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{{Short description|Indian village in Bhojpur district, Bihar}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jalpura Tapa
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Jalpura house (2021).jpg
| image_caption = Ramjivan Garh house at Jalpura Tapa <br> (built in 1971)
| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India
| coordinates = {{coord|25|29|21|N|84|44|25|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Community development block|Block]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Patna division|Patna]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bhojpur district, Bihar|Bhojpur]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Koilwar]]
| established_title =
| government_type = [[Gram panchayat]]
| governing_body = Jalpura Panchayat
| leader_title1 = [[Sandesh Assembly constituency|MLA]]
| leader_name1 = [[Kiran Devi Yadav]]
| population_as_of = [[2011 Census of India|2011]]
| population_footnotes =
| population_note =
| population_total = 12,168
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN Code]]
| postal_code = 802352 <ref>{{cite web |url=https://pincode.net.in/802352 |title=PIN Code 802352, List of Post Offices in Bhojpur district |work=pincode.net |access-date=31 October 2022 }}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-6182
| registration_plate = [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India|BR-03]]
}}

'''Jalpura Tapa''' ([[Hindi]]: जलपुरा तापा) is a village and [[gram panchayat]] in [[Koilwar]] block, [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur]] district in the [[India]]n state of [[Bihar]]. Situated close to the [[Sone River]], it is a large village with more than 12,000 residents. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bhojpur.nic.in/document/block-koilwar-panchayat-jalpura-tapa/ |title=Block- Koilwar, Panchayat- Jalpura Tapa |work=Bhojpur district |access-date=31 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.abplive.com/pincode/bihar/bhojpur/jalpura-pincode-802352.html |title=Jalpura Tapa PIN 802352, Arrah |work=ABP News |access-date=31 October 2022 }}</ref> Population-wise it is the largest village and area-wise, it is the 2nd-largest village of [[Koilwar]] block.

The [[Varanasi-Howrah high-speed rail corridor]] (HSR) is proposed to pass through Bhojpur district with a Bullet train station at [[Udwantnagar|Udwant Nagar]]. The alignment of [[High-speed rail in India|Bullet train]] will cross the [[Sone River]] near Jalpura Tapa and enter [[Patna district]].<ref>{{cite news |last=कश्यप |first=देवेन्द्र |date=19 January 2025 |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/bullet-train-in-bihar-passing-through-38-villages-of-bhojpur-big-update-on-compensation/articleshow/117368244.cms |title=बिहार के लिए बुलेट ट्रेन का रूट जारी, भोजपुर के इन 38 गांवों से गुजरेगी, मुआवजे को लेकर आया बड़ा अपडेट |work=Navbharat Times |lang=hi |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kishire |first1=Kanchan |last2=Agnihotri |first2=Divya |date=19 January 2025 |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhojpur-bihar-bullet-train-will-pass-through-bhojpur-38-villages-know-about-compensation-process-23869272.html |title=Bihar Bullet Train: भोजपुर वालों की बल्ले-बल्ले, इन 38 गांवों से गुजरेगी बुलेट ट्रेन; मुआवजे को लेकर भी आया बड़ा अपडेट |work=Dainik Jagran |lang=hi |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

==About==

Twelve villages fall in the Tapa region on the banks of the [[Sone River]] in [[Bihar]]. This includes 9 villages of the Bhojpur district which are located on the west side of river and 3 villages of the Patna district which are located on the east side of the river.

The list of ''Tapa'' villages is as follows: Jalpura Tapa, Bhgwatpur, Bishunpur, Akhgaon, Pandura, Nasratpur, Narainpur and Sarimpur Bachri in [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]]; and Bindaul, Ghoratap and Bishunpura in [[Patna district]].

==Geography==
Jalpura Tapa village is in [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]] of Bihar and is situated near Akhgaon village on [[Sakaddi]]-[[Nasriganj]] highway ([[State Highway 81 (Bihar)|SH-81]]). It falls under the Chandi [[police station]] limits of [[Bihar Police|Bhojpur Police]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bhojpur.nic.in/police/ |title=Police administration in Bhojpur district, Bihar |work=Bhojpur district |access-date=31 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/bhojpur/arrah/news/firing-in-bhojpur-children-dispute-the-miscreants-entered-the-house-and-shot-the-young-man-three-times-condition-critical-130225296.html |title=बदमाशों ने पहले फोन पर धमकी दी, फिर युवक को घर में घुसकर मारी तीन गोली; हालत गंभीर |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi| date=23 August 2022 }}</ref> Jalpura Tapa village is 12 [[km]] from [[Arrah]] and around 42 [[km]] from state capital [[Patna]].

It is located between ''[[Kulharia]]'' and ''[[Sandesh, Bihar|Sandesh]]'' on [[State Highway 81 (Bihar)|SH-81]] highway. Jalpura Tapa is adjacent to ''Akhgaon'' village, which is on the banks of the [[Sone River]]. In this region, Sone river flows from south to north, separating the Bhojpur district in the west and [[Patna district]] in the east side.

