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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhinjhak
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Jhinjhak Railway Station.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Jhinjhak Railway Station]]
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.5512803|79.7350681|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Lok Sabha constituency
| subdivision_type4 = Assembly constituency
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kanpur Dehat district]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannauj]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Rasulabad (Assembly constituency)|Rasulabad]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 1916
| founder = British rule
| government_type =
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Sarojini Devi
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 131
| population_total = 45000
| population_as_of = 2011 est.
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 209302
| area_code = 05114
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = '''[[List of RTO districts in India#UP.E2.80.94Uttar Pradesh|UP]]-77'''
| website = http://kanpurdehat.nic.in/
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
}}

'''Jhinjhak''' ({{IAST|Jhīñjhak}}) is a town and a [[Municipal council (India)|Municipal council]] in [[Kanpur Dehat district]], India. The town is situated on the Lower Ganges Canal and is approximately {{Convert|20|km|mi}} from the industrial city of [[Dibiyapur]].

==Name==
According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Jhīñjhak'' is derived from a [[reduplication|reduplicated]] form of ''jhān'' (a common variant of standard Hindi ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/झाड़ jhāṛ]'' ("bushes, undergrowth"; ultimately from Sanskrit ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/झाट jhāṭa]''), with the [[pleonasm|pleonastic]] suffix ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-क -ka]'' at the end.<ref name="Whalley 1922">{{cite journal |last1=Whalley |first1=Paul |title=Place-Names in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Chapter III, Section 2: Suffixes |journal=The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society |date=1922 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=52–98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwdDAAAAYAAJ |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|83-4}}

==History==
Jhinjhak [[Nagar panchayat|Nagar Panchayat]] was founded on January 11, 1916, by the [[British Government]]. In 1972, its territory expanded to include the nearby villages "Turana" and "Tikan Gaon."<ref name="amarujala.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/secaned-nagar-plika-declare-in-kanpur-dehat-hindi-news|title = जिले की दूसरी नगर पालिका बनेगी झींझक}}</ref> In 2016, Jhinjhak gained the Nagar Palika Parishad, further expanding its territory to include nearby villages.<ref name="amarujala.com"/>

==Transport==
===Rail===
Jhinjhak is served by the [[Kanpur–Delhi section|Kanpur-Phaphund-Tundla Sub-section]], of [[Kanpur-Delhi section]]. Jhinjhak Railway Station is on the Delhi-Howrah rail route. It is a major station between Etawah and Kanpur central. It lies on the North Central railway zone. To the east, Ambiapur Station (10 km) is the nearest station. Going west, Parjani (5 km) is the next station. Kanpur Central Railway Station is the nearest major railway station.

Direct trains to [[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur Central]], [[Lucknow]], [[Allahabad]], [[Patna]], [[Etawah]], [[Dibiyapur]], [[Agra]], [[Delhi]], [[Hathras]] run from this railway station. [[Kanpur Central railway station]] is {{Convert|63|km|mi}} away from other railway stations that service major cities in the country.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

===Road===
Jhinjhak is 50 km from the town [[Agra–Lucknow Expressway|Agra-Lucknow's expressway]]. [[NH 19]] (previously, National Highway 2) is {{Convert|25|km|mi}} from the town. A road network connects the city to nearby cities including [[Dibiyapur]], [[Auraiya]], [[Kannauj]], and [[Kanpur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jhinjhak, Uttar Pradesh - road map and street view|url=https://www.maps-streetview.com/India/Jhinjhak/roadmap.php|access-date=2021-05-24|website=www.maps-streetview.com}}</ref>

===Air===
Two nearest airports to Jhinjhak are [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport|Lucknow Airport]] and [[Kanpur Airport|Kanpur Chakeri Airport]]. Lucknow Airport services major cities within the country as well as several international destinations. Kanpur Chakeri Airport services strictly domestic destinations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jhinjhak, India on the map — exact time, time zone, airports nearby, population|url=https://lr.utc.city/982564|access-date=2021-05-24|website=lr.utc.city}}</ref>

==Places of worship==
* Akshayvat Akhaivar Temple<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/kanpur/special-story-on-akshayavat-temple-jhinjhak-kanpur-dehat-1282720/|title = पुणे के एक होटल से गायब हुआ विदेशी युवक | Foreign man, missing man, foreign man missing, Pune hotel|date = 6 January 2015}}</ref>
* Jai Mata Di Temple
* Shiva and Hanuman temple at Chota Chouraha
* Sati Maa temple, Basti

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.india9.com/i9show/Jhinjhak-75218.htm Jhinjhak] at India9.com

{{Kanpur Dehat district}}

* http://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/story-ramnath-kovind-was-born-in-kanpur-dehat-studied-in-kanpur-1145989.html

[[Category: Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district]]

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