
1. The Mahaveer Jut Mill (India's second Jut Mill in working)
2. India Glycols Limited
3. Gallant Ispat Ltd.
4. Azam Rubber Products.
Also having industrial park (GIDA) of Gorakhpur district.
1000 mega watt distribution center of Indo - Tibbat (TALLA Pariyogana).

Transport

Sahjanwa is also having the Railway Station with good connectivity with Lucknow & Gorakhpur, & also touching the National Heighway 28 so good connectiivity by Bus too.
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