==Demographics==
The total population of village in [[2011 census of India|2011 Census]] was 12,168 out of which 6,432 were males while 5,736 were females. The Jalpura Tapa village has a higher [[Literacy in India|Literacy rate]] than [[Bihar]]'s average. In the 2011 Census, the literacy rate of the village was 64.40 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder |title=Population finder 2022: Jalpura village |work=Census India |access-date=15 November 2022 }}</ref>

==Transport==

Jalpura Tapa is well connected by roads to [[Patna]], [[Arrah]], [[Bihta]], [[Koilwar]], [[Sandesh, Bihar|Sandesh]] and [[Sahar, Bihar|Sahar]].

===Highway===
* [[Sakaddi]]–Sahar–[[Nasriganj]] ([[State Highway 81 (Bihar)|SH-81]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhojpur-six-overloaded-trucks-seized-at-check-post-of-sakaddinasriganj-road-19980634.html |title=सकड्डी-नासरीगंज पथ (SH-81) के चेक पोस्ट पर छह ओवर लोडेड ट्रक जब्त |work=Dainik Jagran |date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Patna]]–Arrah–[[Sasaram]] ([[National Highway 119A (India)|NH-119A]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/amp/story/state/bihar/arrah/bharatmala-road-project-from-ara-to-sitamarhi-nh-119a-is-cleared-ans |title=भारतमाला सड़क परियोजना के तहत NH-119A बनने का रास्ता हुआ साफ, आरा से सीतामढ़ी की दूरी होगी कम |work=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi|date=18 October 2022 }}</ref>

===Railway===
[[File:Kulharia railway station.jpg|thumb|right|Kulharia railway station (KUA) in Bihar]]
The nearest railway station is Kulharia railway station (KUA) on the [[Patna-Mughalsarai section]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://soki.in/jalpura-tapa-koilwar-bhojpur |title=Jalpura Tapa, Koilwar Village information |work=Soki.in |date=29 January 2020}}</ref>

* [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna Junction]] (49 km)
* [[Ara Junction railway station|Arrah Junction]] (12 km)
* [[Bihta railway station]] (25 km)
* [[Kulharia|Kulharia railway station]] (9 km)

===Airway===
* [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport|Patna Airport]] (48 km)
* [[Bihta Air Force Station|Bihta Airport]] (25 km)

==Politics==
[[File:Amit Shah Jalpura 800 kb.jpg|thumb|right|Amit Shah at Jalpura Tapa (Bihar) in 2015]]

The Jalpura Tapa village is a part of [[Sandesh Assembly constituency|Sandesh]] assembly constituency under the [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]] Lok Sabha since 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sandesh-election-result-2020-live-updates-sandesh-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3061718.html |title=Sandesh Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Kiran Devi of RJD Wins |work=News18 |date=10 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the ECI |work=Election Commission of India (ECI) |access-date=31 October 2022 }}</ref> On 19 October 2015, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s then President [[Amit Shah]] had come here to attend a public rally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bjp.org/photo-gallery/bjp-national-president-shri-amit-shah-addressing-public-meeting-tapa-jalpura-sports |title=Shri Amit Shah addressing public meeting at Tapa Jalpura Sports Stadium (Sandesh) |work=Bharatiya Janata Party |date=19 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHQJDYB7TA |title=Shri Amit Shah speech at Public Meeting in Jalpura, Bihar: 19.10.2015 |work=Bharatiya Janata Party |date=30 October 2022 }}</ref>

===Gram Panchayat===
The Jalpura Tapa [[Gram panchayat]] is headed by a [[Sarpanch]] and comprises five villages: Jalpura Tapa, Rampur, Ratanpur, Mathiyapur and Salempur. All villages of the Bhojpur district fall under the Bhojpur [[District council (India)|Zila Panchayat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biharpanchayat.gov.in/web/94858_jalpura-tapa-village-panchayat |title=Jalpura Tapa - Village panchayat, Bihar |work=Bihar Panchayat |access-date=15 November 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Education==
There are five schools run by the [[Government of Bihar]] in this village.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://src.udiseplus.gov.in/locateSchool/schoolSearch |title=Know your School: Department of School Education and Literacy |work=Ministry of Education |access-date=9 November 2022 }}</ref> Only two schools provide education to students till [[Matriculation]] (10th).
* M.S. Jalpura Tapa (class 10)
* U.H.S. Jalpura Tapa (class 10)
* P.S. Jalpura Tapa (class 5)
* N.P.S. Mathiapur (class 5)
* N.P.S. Salempur West Tola

==See also==
* [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency]]
* [[Koilwar]]
* [[List of villages in Bhojpur district]]

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Bhojpur district, India]]

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