Jalalpur Town (Akbarpur)

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Jalalpur Town (Akbarpur)

Town in the Akbarpur tahsil of Fyzabad Dis- trict, United Provinces, situated in 26 degree19' N. and 82' 45' E. Population (1901), 7,265. The town is picturesquely placed on the high bank of the Tons (Eastern), which winds in a deep channel through a fertile and well-wooded landscape. An imdmbdra outside the town was built in the eighteenth century at a cost of Rs. 4,000 by contribution from the weavers, each man contributing a quarter of a pice for each piece of cloth woven by him. Jalalpur is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,500. There is still a flourishing manufacture of cotton cloth, but many of the Julahas (Muhammadan weavers) go to Bombay, Calcutta, and Cawnpore to work in the mills. A school has 235 pupils.