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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Jayapur<br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
|official_name = Sansad Adarsh Gram under the constituency of Indian Prime Minister<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = http://img.amarujala.com/2015/03/31/jayapur-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-551ae73f1b2fc_exlst.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in Jayapur<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25.2163225|N|82.8232959|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Assembly segment<br />
| subdivision_name3 = Sevapuri <br />
| subdivision_type4 = Block<br />
| subdivision_name4 = Aaraji Line<br />
| subdivision_type5 = Gram panchayat code<br />
| subdivision_name5 = 74<br />
| population_total =4200<br />
| founder =<br />
| named_for =<br />
| government_type =<br />
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes =<br />
| area_rank =<br />
| area_total_km2 =<br />
| elevation_footnotes =<br />
| elevation_m =<br />
| leader_title1 = Gram Pradhan<br />
| leader_name1 = Narayan Singh Patel<br />
| leader_title2 = Ex-Gram Pradhan<br />
| leader_name2 = Durgavati Devi<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym =<br />
| population_footnotes =<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and Bhojpuri<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30 <br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 221305<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = +91-0542<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1000/944[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = Avg. annual temperature<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = {{convert|26|°C|°F}}<br />
| blank2_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature<br />
| blank2_info_sec2= {{convert|40|°C|°F}}<br />
| blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature<br />
| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|18|°C|°F}}<br />
| footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''Jayapur''' is a village in Varanasi tehsil, [[Varanasi district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is about 28&nbsp;km from the Varanasi cantt railway station and about 7&nbsp;km from the Rajatalab railway station in the Sevapuri assembly segment and Aaraji Line Block. This place is situated at the border of the Varanasi District and Mirzapur District. Jayapur is surrounded by Arajiline Tehsil towards the east and Shikhar Tehsil towards the south.<br />
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The nearby villages to Jayapur are Chandapur (1&nbsp;km), Panchai (1&nbsp;km), Jakhini (3&nbsp;km), Singhai (1&nbsp;km), Narsara (2&nbsp;km), Marui (2&nbsp;km), Gotva (1&nbsp;km), and Jamua (5&nbsp;km).<br />
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The village comes under the constituency of Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], who adopted the village on 7 November 2014 under the [[Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana]] ("[[Member of Parliament|MP]]'s model village scheme").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/modi-in-varanasi-live-updates/1/399543.html|title=Modi in Varanasi says Jayapur has adopted me, not the other way around}}</ref> The village was already adopted by the Rashtriya SwayamSevak Sangh (RSS) under its ideal village scheme in 2002.<br />
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==History==<br />
According to the ancestors of this village, Jayapur is nearly 400 years old. According to BHU's political science department's HoD, Prof KK Mishra, in the 17th century, when the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was said to be on a temple-demolition spree, his soldiers caught attention of an old temple of Lord Hanuman in the village.{{clarify|date=March 2018}}{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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==Population==<br />
The total population of this village is around 4200 and there are a total of 401 houses.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
The literacy rate of this village is 76.36 per cent (among men, 89.12 per cent; among women, 61.27 per cent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-congratulates-students-from-jayapur-village-for-topping-exam-765455|title=PM Modi Congratulates Students From Jayapur Village for Topping Exam scored 94.16 per cent, the most by any student in the district|work=NDTV.com}}</ref><br />
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==Divisions==<br />
There are three villages in Jayapaur panchayat: Jayapur, Manikpur and Musepur.<br />
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==Languages==<br />
[[Hindi]] and [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] are spoken in Jayapur village and written in [[Devanagari]] scripts.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://adarshgramjayapur.com/ Official website of Adarsh Gram Jayapur - Prime Minister's adopted village]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|Centre = Jayapur [[(221109)]]<br />
|North = [[Singhai village]]<br />
|Northeast = [[Birsinghpur village]]<br />
|East = [[Narsada village]]<br />
|Southeast = [[Jakkhini village(221305)]]<br />
|South = [[Pachai village]]<br />
|Southwest = [[Gotawa village]]<br />
|West = [[Chandapur village]]<br />
|Northwest = [[Kachahariya village]]<br />
}}<br />
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{{Villages in Varanasi district}}<br />
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{{Uttar Pradesh}}<br />
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